Suddenlink, LIN TV reach retrans deal, restore KXAN & KBIM
New Years Day was a sad one for cable customers served by Suddenlink and LIN TV, when their previous retransmission consent agreement expired, KXAN-TV (NBC) in Austin and KBIM-TV (CBS) in Albuquerque went dark. Three months later, they've come to terms and restored the channels to 30,000 affected customers. No word on what it took, but LIN TV claims all subscription services have to recognize "fair market value" of its stations. (Warning: PDF read link.)
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pedantic @ Mar 26th 2008 10:30AM
LIN TV, "fair market value" is higher than what other local TV companies definition of "fair market value". That is why TWC Austin doesn't carry KNVA in HD. LIN TV, owner of KNVA, the local CW affiliate, can't seem to come to terms with TWC Austin.
That combined with Belo Corp's KVUE converting the ABC 720p feed to 1080i for broadcast is ridiculous.
bigglare @ Mar 26th 2008 1:07PM
KBIM must be another Austin channel. LIN does own CBS KRQE in Albuquerque though. Which does not have aggreements for their HD channel for CBS on Directv or Comcast cable. They do have deals with Dish Network, and Cable One here.
Dayton Guy @ Mar 28th 2008 10:20AM
LIN TV owns WDTN in Dayton, OH and no pay provider has access to WDTN's digital feed (NBC HD).