The whole idea or concept of accommodation for local channels on 3rd party distribution networks just needs to go away. If a station is truly local to me then I should be able to pick it up on my own, without paying someone else for access to it, etc., etc., etc.
Its all about personal choices. If you choose to live where you do and it has a mountain, grouping of trees, or just a distance between your home and the regional broadcast channel operators, then that is your personally chosen problem.
I would much rather have the 3rd party distribution networks (DBS, and cable and telephone operators) focus on national channels that is more applicable to everyone in their subscribership than tailoring to regional accommodations.
Of course the first step is this 'idea' is to disallow local channels the right to block a consumer's desire to get a national feed of the broadcast networks (e.g. ABC, CBS, etc.). I no more feel local channels should have a right to what 'I' watch than any other channel whether its OTA or not.
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GhostDoggy @ Jan 1st 2008 9:50AM
The whole idea or concept of accommodation for local channels on 3rd party distribution networks just needs to go away. If a station is truly local to me then I should be able to pick it up on my own, without paying someone else for access to it, etc., etc., etc.
Its all about personal choices. If you choose to live where you do and it has a mountain, grouping of trees, or just a distance between your home and the regional broadcast channel operators, then that is your personally chosen problem.
I would much rather have the 3rd party distribution networks (DBS, and cable and telephone operators) focus on national channels that is more applicable to everyone in their subscribership than tailoring to regional accommodations.
Of course the first step is this 'idea' is to disallow local channels the right to block a consumer's desire to get a national feed of the broadcast networks (e.g. ABC, CBS, etc.). I no more feel local channels should have a right to what 'I' watch than any other channel whether its OTA or not.