Don't the providers of OTA channels know their channels can be had uncompressed for free with an antenna?
"You should pay us to deliver your customers a compressed version of our channel" makes no sense.
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Don't the providers of OTA channels know their channels can be had uncompressed for free with an antenna?
"You should pay us to deliver your customers a compressed version of our channel" makes no sense.
They make a lot of money that way. And can turn around and charge more for commercials because of the carriage. Ai, yi, yi.
Award for Community Excellence Achiever* *I am not a DIRECTV employee, and the views and opinions expressed on this forum are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party.
Don't the providers of OTA channels know their channels can be had uncompressed for free with an antenna?
"You should pay us to deliver your customers a compressed version of our channel" makes no sense.
They make a lot of money that way. And can turn around and charge more for commercials because of the carriage. Ai, yi, yi.
I've never actually checked, but I believe the OTA and "paid TV" feeds are two diffferent feeds with separate commercials. MONEY MONEY MONEY.
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10 years ago
And then it's not. Looks like he new deadline is Wednsday.
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baseballisback
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Don't the providers of OTA channels know their channels can be had uncompressed for free with an antenna?
"You should pay us to deliver your customers a compressed version of our channel" makes no sense.
*I am not a DIRECTV employee, and the views and opinions expressed on this forum are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party.
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JefferMC
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10 years ago
They make a lot of money that way. And can turn around and charge more for commercials because of the carriage. Ai, yi, yi.
*I am not a DIRECTV employee, and the views and opinions expressed on this forum are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party.
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baseballisback
ACE - Professor
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8.2K Messages
10 years ago
I've never actually checked, but I believe the OTA and "paid TV" feeds are two diffferent feeds with separate commercials. MONEY MONEY MONEY.
*I am not a DIRECTV employee, and the views and opinions expressed on this forum are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party.
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