On Monday, March 26, 2012 5:44:23 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > The present retransmission contract runs out Saturday, the Tribune Co. > wants money for the 23 OTA stations in 16 markets, meaning that subscribers > would have to get a converter box and rabbit ears for CW programs in NY, > Chi, LA and other markets and the Cubs and White Sox on WGN (both local and > America), the Mets on WPIX and the Phils on WPHL: > > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-directv-subscribers-could-lose-tribune-programming-20120326,0,7543897.story?track=rss&?track=ct-BusinessAlerts-32612 > I just found out about this last night while watching "Big Bang Theory" on WPHL. They ran a commerical asking viewers to complain to DirecTV, similar to the campaigns ABC and others have run. In this case, though, they didn't tell viewers they would lose the Phillies, just that they would lose "Big Bang Theory" and "Two and a Half Men." Hmm. -Tim
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