Re: Time Warner, Cablecard, and ESPNHD

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:27:48 -0700 Steve Curtis <iamh2oman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

| Which begs the question, did anyone make ESPN aware of this problem and
| do they care? Unless they correct the problem, ESPN stands to lose a
| sizable portion of the HD viewing audience by not having access to their
| HD programming for cable card users, and it might lead to some reduced
| advertising revenue from sponsors because of the smaller number of
| viewers.

Indeed. We should collect a list of ESPN sponsors and contact THEM if
ESPN itself doesn't act swiftly.


| It appears to be a money control issue on the part of ESPN and cable tv
| providers. Not sure if satellite providers are dealing with this problem
| as well.

It might be that ESPN wants to change extra "per subscriber" and this is
all a plan by the cable company to limit the subscriber base numbers to
cut costs.

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