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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joshua @ Dec 12th 2008 1:48PM
This is all out of the cable TV establishment handbook. Cablevision did the same thing on Long Island when Fios first came here. These companies are so anti-competitive, its truly amazing. And they will fling the mud at every opportunity.
Not enough is being made out of Cablevision's refusal to allow FIOS to run any of the 4 MSG HD channels in the NY Metro area. Cablevision owns the teams that play at MSG and all 4 channels. On those channels are the Knicks, Rangers, Islanders and Devils. So basically, if you live in NY, and you want to watch hockey in HD, you MUST have cablevision. In fact, Cablevision runs ads in the local market that don't mention they own these channels, but says that they are the only cable provider that can offer every NY sports team in HD. So, rather than compete on price, Cablevision wants to compete on content, except rather than add content, they want to own the content to keep it away from other companies. You gotta love deregulation!
Joshua @ Dec 12th 2008 2:04PM
Oh, and I forgot to add, Cablevision plays the misinformation game too. They run these commercials talking about how much faster their internet offerings are than the "phone company." The intentional misinformation is, of course, that by saying "phone company," they are not comparing FIOS internet speeds, but rather Verizon's old DSL connection, which, as far as I know, they only push in areas that don't get FIOS. It would be as if Verizon based their comparison of internet speeds on FIOS vs. someone dialing in on a modem through Cablevision's phone services....it wouldn't be completely false, but you're not comparing Fiber to Cable internet speeds.
And I should have included this link before: http://policyblog.verizon.com/policyblog/blogs/policyblog/ericrabe9/515/why-verizon-doesn-t-offer-msg-in-hd.aspx
That's Verizon's stance on the no MSG-HD issue.