[OT] Local TV Matters

[Darryl Moore]

Yes, and speaking of the relevancy of cable companies and broadcasters
to our modern lives, BBC announced today a new Dr. Who logo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/10_october/06/doctor.shtml

Meh, I liked the old one better.

There is some speculation that the next episode is coming out for
halloween. Of course you wont find it on CBC for weeks or months after
that. Most people anywhere on the planet who have any interest in
watching this will have already seen it by... oh... about the third day
after the first broadcast. Thank you Bit Torrent.


Local TV does NOT matter, (in it's current form)
Neither does cable.
Let them both die please, then let the local broadcasters be reborn in
the form of a YouTube channel, a pod cast, or something similar.



Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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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