 jslikThat just happenedPremium
join:2006-03-17 | reply to silica
Re: It should be obvious said by silica:I had heard that the shopping networks pay the cable companies to carry the shopping channels. I thought it was due in part to the 'must-carry' rule...all broadcast channels have to be shown on the 'basic tier' or something like that. So these shopping channels get a license and transmitter, and then have to be carried on the cable system(s) in a particular area. |
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | Very few shopping channels can "get a license and transmitter". What you see OTA is via purchased airtime and these days that's been mostly relegated to the LPTV wasteland. These cable channels are owned by the MSOs and/or pay to play, so you're getting them whether you want 'em or not. They'll be the last ones off analog, too. Notice that none are ever only in a digital tier?
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jslikThat just happenedPremium
join:2006-03-17 | said by RadioDoc:Very few shopping channels can "get a license and transmitter". What you see OTA is via purchased airtime and these days that's been mostly relegated to the LPTV wasteland. I stand corrected, thanks! |
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