And important ping list update:
Due to a recent computer crash, the most current HDTV ping list I have is from October 2008.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Posted on 12/27/2010 7:04:06 AM PST by Las Vegas Dave
Washington, D.C. (December 26, 2010) -- DIRECTV could lose the right to air as many as 40 Raycom-owned local TV stations at the end of the year due to a programming fee fight.
The Raycom impasse is the latest carriage headache for DIRECTV as the year comes to a close. Hearst Television is warning that DIRECTV will lose the right to carry roughly 30 of its local stations on January 1 if the two companies don't reach a new programming pact by then.
And DIRECTV is negotiating with the Comcast-owned Golf Channel to keep it on the air. The satcaster's current agreement with the Golf Channel also expires at the end of the year.
The Raycom blackout could extend to such major markets as Tucson (CBS affiliate) Cleveland (CBS affiliate) and Charlotte, North Carolina (CBS affiliate). Raycom owns roughly 40 local TV stations, but it's unclear if each station would be affected by this impasse.
The Arizona Daily Star reports that DIRECTV is claiming that its agreement with Raycom will renew automatically at the end of the year and that its customers will not lose any local channels.
But several Raycom-owned stations, including WOLD in Tucson, WBTV in Charlotte and WOIO in Cleveland, today are running notices at their web sites alerting DIRECTV viewers that their signals could go dark at the end of the week.
The Arizona Daily Star reports that DIRECTV and Raycom met Thursday to discuss a new agreement, but no deal has been reached. The current pact will expire on December 31.
A Raycom spokesman tells the newspaper that DIRECTV would likely lose the local Raycom stations if a new deal is not signed by the end of the year.
WMC in Memphis is one.
WAFF in Huntsville, Alabama is another one.
And important ping list update:
Due to a recent computer crash, the most current HDTV ping list I have is from October 2008.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
So what? They are CBS stations, who cares. I don’t even get the local channels and I do just fine. On the rare occasion that I want to see something local, I turn on the old TV with the converter box.
Dish is what I have also.
Personally I think it is stupid for the local broadcasters to demand payment. They are getting a benefit from the cable/sat company rebroadcasting their signal. Also I think that local companies should lose all blackout and exclusivity rights if they refuse rebroadcast rights. If channel 22 refuses those rights, then the cable/sat company should be able to broadcast another city's ABC network affiliate or even the nationwide network feed so the viewers keep the network programs.
I’ll stick with my DirectTV; still far better than Dish.
The lose of those particualr channels is NO lose in my books being I, nor my family, do not watch them anyhow. =.=
1992 “must carry” chickens coming home to roost. Orlando will lose channel 2 (NBC - Hearst), ho hum.
ABC CBS NBC is no big deal, but ousting the Golf Channel is hitting below the belt...
their shouting, not mine
Dish already has that on their HD boxes. Well sort of. They have an ATSC tuner built in and the guide will show those channels. A little software update will fix it so that they could do something like what you suggest.
DirecTV sucked in our area. They could not carry our local channels because supposedly we were right on the outside of their satellite range or something like that and we would need to get a little aerial antenna in addition to the satellite already, the installation service sucked, they kept screwing up our address. It was a nightmare. So told them to take a hike and Dish Network has worked out no problem for us.
So nice to think about how little I care about Television. We pulled the cable/dish years ago and never looked back. I regret now that we didn’t cut off the lying boob tube years earlier. A really nice thing happens when you stop watching TV, you have time for family and books and art. You don’t need to see the Rats and the RINOs. You form your own opinions, and get your information from better sources. This may be a very good thing as people decide that it wasn’t worth the time and money.
We traded our satellite antenna for an internet antenna about 8 years ago.
It was a good trade. Kids get out and play, my frustration level is down and with high speed internet with all of its free options and Netflix streaming, there is more to watch than we need.
For those of you who want local channels and are close enough, put up an old fashioned antenna. It is free service and the quality is much better than what the satellite provides.
Your friend is about 10 year too late. I have two DTV HD DVRs and they both have OTR antenna inputs (one of mine is hooked up to my attic antenna. The locals show up on the guide as the digital channels, i.e. 13.1, 8.1, 6.1 etc. here in Indianapolis. DTV also offers a stand alone unit for their other HD DVRs that don’t have the OTR inputs.
Cable and direct TV need to charge the suckers more to watch their commercials.....lol
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