For some yes, for others no.
On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > But you have to pay for retransmission, right? > > -----Original Message----- From: Josh Reynolds > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 4:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cox pulls KASW from it's lineup > > What we're doing is setting up, basically, a few antennas and a > transcoder. We have rebroadcast rights for locals. We have custom > middleware, and those channels get thrown into the standard rotation. > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 >> >> >
