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- Newsgroups: rec.video.cable-tv
- Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!unixland!fybush
- From: fybush@unixland.natick.ma.us (Scott Fybush)
- Subject: Re: Why do they change channel allocations?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.210355.4751@unixland.natick.ma.us>
- Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix (508) 655-3848
- References: <1992Dec30.173246.15385@netcom.com> <C039Dr.Jvz@nic.umass.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:03:55 GMT
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- The deals that are made to move channel allocations can be enormous
- sometimes. My TCI system in Waltham MA recently moved WFXT, the
- local Fox affiliate, from 22 to 6, as part of a systemwide deal between
- corporate TCI nationwide and Fox. I forget just how much money changed
- hands, but it was substantial.
-
- When the Cable Bill's provisions become law, it will be interesting to
- see how many broadcasters:
-
- 1) decide to go with must-carry rather than charge a retransmission fee
- after the cable company threatens to move them from channel 4 to
- channel 63.
-
- 2) offer to waive the retransmission fee in exchange for a low
- channel position.
-
- As for me, I'd rather my local network affiliates (VHF 4, 5 and 7) were
- back up on 17, 21, and 20 where they used to be on cable...rather than
- on cable 4, 5 and 7, where they're subject to much ghosting!
-
- (The cable co. actually repeats 4 5 and 7 on cable channels 58, 59, and 60...
- and the addressable converters are really tuning "58," "59," and "60" when
- they're displaying "4," "5," and "7.")
-
- Scott Fybush -- REPLY TO fybush@world.std.com
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