On Feb 8, 8:21 pm, stan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Feb 8, 6:38 pm, pedegars <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > You're right, of course; I forgot about the two sweeps periods between
> > now & then, which is why the nets were supporting the delay.
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> > Even my Dinosaur station loves to run the promos bragging "We're
> > number one!" in every important time slot.
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> > So now we're down to the PBS stations who want to switch early.
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> > On Feb 8, 4:14 pm, Ben Scripps <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > The good reason to stay analog: sweeps. There are two months of
> > > sweeps between now and June 12. For mid- and small-markets (like
> > > mine, in the high 110's), there tends to be much more rural territory,
> > > unserved by cable. And while satellite penetration tends to be a bit
> > > higher, it's not enough to really make an impact. There are lots and
> > > lots of folk with rabbit ears/rooftop antennas/small towers in the
> > > backyard.
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> > > If you go digital, you have to get your viewers to come along with
> > > you. Essentially, you're betting your ratings on everyone being
> > > prepared. There's little payoff for being right, and two bad books
> > > for being wrong.- Hide quoted text -
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> It gets better. Today I saw a spot on WHKY-TV, which is only in the
> Charlotte DMA because they pulled a "Must Carry" on Time Warner.
> They're pulling out their analog plug on Saturday 2/14. The 14th?- Hide
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Responding to my own post, the "big 3" network affiliates in CLT have
announced that they're waiting until June 12th.
In the mean time, those of us watching the SD feed on cable get the
corners cut off the screen, like one of Mom's sandwiches.
-Stan
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