This is one of those rare cases where the headline tells all: TWC and LIN TV have finally agreed to
put their differences aside and strike a retransmission deal. In other words, those 17
LIN TV-owned local stations that have
been dark for the past few weeks should be back online at any moment. LIN TV's President and Chief Executive Officer Vincent L. Sadusky was quoted as saying that it was "pleased to have reached a fair market agreement with Time Warner Cable," and he continued by calling the deal "a mutually acceptable economic agreement." While we can't imagine he said that with a straight face, we're just glad you folks won't have to rely on any more
EPG trickery to watch the (possible) final game of the World Series tonight. Or tomorrow. Or whenever Philadelphia decides to stop acting like Siberia.
[Image courtesy of
Britannica, thanks Dayton Guy and Brian]
posted Oct 29th 2008 9:42AM
Good! Its back on here in Columbus, OH. Finally! :) I like my reruns of king of the hill,south park and king of queens!
This wasn't just TWC. LIN TV pulled signals from other cable providers all across the nation. Just thought you should know.
LIN tv's advertisers probably realized that they werent reaching a significant amount of the market and threatened to leave altogether if they didn't settle it. LIN TV is made up of a bunch of idiots and it should not have taken nearly as long to settle this as it did. at least we can now watch the Bills here in Buffalo.
Where is the disclosure in this post? Altogether now: Engadget is part of Time Warner Family :)