ABC and Cablevision

[britisha]

Who is affected?


Juss finished talking with one of mi frens, dem seh dem cannot get ABC CHANNEL in New Jersey today.


l i n k

<span style="font-style: italic">By SAM SCHECHNER and SHIRA OVIDE

Walt Disney Co. pulled ABC television stations from Cablevision Systems Corp. early Sunday after the companies failed to resolve a financial dispute over monthly subscription fees.

The blackout comes less than a day before ABC is set to televise the Academy Awards, one of the most-watched TV programs in the U.S. Cablevision provides TV service, including Disney's TV stations, to approximately 3.1 million households in parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Disney and Cablevision have been at odds over what Cablevision should pay to air Disney's TV stations originating in New York and Philadelphia, according to people familiar with the matter. Cablevision's existing contract to carry the stations expired at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Sunday.

&quot;Cablevision has once again betrayed its subscribers by losing ABC7,&quot; the general manager of ABC's New York station said in a statement. &quot;It's time for Jim Dolan and the Dolan Family Dynasty to finally step up, be fair, and do what's right for our viewers,&quot; she added, referring to Cablevision's chief executive.

Cablevision spokesman Charles Schueler said in a statement that &quot;it is now painfully clear to millions of New York area households that Disney CEO Bob Iger will hold his own ABC viewers hostage in order to extract $40 million in new fees from Cablevision. We call on Bob Iger to immediately return ABC to Cablevision customers while we continue to work to reach a fair agreement.&quot;

Shortly after midnight, a &quot;Lost&quot; episode airing on ABC was replaced in some Cablevision homes with an ABC message that read, &quot;Cablevision has betrayed you again.&quot; Soon thereafter, Cablevision replaced ABC's message with a looping &quot;customer alert,&quot; in which the cable company blamed ABC for pulling the station and said it is &quot;working hard&quot; to get ABC back on the air but that ABC has rejected the cable company's offers. </span>

[Pepper]

Re: ABC and Cablevision

Heard about the war and the posturing (sp).
Maybe they should ask the customers what they think.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: ABC and Cablevision

Ask customers what??

They have no right to charge for overthe air signals, that the customers can get for free.
And on top of that they just keep it all for themselves??

That is the worst monopolistic behavior by any organization, private or public.
They are takingadvantage of the customers.
while the politicians sit quietly and watch.

It is like having a toll collector collecting for the use of rtollroads, and the for the roads that are owned by the users.
Afterall the over the air signals are sent over public airways.
and is available to all except the users for free. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pepper</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Heard about the war and the posturing (sp).
Maybe they should ask the customers what they think. </div></div>

[sistacaf]

Re: ABC and Cablevision

Cable TV is not free. it's a subscription service, for which the customer pays a monthly fee.

and some cable companies even charge extra for access to local channels in addition to the cable channel lineup.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: ABC and Cablevision

Local over the air station is free,without cable.
Local station is not cable TV, it is public ssrvice that is free to all else.Direct TV use to sell a special antenna to attach to the dish and you get the service free.

but I can bet they are in on the robbery.
that you have accepoted like all other customers.

cable companies only charge for it because the politicians get kickbacks to allow them to do so in every jurisdiction. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sistacaf</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Cable TV is not free. it's a subscription service, for which the customer pays a monthly fee.

and some cable companies even charge extra for access to local channels in addition to the cable channel lineup. </div></div>

[Pepper]

Re: ABC and Cablevision

A cable connection gives a clear snow-free picture. Dat must cost smaddy sumting somewhere along the line.

[sistacaf]

Re: ABC and Cablevision

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Local over the air station is free,without cable.
Local station is not cable TV, </div></div>

well yah, no kidding. that is not the point of this topic.

this is about the cable company - CABLEVISION - and the local channels that are part of their cable transmission package.

it is not always robbery... there are some places that cannot get ANY tv transmission without cable or a dish, i live in one of them. local stations here are as pepper said, unclear and full of 'snow', with barely any sound. and i actually don't mind paying to be able to get Discovery, History, Science Channel, Nat Geo, etc - cause most of whats on the main networks is crap. i personally have no interest in most of the drivel the networks broadcast.

but a customer who wants to watch ABC, and who is paying for the service, must be able to have that access. whatever feuding that goes on between the network and the cable company is their business and their job to sort out. it isn't the paying customer's problem.

[Gen]

Re: ABC and Cablevision

the last war was couple weeks ago with Time warner cable and hgtv this is the third war in a couple weeks

every week there is a WAR with the cable companies and some local stations

the local stations say they already pay thru their teeth to get the signal thru and the teefing cable seh dem not paying enuff

mi suh sick a the 2 teefing corporation dem, I don't see these wars ending anytime soon

next week will be someone else with another local station