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The Programming Disputes Thread
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In the last week or so I've seen Facebook posts claiming that Comcast is planning to drop FETV (Family Entertainment Television).
I am a Comcast customer (Springfield, IL headend) and I've never heard of this channel nor have I seen listings for this station anywhere in our cable lineup and online. I don't think FETV is or has ever been carried by Comcast locally.
Cord Cutters News story:
cordcuttersnews.com
I am a Comcast customer (Springfield, IL headend) and I've never heard of this channel nor have I seen listings for this station anywhere in our cable lineup and online. I don't think FETV is or has ever been carried by Comcast locally.
Cord Cutters News story:
FETV Slams Comcast’s Decision To Drop the Network in Some Markets | Cord Cutters News
The Family Entertainment Television network on Friday hit back at Comcast’s decision to drop its network in certain markets. Comcast hasn’t dropped the network in any market “as of today,” FETV said, but a cancellation notice will go into effect December 31, 2023 unless “a new agreement is...
cordcuttersnews.com
KeepMyLocalTV.com - TEGNA | ABC Stations
www.keepmylocaltv.com
Tegna in a dispute with Directv
DirecTV-Tegna Blackout, Peacock Exclusive Threaten to Block Viewers Amid the NFL’s Big Wild Card Weekend
The biggest ratings force in American television is about to kick off high holy postseason services, but ridiculous impediments for the rapt audience await
www.nexttv.com
This dispute affects KUSA, WUSA, KXTV, KPNX, KING, KGW, KHOU-TV, WFAA.
I thought that happened a month ago.KeepMyLocalTV.com - TEGNA | ABC Stations
Tegna in a dispute with Directv
DirecTV-Tegna Blackout, Peacock Exclusive Threaten to Block Viewers Amid the NFL’s Big Wild Card Weekend
The biggest ratings force in American television is about to kick off high holy postseason services, but ridiculous impediments for the rapt audience await
This dispute affects KUSA, WUSA, KXTV, KPNX, KING, KGW, KHOU-TV, WFAA.
It did. Still in a dispute
Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and others may vanish from TikTok as licensing dispute boils over
Universal Music Group, which represents Taylor Swift, Drake, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says it will no longer allow its music on TikTok.
apnews.com
Update Universal Music Group is in a dispute with Tik Tok and some of the biggest stars on this label like Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Ellish will not be on Tik Tok due to the dispute.
GREEDY TV STATION OWNERS CAUSING CABLE AND SATELLITE TO RAISE RATES ON CUSTOMERS TO WATCH LOCAL TV
Only for the last 15-20 years.
Universal Music’s War on TikTok: Behind the Battle Plan
What Universal Music's TikTok feud means for the music industry as the company begins removing music by Taylor Swift, SZA, Bad Bunny and more.
www.billboard.com
Tech vs Content: Behind the TikTok Fight With UMG Over Music Rights
The music giant pulled its IP from the social media giant – who will blink first? The post Tech vs Content: Behind the TikTok Fight With UMG Over Music Rights appeared first on TheWrap.
Indie musicians are celebrating UMG's decision to pull its music off TikTok: 'It's our time to shine baby'
Indie musicians are using the hashtags #indieartist and #umg on Tiktok posts celebrating their newfound shot at visibility on the platform.
Here is more on the Tik Tok and Universal Music Group dispute. Yes this is like what we see on the TV side but this time it's related to platforms contract to use content from the labels that's at play.
Here is the current status of the Tik Tok/ Universal Music dispute.
"Must Carry" fees are all that is keeping local TV alive in most medium to smaller market. Where I am in the Palm Springs metro, over 50% of TV revenue comes from those fees. Without them, local TV would have to cut back its news coverage... with one of the country's worst newspapers, we'd lose the only regular and reliable local news sources.
Warner Bros. Discovery channels leave Fubo lineup
Warner Bros. Discovery-owned channels have left the Fubo live streaming TV lineup after the two companies were unable to agree on terms. | In total, 19 WBD-owned Discovery channels left virtual MVPD Fubo as of Tuesday evening.
WB owned channels are not on FuboTV.
Here's what you need to know about the lawsuit against the NFL by 'Sunday Ticket' subscribers
The way the NFL can distribute its package of out-of-market games could be decided in federal court as the result of a class-action lawsuit
Here is the class action lawsuit on NFL Sunday Ticket.
I know I'm going to betray my total ignorance here, but I could use some education on the matter. I didn't know there was such a thing as "Must Carry" fees. I thought it was a case of
- more desirable stations, that the cable company wants to carry (major networks as well as popular independents in-market), because viewers expect them, and would not want to subscribe without them, can exact fees and other concessions, such as carriage of subchannels and desirable channel spots, or
- less desirable stations, that the cable company would prefer not to carry, because of low viewership (translated: they could carry a more desirable cable network on that channel), can invoke "Must Carry", provided they can get a usable signal to the cable company, but cannot charge fees on top of that (i.e., the carriage itself is the compensation)
Obviously there's something missing in my knowledge base. Again, looking at it through limited-channel-space goggles (and dating myself in so doing).
No, you've got it right. "Must-carry fees" aren't a thing. There are "retransmission fees" (your first category above) and "must-carry," your second category in which no fees change hands.
Whether a station elects must-carry doesn't have much to do with channel capacity - it's a question of whether they think there's enough leverage in their programming to charge a fee.
That's usually just the Big Four in most markets, sometimes a CW or indie if it's a prominent enough one or carries local sports.
Whether a station elects must-carry doesn't have much to do with channel capacity - it's a question of whether they think there's enough leverage in their programming to charge a fee.
That's usually just the Big Four in most markets, sometimes a CW or indie if it's a prominent enough one or carries local sports.
Thanks for this information.
And am I also correct in understanding that when must-carry is invoked, it can only be the main x.1 channel, that x.2+ subchannels can be refused at the cable operator's discretion?
That's correct. One program stream per station license is all you get for must-carry.
Just out of curiosity, does it have to be the x.1 stream?
There are some stations who, for one reason or another, have their most desirable program stream on a subchannel other than x.1. WCIV Charleston SC, the local ABC affiliate, comes immediately to mind --- their "ABC 4" is on 36.2. But then again, being a major network affiliate, they are probably in a position to negotiate for as many subchannels as they wish. There are also a few fairly popular diginets, such as MeTV or Catchy Comedy, that a not-negligible number of viewers would wish to see, regardless of which subchannel they are on.
The whole WCIV saga was a tortured tale of another station getting the "official" channel 4 allocation (WGWG), and WCIV doing this complicated deal with WCIV moving over to WMMP, some kind of intellectual property thing I don't fully understand. I'm guessing that part of the deal was for WCIV to be able to market itself as "ABC 4", even though they have to use a non-intuitive subchannel on the former WMMP, indeed, they even flipped the WCIV call letters to the former WMMP. I don't think WGWG is highly marketed in Charleston --- they certainly don't have a newscast --- and the perception amongst Charleston-area viewers is probably "WGWG is that weird station that calls itself 'channel 4', but the real channel 4 is WCIV".
I also have in mind markets with stations that carry two major networks on different subchannels (or even more than two, such as Lima, Harrisonburg, or Parkersburg), but presumably those stations have the leverage to negotiate carriage agreements, which would include carrying all the subchannels that the station requires, to agree to carriage. And then there's WBKB Alpena MI that carries all four major networks (Harrisonburg has a similar setup but it involves LPTVs).