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Re: Time Warner Cable drops ABC local Channels
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 3 May 2000 16:52:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ed Jones wrote:
> Time Warner Cable was unable to get Disney to sign a contract to
> allow the cable broadcasting of ABC local channesl. Not a smart
> move for Disney during sweeps month, especially in a market as large
> as NYC.
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> So, for now, I have no ABC on cable (not a great loss really, except
> for "The Practice"). Of course I can reattach the rabbit ear
> antenna that will give very good reception (nothing blocking my view
> of the transmission towers on the World Trade Center and Empire
> State Building except the glass in my windows).
>
> Anyone else affected?
Well, I *would* have been affected, if I had cable, but I don't have
cable or a dish. I use a 6' antenna in my attic, on the rare occasion
when I actually turn on the TV. OTOH, I'm on a first-name basis with
the librarians at the local public library... ;-)
Personally, I think a lot of people (Time-Warner execs, ABC-Disney
execs, local media) have gotten their panties in a twist over something
that, in the big picture of things, really doesn't matter as much as
they're trying to make it matter.
--
Susan Hoover
Houston, TX
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| Time Warner Cable was unable to get Disney to sign a contract to allow the cable broadcasting of ABC local channesl. Not a smart move for Disney during sweeps month, especially in a market as large as NYC. So, for now, I have no ABC on cable (not a (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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