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- From: alan@ernest.itg.ti.com (Alan Edmonds)
- Subject: Re: Money for nothing and PPV for free
- Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc. - Plano, Tx
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:27:09 GMT
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- Summary: me too
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- In article <2111@hsdndev.UUCP> nhmas@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Mark Shneyder) writes:
- >I'm not sure if this was a nation-wide PPV glitch but Cablevision of
- >Boston/Brookline had unscrambled Holyfield-Bowe fight to all(many)of its
- >subscribers last night for all 12 great rounds of boxing.
-
- I noticed the same thing. We have three PPV channels on the local cable
- system here (Telecable). I noticed that the Preview Guide had turned into
- the Holyfield-Bowe fight with the audio replaced by an obnoxious buzz.
- The PPV channel with the fight was in the clear!
-
- Very interesting. Maybe it's like NFL home games; if enough tickets
- are sold, the game is broadcast locally :-)
-
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