dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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Re: It should be obvious
said by mw3051  :yes they do of course. but then we also pay for it too when we pay for cable television. we pay to watch paid programming. nice eh ? And i bet 85% of the channels from 10pm to 7am are just pages of "paid programming". thats like having your HSI out for 8 hours everyday.
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jslik
That just happened
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join:2006-03-17
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said by RadioDoc :Very few shopping channels can "get a license and transmitter". What you see OTA is via purchased airtime and these days that's been mostly relegated to the LPTV wasteland. I stand corrected, thanks! |
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RadioDoc
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Very few shopping channels can "get a license and transmitter". What you see OTA is via purchased airtime and these days that's been mostly relegated to the LPTV wasteland. These cable channels are owned by the MSOs and/or pay to play, so you're getting them whether you want 'em or not. They'll be the last ones off analog, too. Notice that none are ever only in a digital tier?
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jslik
That just happened
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said by silica :I had heard that the shopping networks pay the cable companies to carry the shopping channels. I thought it was due in part to the 'must-carry' rule...all broadcast channels have to be shown on the 'basic tier' or something like that. So these shopping channels get a license and transmitter, and then have to be carried on the cable system(s) in a particular area. |
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mw3051
join:2001-04-01
Tulsa, OK | reply to silica
yes they do of course.
but then we also pay for it too when we pay for cable television.
we pay to watch paid programming.
nice eh ? |
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silica
join:2004-05-20
Duluth, GA | reply to johnsp
I had heard that the shopping networks pay the cable companies to carry the shopping channels. |
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crazediamond
That's Dr. Craze to you
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join:2002-01-19
Germantown, MD
| reply to johnsp
said by johnsp :that the cable companies realized no one is watching the 12 home shopping networks they're wasting bandwidth on but charging us for. Seems like if someone could get the data for channel usage it could be presented so as to provide a compelling argument for a la carte.
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jojodancer
join:2003-07-22
Burlington, VT
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said by johnsp :that the cable companies realized no one is watching the 12 home shopping networks they're wasting bandwidth on but charging us for. Add to that all the basic cable channels like Discovery and History that switch to all infomercials overnight. |
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johnsp
join:2001-02-07
Syosset, NY | that the cable companies realized no one is watching the 12 home shopping networks they're wasting bandwidth on but charging us for. |
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