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Re: double dip Cable and Satellite providers are doing those broadcasters just as big of a favor, if not bigger, by making it available through them to more people in a better quality.
I have always thought this industry is ass backwards and find it quite silly that cable / sat had to pay to retransmit anyway. It should have been a gentleman's agreement as they both help line the pockets of each other and both would greatly suffer without the other. |
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balur
join:2010-04-28
kudos:1 | said by Skippy25:Cable and Satellite providers are doing those broadcasters just as big of a favor, if not bigger, by making it available through them to more people in a better quality. Better quality? The world of OTA Analog is over. Broadcasts OTA now are almost always HD, and will be crystal clear (you'll either get it or you won't). Generally it will be better then over cable because they won't be compressing it to save bandwidth. |
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miscDude
join:2005-03-24
Hendersonville, NC | said by balur:said by Skippy25:Cable and Satellite providers are doing those broadcasters just as big of a favor, if not bigger, by making it available through them to more people in a better quality. Better quality? The world of OTA Analog is over. Broadcasts OTA now are almost always HD, and will be crystal clear (you'll either get it or you won't). Generally it will be better then over cable because they won't be compressing it to save bandwidth. I think that generally, MSO's aren't allowed to compress or further change the signal that they get from the OTA broadcast stations. Pretty much it's a straight pass thru as far as the programs themselves go. |
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