 bohratomJersey Shore will rise again
join:2011-07-07
Red Bank NJ | reply to andyross
Re: Say goodbye to ClearQAM Correct me if I am wrong but Fox and other local broadcast stations are charging providers now for the content. In this case, local broadcasts use to be free to the cable companies, now they are charged for those rights. I see nothing wrong with a company protecting its financial interest by encrypting those broadcasts to assure only paying customers receive them. I own a small business in Jersey and if I was forced to pay for something that I was receiving for free, I would change the way I sell that product in order to assure a profit.
The anger should really be vented at the local broadcasters who are forcing the cable companies hand. |
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| said by bohratom:Correct me if I am wrong but Fox and other local broadcast stations are charging providers now for the content. In this case, local broadcasts use to be free to the cable companies, now they are charged for those rights. I see nothing wrong with a company protecting its financial interest by encrypting those broadcasts to assure only paying customers receive them. I own a small business in Jersey and if I was forced to pay for something that I was receiving for free, I would change the way I sell that product in order to assure a profit.
The anger should really be vented at the local broadcasters who are forcing the cable companies hand.
I believe the rules for location stations are that, if the station demands it be carried, the cable company must comply and carry the channel, but it (the station) can't charge the cable co for it. IF the channel wants to be paid per subscriber, then it can negotiate with the cable company and they (Comcast in this case) isn't forced to carry it.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Must-carry
Besides that, i DO pay for basic service and like not having a box. I have a digital tuner is my computer for recording locals - that will soon be useless.
I honestly can't believe there is a huge market for pirating local TV with illegal cable hookups.
Not trying to start a flame war, this is my opinion. I pay for Local TV, i like the way it is now. |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | reply to bohratom
said by bohratom:Correct me if I am wrong but Fox and other local broadcast stations are charging providers now for the content. In this case, local broadcasts use to be free to the cable companies, now they are charged for those rights. Local full power stations have must-carry privilege that can force a local cable company to carry their signal. In exchange for being must-carry, the local station can not charge a fee for carrying their signal.
However, they can opt to charge a fee, but then they lose their must-carry privilege and the cable company can tell them to go fly a kite. Most cable companies will want to carry the local stations as they would be in demand, but if the station wants too much they don't have to carry them. That's why there have been more and more disputes in recent years where the cable companies drop a local station for a short period because they can't work out a contract, or the television station runs a crawler that says "You might lose this station next week because cableco refused to pay a fair amount for you to be able to watch this station..." |
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 camperPremium
join:2010-03-21
Bethel, CT
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said by bohratom:Correct me if I am wrong but Fox and other local broadcast stations are charging providers now for the content. ...
You are wrong.
If anyone pays, it is usually the local broadcasters who have to pay the cable companies to carry their signals.
What you are thinking of is the satellite-based content providers for the basic and semi-basic cable packages. |
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 DrDrewSo that others may surf.
join:2009-01-28
SoCal
kudos:9 | said by camper:said by bohratom:Correct me if I am wrong but Fox and other local broadcast stations are charging providers now for the content. ... You are wrong. If anyone pays, it is usually the local broadcasters who have to pay the cable companies to carry their signals. What you are thinking of is the satellite-based content providers for the basic and semi-basic cable packages. Actually he's right. Many of the very public broadcast contract disputes with cable providers over the last few years have been over what WERE previously free "Must Carry" broadcasters turning to "Retransmission Consent" and charging cable providers for them.
CBS and Time Warner Cable :
»www.seacoastonline.com/articles/···12170404
Fox and Cablevision :
»www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/busin···ble.html
ABC and Comcast :
»abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id···i2VLnt-Q
NBC, CW, and Mediacom :
»news.heartland.org/newspaper-art···blackout
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If it's important, back it up... twice. Even 99.999% availability isn't enough sometimes. |
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cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | reply to camper
said by camper:said by bohratom:Correct me if I am wrong but Fox and other local broadcast stations are charging providers now for the content. ... You are wrong. If anyone pays, it is usually the local broadcasters who have to pay the cable companies to carry their signals. What you are thinking of is the satellite-based content providers for the basic and semi-basic cable packages. Actually, it's YOU who are wrong. Cable companies (and not satellite companies) are definitely covered under the Cable Television Protection and Competition Act, which required must-carry or retransmission consent.
In that Act, it's Every three years, a station must declare if they are going to be must-carry or retransmission consent. The former guarantees the station be carried, but doesn't make the station money. The latter doesn't guarantee the station is carried, but can bring in revenue.
Satellite companies have a similar requirement also referred to as must carry. They don't have to carry locals in ever market, but if they carry one local in a market, they must allow all locals in that market access. They can't pick and choose which stations they want. A station is not required though to be carried if they so choose. |
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