[opendtv] Re: My Jax clear QAM HD went away
- From: colejd@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:11:22 +0000 (UTC)
Tom,
What market are you in, and what two stations?
It is possible, as Craig writes, that retrans consent allows, but very
unlikely, unless these two stations are out of DMA.
Most O&O's would never allow the native feed to be encrypted, and most
affiliates wouldn't want to give up that right, if the network even gave them
the option too.
I would enquire with the stations if they know this is happening.
The other thing that could have happened is that the cable company move the
content to a different QAM. This sounds to be the most possible situation
considering that you are talking about 2 broadcasters. Have you tried
re-scanning the TV?
I know of some stations that gave up their rights for HD carriage in order to
gain out-of-market carriage, but never with a major network within their DMA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:13:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [opendtv] Re: My Jax clear QAM HD went away
At 9:59 PM -0400 4/27/10, Tom Barry wrote:
>I've previously been skeptical here that the cable companies would start
>encrypting the network channels. But I notice today I can no longer get
>ABC and Fox in HD that way. What I hadn't considered, and what they
>did, is that they might keep the SD versions for limited basic customers
>with cable ready TV's but encrypt the HD versions.
Chalk up another victim of Retransmission consent. Now that the cable
companies are paying the broadcaster for their content, they have
both the incentive, and most likely contractual rights, to limit
access to the HD version for customers paying those fees. The
lifeline customers continue to get 4:3 SD, but you must pay for
digital to get digital...
Regards
Craig
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