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Originally Posted by NYCLA*
Never happening. Those cable channels get revenue not only from advertising, but from fees charged to the cable companies per subscriber. The ad revenue is not enough to sustain the channel, hence free OTA reception of ESPN or any of the others just isn't going to happen. If those channels were available free over the air, people would drop cable and the subscriber fees would disappear. Sports channels especially are one of the biggest cable revenue producers. |
I agree completely, they have no desire to move to lower revenue source.
Plus, where would they put them. Every time this comes up, seems everyone forgets there is a finite amount of channels with a finite amount of bandwidth. So in a sense it's yet another topic, as ties directly into giving away too many UHF channels and content vs quality.
I think the OP had in mind which channels others already receive in other towns would one like in their town as well. Since the major subchannel players already have homes in many markets, often on the same main programs channels, there is most likely room in a lot of towns to expand the existing gamut of sub channel networks.
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I would love have
Accuweather
ThisTV
Retro
Ion and it's subs.
That would take at least 2 new transmitters in our town. Ion alone fills an RF channel. The other three are all SD and would take another with a channel or 2 in addition available.
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