TWC running out of time, could see Dayton's WDTN dropped
Same song, different chorus. LIN TV, which is notorious for asking ungodly amounts of cash from carriers in order to carry its stations, has been unable to reach an agreement with Time Warner Cable (who, to be fair, wants the channel for next-to-free) over Dayton, Ohio's WDTN. The local NBC affiliate will fall off the EPG on October 2nd unless a deal is hammered out beforehand, and according to a recent notice put up on the channel's website, the companies have been going at it for the past two months in an attempt to lock down a long-term carriage agreement that includes both analog and high-definition signals. Judging by history, we have all ideas an agreement will be stumbled upon at the eleventh hour, but don't be shocked to see your rates creep up ever-so-slightly in order to pay for it. [Disclosure: Engadget is part of the Time Warner family][Thanks, Dayton Guy]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Robin Murphy @ Sep 15th 2008 8:01PM
Same story for KXAN (NBC) in Austin and KSAT (ABC) in San Antonio.
Brian @ Sep 15th 2008 10:01PM
Same story for WIVB (CBS) & WNLO (CW) Buffalo NY.
http://www.wivb.com/global/story.asp?s=8908650
Dave @ Sep 16th 2008 7:46AM
Also same story for WLUK (FOX) in Green Bay, WI.
Peg Kniesly @ Sep 29th 2008 3:52PM
Many of our favorite shows are on WDTN (NBC). If Time-Warner does not continue to carry WDTN, we will definitely change carriers!
Chris @ Sep 30th 2008 11:20PM
TWC should have dropped WDTN and their lack of a high def signal a long time ago. LIN-TV is bringing this upon theirselves. I'll catch up on all my NBC programming via the internet, where I can get them in HD via my laptop, projector and surround sound.. Sorry Mark, Carl, Marsha, Michelle, and the rest the rest of the crew. I missed the Olympics in HD, and a lot of other programming because of the parent company's greed.