Used to be there were must carry rules for locals. Now it is reversed. I have seen these disputes many times over the past 10-15 years.
I wonder about the economics of building an OTA circuit into the STB. Have the installer put up an antenna, wire it up and don’t pay the broadcasters. If it was clever enough the user would not even know. Include the locals in the OSD and DVR functionality... Hmmm, would work for IPTV systems too... Of course everyone cannot always receive all the local OTAs but most could. I wonder if you could pay the broadcasters only for the customers that needed cable/IPTV deliver of the signal... I guess you could create a non locals tier of service and try to put as many on it as possible. From: Rory Conaway Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 3:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Cox pulls KASW from it's lineup KASW is a local channel in the Phoenix area. Apparently there is a dispute over the cost of rebroadcasting this local channel when renewing the contract. The reason that it’s interesting is they replaced the entire show with an explanation of how local channels get to charge for something the broadcast over the air for free. It looks like they are going on the offensive and something we need to be aware of it if we start looking at broadcasting IP TV. Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 602-426-0542 [email protected] www.triadwireless.net “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort or convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge or controversy” – Martin Luther King
