said by DrDrew:Which version of the channel do cable providers pass on?
Analog
Digital simulcast
HD
Normally basic cable only includes analog. To produce the analog version cable providers are decoding the signal and remodulating it.
In your agreement can Cable providers now drop the analog signal? or the digital simulcast? and just provide the HD signal as if it were OTA?
What about the sub-channels often included in the OTA signal? Do they have to be included in the Broadcast Basic signal? in analog? and/or digital simulcast?
I would not modify the current rule which requires cable operators to bear the cost of downconverting the signal.
