Editing Cable TV Fascism
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==Production== | ==Production== | ||
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− | *This epsiode is inspired by the real-life [[wikipedia:WISH-TV|WISH-TV]]/[[wikipedia:Bright House Networks|Bright House]] [[wikipedia:carriage dispute|dispute]] that lasted from October 3 to October 29, 2008. WISH-TV was the CBS affiliate in Indanapolis at the time before switching affiliations with CW affiliate [[wikipedia:WTTV|WTTV]] on January 1, 2015. On September 15, 2008, WISH-TV's owner, [[wikipedia:LIN Media|LIN TV of Providence]] and [[wikipedia:Time Warner Cable|Time Warner Cable]] entered into an impasse during negotiations to renew [[wikipedia:retransmission consent|retransmission consent]] deals for some of the group's television stations. Bright House Networks, one of two major cable providers serving Indianapolis, negotiates retransmission consent contracts through Time Warner Cable. LIN TV requested compensation for carriage of its stations in a manner similar to the deals that cable networks have with pay television providers, as other broadcast station owners began to seek compensation from cable and satellite providers for their programming. The carriage agreement with Bright House expired on October 2, 2008.<ref>http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8908738</ref> By 12:35 a.m. on October 3, LIN's television stations were replaced on Time Warner Cable systems in markets where the group owns stations and where either provider operates systems with programming from other cable channels. LIN's stations were restored 26 days later on October 29 through a new carriage agreement reached between Time Warner Cable and LIN TV. WISH-TV's long time sister station in Fort Wayne [[wikipedia:WANE-TV|WANE-TV]] was restored to Time Warner Cable in [[wikipedia:Northwest Ohio|Northwest Ohio]]. However, WANE-TV did not reappear on Bright House Networks systems in [[wikipedia:Grant County, Indiana|Grant County, Indiana]] (of which series creator Ava Zinn was a subscriber of Bright House at the time)<ref>[http://chronicle-tribune.com/articles/2008/10/30/news/doc490921147708a669098417.txt WISH-TV and WNDY returns (but not WANE) to Bright House] Marion Chronicle-Tribune</ref>, and eventually was one of the major factors of [[Ava Zinn relocation to Fort Wayne, Indiana|Zinn relocating to Fort Wayne | + | *This epsiode is inspired by the real-life [[wikipedia:WISH-TV|WISH-TV]]/[[wikipedia:Bright House Networks|Bright House]] [[wikipedia:carriage dispute|dispute]] that lasted from October 3 to October 29, 2008. WISH-TV was the CBS affiliate in Indanapolis at the time before switching affiliations with CW affiliate [[wikipedia:WTTV|WTTV]] on January 1, 2015. On September 15, 2008, WISH-TV's owner, [[wikipedia:LIN Media|LIN TV of Providence]] and [[wikipedia:Time Warner Cable|Time Warner Cable]] entered into an impasse during negotiations to renew [[wikipedia:retransmission consent|retransmission consent]] deals for some of the group's television stations. Bright House Networks, one of two major cable providers serving Indianapolis, negotiates retransmission consent contracts through Time Warner Cable. LIN TV requested compensation for carriage of its stations in a manner similar to the deals that cable networks have with pay television providers, as other broadcast station owners began to seek compensation from cable and satellite providers for their programming. The carriage agreement with Bright House expired on October 2, 2008.<ref>http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8908738</ref> By 12:35 a.m. on October 3, LIN's television stations were replaced on Time Warner Cable systems in markets where the group owns stations and where either provider operates systems with programming from other cable channels. LIN's stations were restored 26 days later on October 29 through a new carriage agreement reached between Time Warner Cable and LIN TV. WISH-TV's long time sister station in Fort Wayne [[wikipedia:WANE-TV|WANE-TV]] was restored to Time Warner Cable in [[wikipedia:Northwest Ohio|Northwest Ohio]]. However, WANE-TV did not reappear on Bright House Networks systems in [[wikipedia:Grant County, Indiana|Grant County, Indiana]] (of which series creator Ava Zinn was a subscriber of Bright House at the time)<ref>[http://chronicle-tribune.com/articles/2008/10/30/news/doc490921147708a669098417.txt WISH-TV and WNDY returns (but not WANE) to Bright House] Marion Chronicle-Tribune</ref>, and eventually was one of the major factors of [[Ava Zinn relocation to Fort Wayne, Indiana|Zinn relocating to Fort Wayne on May 14, 2018 (nine years after this episode aired). |
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==Reception== | ==Reception== |