Hi Waitsfield Cable Subscriber, The month of February celebrates love and there's certainly plenty to love in this issue. If you're an HGTV fan, you'll love taking the 90-second tour of their Dream Home 2015 to get interior inspiration. Then smile your way through puppy love in a clever car commercial, followed by a loving look at the farewell season of Parks and Recreation. We switch from hearts to heads in the next two highlights, featuring the brains in The Big Bang Theory and Child Genius. |
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What's Really Driving Cable TV Price Increases? Waitsfield Cable Wants You To Know
Every three years, cable television providers throughout the country are required by law to negotiate with local broadcasters (ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC) for the rights to retransmit broadcast television signals to their cable customers. For the past several months, Waitsfield Cable has been in negotiations with these broadcasters for retransmission consent fees. Even though these over the air signals are broadcast free to the general public, cable television providers must pay what we view as excessive per subscriber monthly fees for the right to carry these networks. A combination of factors has led to this unfortunate situation. Most notably, outdated and overly prescriptive federal retransmission consent and network non-duplication laws and regulations have granted the broadcasters both a monopoly in their markets and the right to demand payment for their signals. The two rules combined have given broadcasters extraordinary market power in their retransmission consent negotiations with cable operators, allowing them to make what can be viewed as “take-it-or-leave-it” deals. In this process, it is not unusual for the broadcasters to discriminate against small cable operators. Independent providers, like Waitsfield Cable, are often charged higher per-subscriber fees than their local competitors, which include large operators and satellite TV providers with national reach. The broadcasters take advantage of our need to carry these local stations to our subscribers and their effective monopoly in the television market by demanding as much as they can. We know you want a good value. When networks demand huge fee increases, we work to get the best offerings at the best price possible so we can keep your bill as low as possible. Waitsfield Cable strives to do our best to negotiate fair fees so we can bring you the most affordable television service possible. However, we are facing big challenges. Consolidation among the major networks means they have even more negotiating power. These media conglomerates are demanding double or triple fee increases, and in some cases even more. As a result, Waitsfield Cable is forced to raise the rates of our TV packages to cover these increases from the networks. Please know we continue to work diligently on your behalf to keep costs down. We urge you to reach out to your local Congressional delegation to voice your concern on this matter. Senator Patrick Leahy Senator Bernard Sanders Representative Peter Welch Thank you for being a customer of Waitsfield Cable and please don't hesitate to call us at 496-5800 or | ||||||
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It's the Farewell Season of Parks and Recreation on NBC Watch a video montage to reminisce on the many emotions of Ron Swanson. You'll also want to check out the City of Pawnee's official website and see the fun of the Pawnee Harvest Festival. For a reminder of how funny politics can be, read the bios of the City Council candidates. © 2015 NBC Universal | ||||||
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Lifetime's Child Genius Showcases Amazing Abilities This new series tests the nation's brightest young minds as they compete to win a $100,000 scholarship fund. Are you smarter than a child genius? Take this week's quiz to find out. Meet a 10-year-old high school graduate named Tanishq as well as the "human GPS" named Graham. © 2015 Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. All rights reserved. | ||||||
Violet Crawley Picked in January's Viewer Poll Your overwhelmingly favorite Downton Abbey character, according to last month's poll, was Violet Crawley. This is perhaps not surprising, since Violet is known for her withering wit and sharp tongue. Coming in second in the vote tally was Lady Mary Crawley, followed by Anna Bates and Mr. Carson. Click here if you'd still like to vote. |
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