[Husker] TV Info Nevada/Nebraska

[Mike Jaixen]

Actually both companies in the wrong here.  Cox has
placed their HD signals on a digital tier, requiring
customers to pay extra to receive the HD signal.  (I
recently priced out what it would cost to get HD cable
programming from Cox, and found it to be nearly double
what I was paying my current cable provider.)  In
addition, Cox refuses to carry KETV's digital weather
channel, as it competes with Cox's own weather
programming channels.

There is a simple solution for cable customers:  buy a
set of rabbit ears and you'll get ABC programming in
HD at no extra charge.  

And as Gary has said, the Nevada game will NOT be
broadcast in HD.  However, the USC game will almost
certainly be.

--- Pat Gaule <pgaule at cox.net> wrote:

> HuskerGuy9495 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >When will Cox cable in Omaha and ABC come to sort
> of agreement so that we  
> >can see our Huskers in HD? (Nevada game is being
> broadcast in HD, but you won't  
> >see it in HD on the Cox Cable in Omaha. Sad that
> the fans are being held  
> >hostage, so to speak.
> > 
> >Guy
> >  
> >
> Unfortunately, I doubt it will be any time soon.   I
> assure you that I 
> am no huge fan of Cox, but KETV is the party being
> ridiculous here.   
> KMTV (Omaha CBS affiliate) had a similar (stupid)
> argument with Cox a 
> few years ago and the only thing that turned it
> around was the fact that 
> KMTV's dinosaur management got replaced by people
> who actually had a 
> clue.  Most local affiliates are smart enough to
> realize that their main 
> source of revenue is advertising, and the more
> people who are exposed to 
> their signal, the better off everyone is. 
> Unfortunately, the owners of 
> KETV don't understand that simple concept.
> 
> The good news is that KETV eventually may not have
> much of a choice.  
> The current deadline for ending analog broadcasts is
> February 17, 2009 
> (although the FCC has pushed it back several times
> before).  At that 
> point, I think KETV is either going to have to give
> in and let Cox 
> retransmit their signal, or the vast majority of
> Omaha will not be 
> watching them.  While this deadline doesn't apply to
> cable providers, 
> KETV will not have an analog broadcast for Cox to
> transmit, which is 
> what they're currently doing.
> 
> And while this week's game may not be in HD, I'm
> sure that there will be 
> a decent amount of Big 12 games that are. 
> Regardless of who you feel is 
> right or wrong, the real loser is the consumer.


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


       
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