SBG Rant Coming Right Up!
Just another example of the greedy bastards at Sinclair holding consumers hostage. I hope Mediacom gives them the bird and cuts it. But unfortunatley, SBG is linking 22 Sinclair controlled stations across multiple markets for ransom. There will be a deal at the last minute, and the Mediacom subs will end up footing the bill.
We are dealing with this crap in Cols, OH on TW with 2 Sinclair channels, Fox/ABC HD feeds. My opinion, if local broadcasters want money for signals, we should make a local tier, and charge what satellite does for local channels. Then we should launch a huge campaign to explain to consumers why we did that--because of greedy OTA broadcasting companies. Sure TW will lose subs, but oh well. They will anyway when ATT launches LightSpeed here soon. It is rumored they have SBG agreements.
Oh, and another thing. CWAView brings up another good point. I live less than 10 miles with no hills and use powered rabbit ears for SBG Fox/ABC HD. Still get breakups/dropouts all the time because word around here is that SBG does not transmit full power to save electrical costs. Answer this Sinclair---If you cannot provide a good product for "free" OTA, then why should TWC or any other MSO pay you for it??? ANSWER that one!!
BTW, good to see you back CWAView. I really do miss the Satelliteguys Breaking News section you used to help fill. I will just resort to Multichannel. : )