Guess I will be calling when they turn the channel off to ask for some kind of programming credit. Last time I got free HBO for 3 months an other time I got $10. These disputes seem to come and go.
more so with Dish than anyone else
Guess I will be calling when they turn the channel off to ask for some kind of programming credit. Last time I got free HBO for 3 months an other time I got $10. These disputes seem to come and go.
But if a subchannel has some kind of local programming (local news, sports, whatever), THAT shows up, right? The agreement you mention wouldn't cover those.Usually sub channels are syndicated stations such as This TV, Antenna TV, RTV etc...) they have an agreement with those channels to use the guide data since those programmers own the copyright to the schedule not the individual tv station.
I don't know of any such sub-channels though.
Hello, we are pleased to announce that DISH and Hearst Television have reached a multi-year agreement and the channels will be restored by 11 AM MT.
Do the EPGs show the local programming or the national programming? I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the sub-channel EPG being "untouched".Cincinnati's Market sub channels are also very dynamic:
NBC has MeTV with local inserts and is also used for news and weather when NBC has special events. Also local weather breaks in for weathergasms. The EPG on this sub-channel was untouched even when there was a local news program on the channel.
CBS has CW with local news,
ABC has a local weather channel with the mandatory FCC E/I programming on the weekends locally originated.
PBS from Covington (KET) has two locally (Lexington) originated sub-channels
PBS from Oxford has one LO
PBS from Cincinnati inserts their own programs on CET Arts.
Do the EPGs show the local programming or the national programming? I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the sub-channel EPG being "untouched".
Our CBS affiliate has CW on a subchannel. But they'll sometimes put local ballgames on the subchannel. I'm pretty sure the ballgame is listed in the EPG.
I suspect it depends on a) if the local station "sends" the data on programming (that they are superseding) and b) if they send it soon enough.Do the EPGs show the local programming or the national programming?
You're probably correct.I suspect it depends on a) if the local station "sends" the data on programming (that they are superseding) and b) if they send it soon enough.
I suspect the programs themselves have some data embedded in them that the DVR reads. Ever hit "Info" at the very start of a recording, where it's actually showing you the previous show (from the 1-minute padding), it will show the title, description, etc of that previous show, not your recording's info....and was labeled properly on OTA even though the EPG showed "Special Info" or whatever. This happened not too long ago when I think Scripps channels were yanked briefly.