Tvfan24/7 said:
I said bye to iTV on a cable system I work in at midnight Wednesday. I have not had one compliant, America One replaced it.
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I said bye to iTV on a cable system I work in at midnight Wednesday. I have not had one compliant, America One replaced it.
bjflynn05 said:
from reports on the dbstalk.com forum stats that Directv has extend the deadline to March 31,2006 now. for itv on 255
DirecTV to Boot Paxson?
DirecTV Inc. is threatening to drop Paxson Communications Corp. programming -- its TV stations and its separate stand-alone service -- due to the change in format the company has made, according to a securities filing.
Right now, the No. 1 direct-broadcast satellite provider and Paxson -- which is changing its corporate name to Ion Media Networks Inc. -- are trying to negotiate a settlement of their dispute, according to an 8-K Paxson filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DirecTV claimed that Paxson’s recent programming changes for its Pax TV network, now called “i,” violated the content restrictions of their affiliation agreement.
The satellite provider maintained that it has a right to end its affiliation agreement with Paxson “because it opted to change its service from one of general entertainment to a large infomercial and other paid-programming service,” DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said Tuesday.
DirecTV currently carries some Paxson TV stations as part of its local-to-local offering in certain markets. In cities where Paxson doesn’t have stations, it provides DirecTV with a separate feed with its programming that is carried on channel 255, according to Leslie Monreal, Paxson’s director of public relations. She declined to discuss the dispute between Paxson and DirecTV.
In January, DirecTV filed a complaint against Paxson seeking a ruling that it has a right to terminate their carriage deal and stop distributing Paxson’s programming.
On Feb. 28, DirecTV agreed to delay taking any action for 30 days so both parties can try to negotiate a settlement of their dispute.
If an agreement can’t be reached, Paxson said it its filing that it will lose 5.5% of its U.S. primetime households. Paxson could turn to must-carry to get back on DirecTV, but it can’t do so until several years from now.
“We would expect to regain distribution of our stations on DirecTV’s satellite system in approximately 33 months through the exercise of our must-carry rights at the next election period at the end of 2008,” Paxson’s filing said.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6313756.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP
DirecTV Inc. is threatening to drop Paxson Communications Corp. programming -- its TV stations and its separate stand-alone service -- due to the change in format the company has made, according to a securities filing.
Right now, the No. 1 direct-broadcast satellite provider and Paxson -- which is changing its corporate name to Ion Media Networks Inc. -- are trying to negotiate a settlement of their dispute, according to an 8-K Paxson filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
DirecTV claimed that Paxson’s recent programming changes for its Pax TV network, now called “i,” violated the content restrictions of their affiliation agreement.
The satellite provider maintained that it has a right to end its affiliation agreement with Paxson “because it opted to change its service from one of general entertainment to a large infomercial and other paid-programming service,” DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said Tuesday.
DirecTV currently carries some Paxson TV stations as part of its local-to-local offering in certain markets. In cities where Paxson doesn’t have stations, it provides DirecTV with a separate feed with its programming that is carried on channel 255, according to Leslie Monreal, Paxson’s director of public relations. She declined to discuss the dispute between Paxson and DirecTV.
In January, DirecTV filed a complaint against Paxson seeking a ruling that it has a right to terminate their carriage deal and stop distributing Paxson’s programming.
On Feb. 28, DirecTV agreed to delay taking any action for 30 days so both parties can try to negotiate a settlement of their dispute.
If an agreement can’t be reached, Paxson said it its filing that it will lose 5.5% of its U.S. primetime households. Paxson could turn to must-carry to get back on DirecTV, but it can’t do so until several years from now.
“We would expect to regain distribution of our stations on DirecTV’s satellite system in approximately 33 months through the exercise of our must-carry rights at the next election period at the end of 2008,” Paxson’s filing said.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6313756.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP
LMckin said:
Well, it is now April 6th and i TV is still on. I was hoping it would have been replaced with something besides infomercials and religious programming by now.
I wish they would drop the worthless channel. It's bad enough there is all those shopping channels and to have paid advertisements to boot!!! I got ride of it March 1st without one compliant.
I still have it now but they have added a copy of 255 mapped to my local channel so it is showing in the guide as two channel 47's one the local one and the other on the mapped version of channel 255.
Networks Fight to Stay at the Table
this is part of an article out of MultiChannel News concerning PAX:
...Elsewhere, DirecTV is continuing to try to negotiate a settlement with Paxson Communications Corp., which is changing its name to Ion Media Networks Inc. June 23, pending shareholder approval. The satellite provider filed suit against Paxson in January over the programming changes it is making to i: Independent Television, formerly the Pax TV network, claiming it violates the content provisions of their affiliation agreement.
DirecTV carries both Paxson TV stations and PaxNet, a standalone national channel that airs Pax TV, whose format is moving from original shows to infomercials and paid programming.
The biggest U.S. direct-broadcast satellite provider has agreed not to take any action to drop Paxson's TV stations until at least April 14, so they can continue trying to come to terms in the interim....
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6321257.html
this is part of an article out of MultiChannel News concerning PAX:
...Elsewhere, DirecTV is continuing to try to negotiate a settlement with Paxson Communications Corp., which is changing its name to Ion Media Networks Inc. June 23, pending shareholder approval. The satellite provider filed suit against Paxson in January over the programming changes it is making to i: Independent Television, formerly the Pax TV network, claiming it violates the content provisions of their affiliation agreement.
DirecTV carries both Paxson TV stations and PaxNet, a standalone national channel that airs Pax TV, whose format is moving from original shows to infomercials and paid programming.
The biggest U.S. direct-broadcast satellite provider has agreed not to take any action to drop Paxson's TV stations until at least April 14, so they can continue trying to come to terms in the interim....
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6321257.html
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