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jslik
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Re: It should be obvious

said by silica See Profile :

I had heard that the shopping networks pay the cable companies to carry the shopping channels.
I thought it was due in part to the 'must-carry' rule...all broadcast channels have to be shown on the 'basic tier' or something like that. So these shopping channels get a license and transmitter, and then have to be carried on the cable system(s) in a particular area.

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Very few shopping channels can "get a license and transmitter". What you see OTA is via purchased airtime and these days that's been mostly relegated to the LPTV wasteland. These cable channels are owned by the MSOs and/or pay to play, so you're getting them whether you want 'em or not. They'll be the last ones off analog, too. Notice that none are ever only in a digital tier?
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said by RadioDoc See Profile :

Very few shopping channels can "get a license and transmitter". What you see OTA is via purchased airtime and these days that's been mostly relegated to the LPTV wasteland.
I stand corrected, thanks!
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