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- From: hew@Turing.ORG (Harold E. Wheaton (N6WUX))
- Subject: Re: Trucker TV to scramble?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.205323.28577@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: The Turing Project, Public Access Internet Host
- References: <1992Dec30.132201.20194@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 20:53:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.132201.20194@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> jay@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
- (Jay Novello) writes:
- >I noticed in Satellite TV week that Trucker TV (SBS5-12) is going to
- >"remain in the clear for two more months".
- >Anybody hear anything further? This was surprising to me since they've
- >run promos that say "you truckers can see Trucker TV at home if you have
- >a satellite dish", then going on to give the info.
-
- Hmm...that definitely does seem strange. Either scrambling or compression
- would make costs (to truckstops) very high and I can't conceive how individual
- viewers could eat into revenues.
-
- It is possible though that the magazine means that ATTN has 2 more months of
- funds for the channel at the very minimum.
-
- Of course I'll be the most surprised guy if I see that B-MAC pattern on there!
- -Harold
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