[OT] Local TV Matters

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 11:58:08AM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > But as far as I can tell the cable companies are requiered to carry the
> > local stations and to place them in the low channel numbers.  So does
> > this mean the cable companies now get the choice of not carrying the
> > local stations?
> >
> >   
> 
> I certainly hope so and they should also lose simultaneous
> substitution.  There's so little content on the Canadian channels that I
> watch, that doesn't originate in the U.S., that I could happily drop the
> Canadian channels.  Why should I be forced to pay for something that I
> don't watch?

Certainly only seems fair.  If they have to pay to carry the signal
they should also be allowed to not carry them and to not substitute them
(and their ads) for the channels people choose to watch.

Oh and do US cable companies near the canadian border have to pay too?

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Len Sorensen
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