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[Rant] Comcast thinks we all love Infomercials!!

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On 9/25/12, Cable Marketplace 2 channel 102 and Leased
Access channel 103 will move from Expanded Basic to Limited
Basic, a new Leased Access channel will be added on Limited
Basic channel 115 and Cable Marketplace 3 will be added on
Limited Basic channel 113.

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DirecTV has like 50 of them. Somebody must be watching them.

reply to andyross
I watch the local zoning and alcohol beverage board meetings weekly. so yep I do watch them.

reply to andyross
Leased Access channels are usually a requirement for some areas, does not matter if anyone is watching or even likes those channels, they still are mandated.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leased_access

reply to andyross
They also report all channel changes on your bill, not really note worthy.
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Ex-Tech at the Beach.
I speak for myself, not my former employer.

reply to andyross
If those new channels are for public, government, or educational access, then those channels would not likely have infomercials.

For the channels that sell you stuff, the issue is not whether pay tv providers think you love watching the infomercials or not. The terms "marketplace" and "leased" often means that the provider is getting paid to air the programming and/or getting a cut of whatever is being sold. So yeah. If you pay Comcast or whomever enough money, they will put you on the air.

reply to andyross
Mine doesn't have extra Informercials Channels but would like to in HD. Had PIN but gone.

reply to beachintech
Mine doesn't because they add WFN/TVG/Outside Channel in SD without telling us.

got a good one TWC in my area added:

Shop Zeal2 (Liquidation Channel)
Shop Zeal3 (Gem Shopping Network)
Shop Zeal4 (infomercials)
Shop Zeal5 (TCT)

in my area earlier this year.

reply to andyross
Since many of them are over the air channels, the FCC is required to carry them. And they must get people's attention and get viewers. Otherwise, these marketers wouldn't spend big bucks on these 30 minute commercial spots.

Think of how his big investment in informercials turned Joe Francis into a multi-millionaire with Girls Gone Wild?

reply to andyross
Comcast is in the business of making money. It's doubtful that Comcast would add these channels if they were not making money. In order for them to make money someone has to watch the channel and buy the trinkets they are pushing.

So yes someone watches these channels.
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I do not, have not, and will not work for AT&T/Comcast/Verizon/Charter or similar sized company.

reply to moes
I wish the zoning meetings were televised as they get pretty heated I hear. Would be entertaining to say the least. Also the school board and city council meetings would be entertaining. Could make some popcorn relax and watch.

Yeah it can get very "neat" at some points in the zoning board meetings. The school board meetings are hardly ever televised here and the city council meetings they are tame.

reply to andyross
Olathe Meetings on it's Goverment Channel and so is Orange County/Seminole County in Orlando.

reply to andyross
I'll just say this. I've found that ever since I first got my HDTV, that if the picture and sound is amazing, I'll watch it, regardless of what it is, including infomercials. It's the reason why I started watching football, basketball, and baseball, along with tv shows that I never would have watched otherwise if it was only in standard def. High def just seems to make everything better.

reply to Mgsports
You should call in to complain then. How dare they do something without you being notified!

It most likely was in a notice somewhere, whether it was a bill, insert, or your local paper.
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Ex-Tech at the Beach.
I speak for myself, not my former employer.

reply to mikedz4
You should contact those organizations and have them request a community broadcast channel. Most of those organizations stream online anymore, waste of time to do it on TV and too much money in equipment.
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Ex-Tech at the Beach.
I speak for myself, not my former employer.

contacted city they said council would have to approve the expenses required to offer their meetings on cable tv.
They are not on the internet either.

equipment required? Lazy lazy people. All they need is a webcam and a ustream or justin.tv account. Or hell they could even use a youtube account and stream live there. Or they could record it with the webcam then play back the recording on a video player attached to a broadcast channel.

Some ideas. »www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-co···cam-c920

»www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-co···tvcam-hd

»www.logitech.com/en-us/for-busin···rencecam

they claim they need to hire a cameraman and it has to be done professionally.
They also claim it costs too much to do a bulletin board plus to get comcast to add the channel would mean people would have to pay a franchise fee or so they claim.