[BC] HDTV

[Mark W Earle]

> the DMA and NCE stations that throw a Grade B service contour over 
> the 
> serving cable headend have the right to invoke "must-carry" signal 
> carriage 
> on the part of the servicing cable operator.  Alternatively, if the 
> 
> broadcaster feels their content (HD or SD) is of such value as to 
> compel the 
> cable operator to "extract" payment for programming as it does for 
> traditional cable network services (e.g., HBO, ESPN), then the 
> broadcaster 
> can elect to enter into a retransmission consent agreement with the 
> cable 
> operator under 47 CFR 76.64.

I'm sure it's in there but I'm on a slow connection... so does either
must carry or retrnasmission consent imply a particular "spot" on the
cable system? IE, MUST the local signals be on the least expensive "tier"
of service offered? MUST they fall within the 2-13 range? They always
seem to. 

Who decides what channel position the local ends up at? Normally
different (on an analog cable system) from their over the air channel. 

Mark 
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