[opendtv] Re: My Jax clear QAM HD went away
- From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:58:51 -0400
I'm in Atlantic Beach Florida, suburb of Jacksonville.
But as I mentioned in another post the channels may not really be
encrypted but instead moved to a new frequency (supposedly channels
63-66) that is for me filtered due to my limited basic subscription.
Basically I only want broadband but the teaser rate for limited basic
made it worth it just for the network channels for the first
(supposedly) 6 months.
I first thought the channels were encrypted because after my attempt at
finding them on the PC I tried my Vizio TV which announced they were
encrypted. However that was likely the result of the Comcast channel
rejiggering and I had not yet done a full channel re-scan. After the
Vizio channel scan the HD channels are still not there but at least do
not say encrypted. I believe Comcast changed the channel lineup
around the 15'th but I haven't had any time to watch TV and was relying
on my computer to record everything. It seems most recordings failed
since the 15th.
I meant to call Comcast today and find out what's going on but got busy
and never got around to it. Maybe they can swap my filters or something.
- Tom
colejd@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Tom,
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> What market are you in, and what two stations?
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> It is possible, as Craig writes, that retrans consent allows, but very
> unlikely, unless these two stations are out of DMA.
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> 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
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> I would enquire with the stations if they know this is happening.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> ----- 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
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> At 9:59 PM -0400 4/27/10, Tom Barry wrote:
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>> I've previously been skeptical here that the cable companies would start
>> encrypting the network channels. Â But I notice today I can no longer get
>> ABC and Fox in HD that way. Â 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.
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> 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...
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> Regards
> Craig
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