KOCO to pull plug on Cox

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September 10, 2007 at 9:41 am #4163
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September 10, 2007 at 9:41 am #4164
soonertoad	http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10126630 According to the Omaha World-Herald, Hearst-Argyle is going to pull the analog transmission of ABC from the Cox channel lineup on 9-30.
September 10, 2007 at 11:11 am #4165
mscott	Backwards as it may sound, I’m happy to hear this. If Hearst Argyle forces Cox to drop KOCO completely, there ought to be enough of an uproar for them to come to some type of agreement, for both their digital and analog signals. Disregarding the matter of fault, having a major broadcast network such as ABC absent from the cable lineup simply isn’t an option for Cox.
September 11, 2007 at 2:18 am #4166
ssimpson	Check this link: http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2007/09/05/business/c-business01.txt Seems Cox has been carrying the Tulsa station to folks in a similar situation as OKC. Seems Hearst pulled their HD signal and Cox changed NW Arkansas over to Tulsa station they have agreements with. Give us Tulsa! if OKC doesn’t want our business.
September 11, 2007 at 3:20 am #4167
dmoran	If Cox pulls KOCO, I might look at Uverse a little more closely if it’s available in my area.
September 11, 2007 at 8:07 am #4168
ssimpson	You can only watch HD on one TV at a time with Uverse….Not even an option from my standpoint. It’s my hope we would get ABC feed from Tulsa in HD. Tulsa staion is owned by another company that Cox already has an agreement with. Guess we would miss out on the local news. Whoopie!
September 11, 2007 at 9:45 am #4169
soonertoad	I can live without ABC. Can Hearst-Argyle live without any viewers ?
September 11, 2007 at 11:18 am #4170
dmoran	Isn’t there a rule that you can’t get local stations outside your market? I thought I remember reading this somewhere.
September 11, 2007 at 4:57 pm #4171
Chrisrokc	Oh well screw-em. They will get less viewers. Only reason why I watch ABC is for the football.
September 11, 2007 at 8:44 pm #4172
ralfthedog	dmoran said, “Isn’t there a rule that you can’t get local stations outside your market? I thought I remember reading this somewhere.” Just a guess, the rule does not apply when the local network affiliate refuses access to the local cable company. I smell legal action no matter what.
September 11, 2007 at 11:56 pm #4173
ggore	Cable can bring in a “distant signal” if it can be received reliably if no agreement can be reached with a local provider. Hearst-Argyle is demanding $.50/customer/month each for analog and digntal feeds, costing more each year of the contract, which is much more money than regular cable channels cost for programming. H/A knows it has Cox over a barrel with KOCO-DT, since it can’t be received off-air everywhere, even in the immediate area, due to its weird transmitter pattern. I’m sure they knew this as well when they refused their original UHF-HD assignment, which would not have caused problems with the Lawton station and made KOCO viewable in their entire market area.
September 12, 2007 at 1:48 am #4174
ssimpson	Emailed Cox for a reply and here is what they have to say. Thank you for your inquiry….. I have spoken with several members of our management staff and I have been advised that even though it is a possibility that Hearst-Argyle will pull the feed on September 30th, 2007, we are not considering it a possibility. At this specific moment we do not have any timeline information available, but I assure you that we are working hard to keep ABC in our lineup and to bring back ABC HD. They go on to ask me where I read the information about H/A so I gave them the link about the Omaha article at which time they responded: Thak you very much for the news link. We are working very hard to settle this issue, we do not like having our customers stuck in the middle. I have passed this information to our negotiating team and we will be following up. At this time please continue to hope for the best as we are diligent in the negotiations for our customers.
September 12, 2007 at 2:01 pm #4175
ralfthedog	Who owns the ABC affiliate in NYC? I think that would be a cool replacement for KOCO.
September 13, 2007 at 4:23 pm #4176
ralfthedog	I had to go to a Cox retail office today. I asked about Cox dropping KOCO. The lady I talked to had just been in a meeting. She said that it was a rumor, probably started by ATT and that Cox and Hearst-Argyle are very close to an agreement. I suspect that: 1. It is a rumor. 2. There is a small chance someone at ATT started the rumor. 3. Cox and Hearst will settle this inside football season if pigs fly (Pigs, not pig skins.)
September 14, 2007 at 7:39 am #4177
soonertoad	http://arkansastvnewswatch.blogspot.com/2007/09/khbskhog-may-soon-be-taken-off-cox.html If it’s only a rumor why are Hearst-Argyle stations issuing press releases stating that the analog channels will be gone after 9/30 ?