I'm sorry to hear that other companies do what Comcast does. All the more need for someone to step in and tell them how to be good citizens as well as good business men IMHO. SF -----Original Message----- From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Ted Schuerzinger Sent: Tue 6/14/2005 3:14 PM To: Shortwave programming discussion Cc: Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Sirius Canada (was 'An articlefromglobetechnology.com') Sandy Finlayson graced hard-core-dx.com with these words of wisdom: > I also wish that the FCC here were more proactive in the States. I > know this is a radio list but a classic example of the need for > better regulation here is that Comcast Cable in the Philadelphia area > refuses to allow their signals to be distributed on satellite > services like DirectTV and The Dish Network. This means they force > people who particularly want to watch sports programming to purchase > their more expensive product. To me this is where the FCC should > step in and force Comcast to behave like other content providers. They *are* behaving like other content providers. Cablevision in New York are notorious for putting some of the hockey games (when there's a hockey season) on their "Metro" channel, which they leave unavailable to DirecTV subscribers. You can't even get the Metro games with the Center Ice package. I know a couple of folks on hockey groups who have gray-market Bell ExpressVu systems just so they can get Devils or Islanders games. -- Ted <fedya at bestweb dot net> TV Announcer: It's 11:00. Do you know where your children are? Homer: I told you last night, *no*! <http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F06.html> _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
<<winmail.dat>>
_______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list Swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to swprograms-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.