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Will Cox ever get CBS or Fox in HD?

J

johnnyboots

This has been a long drawn out process here in RI. Cox and WPR/WNAC have not come to an agreement on Cox showing their HD signals. I know the 2 stations are owned by the same company. This all came to a head when the Super Bowl was on I believe CBS last year and they came to a one day agreement. Does anyone know the status of the negotiations or even if there is any? I get WBZ HD out of Boston and Fox 64 HD on rabbit ears in my house. These 2 parties need to come together an solve this problem. Does anyone know if Cox is in negotiations with anyother cable station to braodcast their HD signal? eg: ESPN 2
 
> I know the 2 stations are owned by the same
> company.

Actually they're just operated by the same company.
WNAC is not owned by LIN, but operated under an LMA.
So they both would have the same agreements.
 
> This has been a long drawn out process here in RI. Cox and
> WPR/WNAC have not come to an agreement on Cox showing their
> HD signals. I know the 2 stations are owned by the same
> company. This all came to a head when the Super Bowl was on
> I believe CBS last year and they came to a one day
> agreement. Does anyone know the status of the negotiations
> or even if there is any? I get WBZ HD out of Boston and Fox
> 64 HD on rabbit ears in my house. These 2 parties need to
> come together an solve this problem. Does anyone know if
> Cox is in negotiations with anyother cable station to
> braodcast their HD signal? eg: ESPN 2
>

Super Bowl XXXIX from Jacksonville was carried by FOX last February. Super Bowl XL from Detroit will be aired by ABC. So maybe I can ask you in Rhode Island something: How is WLNE-TV doing with over-the-air and cable for WLNE-DT? Here in central Connecticut, Comcast carries WTNH-DT channel 10 from New Haven (analog channel 8). Their over-the-air signal on channel 10 is fairly weak because of channel 10 analog from Providence. I haven't received one bit of WTNH-DT on the HDTV-capable set we've got set up with an indoor antenna at work in Newington.
 
> > I know the 2 stations are owned by the same
> > company.
>
> Actually they're just operated by the same company.
> WNAC is not owned by LIN, but operated under an LMA.
> So they both would have the same agreements.
>
Operated or owned by the same company, they both dont have an agreement. They are under the same roof. WLNE-DT ABC and WJAR-DT NBC are both on Cox here in RI.
 
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