TWC Giving Free TV Antennas, Credit in CBS Blackout

[exfileme]

Time Warner's latest CBS-focused stunt offers free antennas and $20 Best Buy cards.

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[axehead15]

I wish there was some way to let non-tech savvy people know that they can access the content online via proxy. Shame other networks don't tell people that in news broadcasts.

 

[joaompp]

TWC is just trying to save face, they actually pulled the CBS content themselves an entire week before they had to.

 

[daswilhelm]

i find it funny that CBS is demanding more money for a rebroadcast fee, lets remember, CBS is a free over the air channel, no cable required.

 

[Mathos]

These broadcast companies are starting to get out of hand. You have to remember, they were also the ones trying to push laws so people would have to pay for access to over the air antenna reception for their digital transmissions, along with the others like nbc and abc.

The great part about their scheme is, they get paid by companies for advertising time on their channels. They get paid royalties from online streaming services for their content. And then, they want to charge the cable companies more, to allow them to broadcast their content. Which makes cable rates go up. While they continue to shove unskippable commercials down your throat, on channels that you have to pay for to be able to watch. Triple dipping much cbs?

 

[abbadon_34]

Unfortunately a court ruled that intentionally bypassing a site restriction (New York Times IP Paywall) was illegal. Unless overruled, makes a lot of proxy use illegal.

 

[abbadon_34]

A big bunch of BS

 

[bryonhowley]

I hope TWC holds out this time let CBS be the one that backs down. These rate hikes over free over the air broadcasting is out of control.

 

[Yeti 2938]

2 points about 2 of the nation's many predators.

A) The public airwaves belong to the people and CBS, etc... are not paying a cent! They get them for free because the majority of Americans like to give away their assets and natural resource wealth in the weird hope they may one day become a millionaire, or the fear that someone they hate will get something.

B) Imagine if Time Warner Cable ran the government or a government agency. We would all be living in a 3rd world country. But the libertarians might feel warm and fuzzy for an afternoon.

Let's give more power to the most predatory among us - the American way, mate.