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| how does this work? Could it get to a situation where Cox has a channel that comcast doesnt and you can only get it on Cox? which would suck as you'd have to move to get it in most situations... or is this in like overlay areas where like Comcast and FiOS have competition to the same houses? |
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 jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA | said by neufuse:Could it get to a situation where Cox has a channel that comcast doesnt and you can only get it on Cox? which would suck as you'd have to move to get it in most situations... or is this in like overlay areas where like Comcast and FiOS have competition to the same houses? This could set a dangerous precedence. What if Disney merges with Comcast and decides to make all of their channels exclusive to Comcast customers in places where Comcast is available?
The consumers lose, even the Cablevision subscribers will ultimately lose. Exclusivity almost always leads to more expensive costs for the consumer, while the conglomerates benefit. |
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| reply to neufuse
yes...it very well could get to that situation. Be sure to thank the judges that throw you and all of us under the bus. |
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| reply to jmn1207
said by jmn1207:said by neufuse:Could it get to a situation where Cox has a channel that comcast doesnt and you can only get it on Cox? which would suck as you'd have to move to get it in most situations... or is this in like overlay areas where like Comcast and FiOS have competition to the same houses? This could set a dangerous precedence. What if Disney merges with Comcast and decides to make all of their channels exclusive to Comcast customers in places where Comcast is available? there is NO WAY that ESPN WILL even be cable only maybe if the NFL, MLB, NBA, NCAA and others pull there games from it. But will be nice to dump the other disney crap. |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
 ·Frontier FiOS
| reply to neufuse
said by neufuse:Could it get to a situation where Cox has a channel that comcast doesnt and you can only get it on Cox? which would suck as you'd have to move to get it in most situations... or is this in like overlay areas where like Comcast and FiOS have competition to the same houses? That's exactly the situation. I believe it's still the case, but at one time at least CSN Philly was only transmitted via microwave and fiber which allowed Comcast to prevent DBS providers from obtaining retransmission agreements. Another example is MSG HD that is withheld from some competing providers even though MSG SD is available. |
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| gotta love that loop whole.
After all ATT uses it for their "private only" channels as well for customers. |
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