JayT
join:2001-12-02
Westerly, RI
| [RI] COX vs. LIN
OK, See what you guys think of this.
I got a call from my friend in Waterford,CT tonite. He has a similar problem with LIN there as we do here in RI. He told me that WLNE 6 in HD out of Providence just popped on for his system so now... no more fight with LIN. They went right around them and got the feed from RI. SO...... Why can't COX work out some agreements with the CT or MA locals to carry their HD feeds and tell LIN to go to hell?
Because LIN had to be jerks and demand stupid money from the cable companies, they just screwed themselves. Now people on metrocast will be watching an HD feed from a different station. Bye-bye advertisement fees to LIN. That can't make the ad buyers for LIN too happy.
What we need is REAL competition. It's not a true negotiation when COX is unable to get the feeds anywhere else. You get what we've had for years here in RI. LIN says this is what you will pay or you don't get the feeds. COX has no bargaining power if they are not allowed to bargain with anyone else.
Maybe it's an FCC rule, but how can Waterford, CT get RI local feeds and Westerly, RI can't get CT feeds? doesn't seem right to me, especially when I can't even get OTA feeds here. The signals are too weak for us. (plus they point their transmitters at MA not us)
Any ideas? |
