 leiboldPremium,MVM
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Re: My own modem -- what do I get? said by DaneJasper:Regarding the IPTV offering, it's still under construction so we don't yet have many specifics. It will be a very exciting offering though, and it's something we're working hard on here. Is there any place to voice feature and/or programming wish lists ?
I'm not much of a TV viewer, but when I do it is mostly the local PBS stations (KTEH San Jose, KCSM San Mateo, KQED San Francisco and KRCB Sonoma County) for both entertaining and informative content (without the frequent and extensive interruptions for advertising found on all other stations).
With the FCC permitting unlicensed use of TV "white space" it is pretty much certain that we will loose over the air reception of KRCB in the South Bay (Google's white space directory shows channel 22 as available for use!) and it is yet to be seen how much interference there will be on the other stations.
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 DaneJasperSonic.NetPremium,VIP
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Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:9 | We don't have a good spot for folks to request programming specifics at this time, but you can be assured that PBS will be included. It's unclear to me how much overlap there is between the various PBS outlets, and if we'll carry one per market or more than one.
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leiboldPremium,MVM
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| All of the PBS stations do indeed show a lot of common programs (however they tend to broadcast on different days and times).
There is however also additional programming that is specific to each station (especially on the subchannels), some of which is locally produced content and some is imported from other countries. Limiting distribution to just the programming from one PBS station would exclude a lot of content not available elsewhere.
Your TV competitors (cable, satellite) only carry the primary channels (54.1, 60.1, 9.1, 22.1) so I would think that there is value in offering the subchannels as well (as a distinguishing feature).
The only duplication exists between KTEH (now KQED+) and KQED since the two stations merged: 9.2 = 54.1 and 54.2 = 9.1. All the other subchannels have distinct programming (9.3, 54.3, 54.4 and 54.5).
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DaneJasperSonic.NetPremium,VIP
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kudos:9 | Interesting - I hadn't really looked into what each PBS affiliate is airing and what they are doing on their subchannels. We'll have to learn more on this. |
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