CFL customers may lose Local6

[stevenl]

On Jan1st Ch 6 may go blank in CFL, it seems local6 now wants to charge BHN per sub for the channel. Yes you heard me right an OFF AIR FREE channel wants to charge to be on the cable system. (I know others like sinclair broadcasting have been doing this all over) but if ch6 doesn't change its mind I can assure you BHN will take it off the air. Then local6 can deal with the ratings loss of 1million customers.

[dukandhide]

The news keeps getting better for BHN customers

[stevenl]

I acutely like local6 news but I don't want to pay for it, when I can hook up an antenna and watch it in HD for free... Why would I want to pay for the STD version?

[iceturkee]

or you could switch to satellite and watch it for free plus a whole shit load of sparkling hd you'll never find on bhn!

[stevenl]

Yea its sad this is happening all over the nation. People wonder why their sat, cable, etc bills are so high. These channel owners are getting way to greedy.

[dukandhide]

I would tell local6 see ya. I wonder if this will now become the standard?

[stevenl]

Well I think Sinclair broadcasting has been doing it all over the place, charging customers for their "free" channel. That is why you see a lot of posts about them on this site, with other cable companies. Its just crazy they expect people to pay for something that is "free" with no extra value added to the consumer.

[jcarrera]

Is it not true that if Ch 6 leaves BHN, the only people that will see it are the OTA folks?

Oh, I guess they are carried on the sat packages. Do the sat companies pay to carry it? If so, there would seem to be a parallel. But I would hate it, because the cost would of course be passed on to me--and since profit is usually targeted as a percentage above costs, I'd pay cost + overhead + profit.

[stevenl]

Well, atm Sat does not pay for it. I am assuming they would try to make sat pay for it as well. Maybe not. Im not sure if Local6 is going after The sat companies as well, I would assume they are trying BHN first to see how it goes, then work their way to the sat companies. I think local6 got a urge in their pocket reporting on this FSN/BHN ordeal, and saw dollar signs perhaps attacking while one is open.

Im glad you "get it" though jcarrera, because BHN Dish Directv etc etc DO NOT PAY FOR ANY CHANNEL. It doesn't cost them a single DIME. You, me and millions others pay for it. BHN has not paid a penny in its life for a channel, each and every customer they have pays for it. So its not BHN's bill that will go up, its yours and mine. (well not mine i get free cable) But yours!

[Khandurian]

So, I wonder how much of a hoopla it would create if I was to say that even though I work for BHN, I have Satellite?!! So this won't affect me.

It is sad the fact that they feel that they should get paid per subscriber and not a flat out fee. It just goes to show that even though the CEO of a company gets a 500k bonus at the end of the year that it's never enough.