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Sporting News blackout

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NotSoSilentBob

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Why is Sporting News blacked out on weekends?<P ID="signature">______________
Bob
Moderator, Nashville board
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"I don't spread rumors, but I sometimes make outrageous speculations with no factual basis."</P>
 
> Why is Sporting News blacked out on weekends?
>

The bandwith is used for the PGA channel, IIRC.<P ID="signature">______________
...co-moderator of the Satellite Radio, Phoenix, and San Diego boards...</P>
 
> > Why is Sporting News blacked out on weekends?
> >
>
> The bandwith is used for the PGA channel, IIRC.
>
because they are dip++++s. who cares about golf. that one thing right there really ticks me off about xm. but complaining about it to them does nothing. at least i can hear sporting news online.<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
What confuses me is why they don't just continue broadcasting Sporting News, but at the same lowered "traffic & weather" / AMBE(r) codec low level of bandwidth that the loop "Sporting News is not available right now" gets?

(IMO, if XM was truly concerned about bandwidth, they'd have one generic AMBE(r) codec low-bandwidth loop that said "This channel is currently not in service." or something similar. But instead, they give each out of service channel or each channel group (for ACC, MLB, etc) its own such channel. I don't see why they couldn't just remap all out of service channels to one. Even on Bloomberg, this irritates me. If you have the bandwidth to send out a loop advertising what's on Bloomberg during evenings & overnights, then just send me the real channel. Compress it to death with the AMBE(r) codec during evenings/overnights, sure - they aren't prime listening hours.)

Now, if there are contracts with partners that mandate a certain audio quality, I could see just turning off a channel in favor of a low-bandwidth loop, but for in-house XM produced content, that can't be an explanation. XM also obviously has no problem with providing some services (Canada 360 comes to mind) at the AMBE(r) level of quality all day long.
 
> Now, if there are contracts with partners that mandate a
> certain audio quality, I could see just turning off a
> channel in favor of a low-bandwidth loop, but for in-house
> XM produced content, that can't be an explanation. XM also
> obviously has no problem with providing some services
> (Canada 360 comes to mind) at the AMBE(r) level of quality
> all day long.

Bloomberg may have contractural agreements to be on limited hours. (in other words, running the service 24/7 may cost more) I have no knowlege one way or the other, it's just a guess. <P ID="signature">______________
...co-moderator of the Satellite Radio, Phoenix, and San Diego boards...</P>
 
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