No but the MSG-HD logo has appeared in much of the advertising that D* has done. I'm in the advertising biz - they need to get sign off to use that logo or they are breaking the law. And believe me, Cablevision would sue them in a second if they didn't give them permission to use it. All that tells me is that yes, there is an agreement - the $64k question is when does the carriage kick in? I trust that Scobuck was given accurate information and for whatever reason it was delayed. So I'm still betting that it won't be much longer.
Well, it's not clear that Cablevision knows anything about the logo. D* has been touting MSG-HD and FSNY-HD on its website for quite a while now (close to a year), and it hasn't happened. Why didn't CV sue them up to now?
Fact is, no one who is posting here really knows. The real key question is not when it kicks in but what "it" is. Carrying MSG-HD might just be carrying it for out-of-market viewing via NHL-CI or NBA-LP. Perhaps this was all tied to Cablevision being taken private (which it now appears won't necessarily happen).
We have D* on one side continuing to use the MSG-HD logo and putting it in the channel guide and CV on the other saying "only on cable". The people on these boards who claim to know, don't really. I agree it's confusing but it is also hard to believe that we wouldn't hear a "peep" in the media about CV changing its stance, nor is there a real economic reason for them to do so (perhaps it's legal).
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