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Topic: Most of Hawaii is without ABC TV programming
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Claude S. Ayakawa
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From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 07-11-2012 05:38 PM
Due to a financial dispute between KITV the Hawaii affiliate of ABC Television and Oceanic the local cable provider owned by Time Warner, most of Hawaii's television viewers are not receiving programing from that station and the ABC network. There were negotiations before the shutdown between the TV station and Time-Warner but it went into a stalemate resulting in the shut down. Because KITV sends signals to all the major island and Oceanic provides service statewide, the entire state is affected. Beside Oceanic, Time Warner also owns several other cable outlets on the mainland and the dispute also include Boston, Portland, Main, Winston Salem,N.C., Lincoln, Neb., Louisville, Ky., Cincinnati, New York and Kansas City, Mo.
I am an Oceanic Cable subscriber but because I use my television to watch movies on Blu-Ray and DVDs most evenings, I have not been affected by the shutdown.
-Claude
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Randy Stankey
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posted 07-14-2012 09:26 PM
Yeah! I often get telemarketing calls from Dish Network saying, "We guarantee we can beat your cable TV bill." My answer is, "No, you can't." When they ask how much my bill is, I answer, "Zero!"
There's usually silence on the other end...
Right now, I get twelve channels over the air with an antenna on the roof. When the weather is right I can get two or three more. If you count the tree channels of televangelist that's 18 channels, totally for free.
I hope this blackout in Hawaii drags on for a good, long time. That will teach the networks and the cable companies that people really don't care and, hopefully they'll learn that over the air broadcast is the way to go.
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