Anyone in WPB, Fl have interruptions in programs??

[Walker1]

Last night at the beginning of the Sopranos a loud noise from the weather bur. cancels out the sound on HBO. This was followed by an announcement about the weather. I had to listen to this about 10 times between 5 PM and 9 PM or so.

I just got C-cast and had Dish for the last 2 yrs. Can someone tell me when C-cast started "breaking into" HBO programming to let the weatherman talk?

I am extremely upset with this practice. I have a weather radio that does the same exact thing & will not continue with C-Cast if they don't stop this idiotic practice of interrupting premium channels.

How do you feel??

 

[jegrant]

Comcast is not required to interrupt HBO for the weather. They would be required to interrupt it in case of Emergency Alert System tests, or a national / presidential Emergency Alert Activation.

I would suggest contacting them and letting them know you don't appreciate HBO being interrupted. OTOH, some subscribers who don't have a weather radio might appreciate the service.

Please note that all national satellite services (E*, D*, SA*, as well as XM and Sirius) must carry EAS tests and national activations.

 

[MartyS]

Comcast is not required to interrupt HBO for the weather. They would be required to interrupt it in case of Emergency Alert System tests, or a national / presidential Emergency Alert Activation.

If they're not required to, then how come they do it EVERY time there's a weather warning. In fact, the other day, they blared their weather warning on ALL channels at 5:15 PM, telling us about a Tornado warning that had expired at 4:30, and had been cancelled at 4:00.

I've called numerous times about this and all they do is tell me that they're required to do it.

On a positive note, with my DVR, if I hit pause and wait several minutes, I don't have to listen to it, and my show doesn't get interrupted, since I've pause the live TV.