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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
ThinkTV and Time Warner at odd over plans to drop public TV channels
UPDATE 4:23 p.m.: Think TV Communications manager Sue Brinson said that a Time Warner Cable official contacted Public Media Connect shortly after this article was posted. No decision has been made about the proposal discussed below.
After getting no response from Time Warner Cable about alternatives to dropping seven local public television channels, ThinkTV is taking its message to the public.
“Because the changes are so imminent we thought it was important to inform our viewers,” said David Fogarty, president of Public Media Connect which operates ThinkTV and CET.
Fogarty said an alternative proposal to the cuts was left with a Time Warner executive July 30. The executive also took notes.
“He said he would get back to us,” Fogarty said.
Michael Pedelty, a Time Warner vice president of communications, said Fogarty’s proposal is not clear.
Under the proposal, Fogarty said everyone in the Cincinnati and Dayton markets would continue to get at the very least the three basic public channels - ThinkTV 14, CET and Think 16 on basic cable.
Digital cable would be consistent throughout the region.
Area viewers will lose significant public television programming if Time Warner Cable drops seven of the 16 public television channels it offers locally on Aug. 25, Fogarty said.
“Folks have been watching theses stations for decades,” said Fogarty said. “We want to make sure they will still be accessible to viewers.”
The video above and a brief explanation of the situation as well as contact information to Time Warner has been posted on ThinkTV’s website.
Public Media Connect manages ThinkTV16/WPTD, ThinkTV14/WPTO and CET in the Dayton and Cincinnati market.
“It is very important to us that everyone get their public television station,” Fogarty said adding that he’d like to work with Time Warner on a solution that meets all needs.
Despite Fogarty’s insistence that a study requested by Time Warner shows that neither ThinkTV nor CET have duplicated programming under rules established by cable providers, Pedelty said the public channels will be removed to reduce programming duplications.
“We are very comfortable with the robust PBS offering we will have after the 25,” Pedelty said.
Time Warner drew heat last late month in both cities after the public learned of cut to public television service.
Read more about the cuts in Dayton here.
Read more about the cuts to Cincinnati here.
What do you think?
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Man sentenced to 30 years after admitting to kiddy porn during job interview
This is why they tell you not to open up too much at job interviews.
A 21-year-old Deatsville, Ala. man who told police during a job interview that he had a collection of kiddy porn was sentenced Monday, Aug. 10, to 30 years behind bars.
Max D. Hinton also told his would-be employers that he had sex with an underage girl, The Birmingham News
He was convicted of sodomy, second-degree rape, producing and possessing child pornography and enticing a child for immoral purposes.
The girl testified that she had sex with Hinton when she was 15 and he was 17, the News article said. Children under age 16 can consent to sex in Alabama.
Hinton’s child porn collection include photos of girls as young as age 6.
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We very comfortable with the rubust PBS offering we will have after the 25
customers will have vastablity of PBS offe
I am not clear what he wants us to respond to
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Local hotel offers way to get away from the kids, stress
The Double Tree Hotel is offer a way to get away from it all - the kids, the house, the stress - etc.
The hotel, 11 S. Ludlow St., Dayton , has a “Daycation” deal through Sunday, Aug. 16.
For $89, you receive a a room, parking for one vehicle, one large 1-topping pizza, pop, one movie-sized box of candy, one bag of popcorn, one in-room movie rental of up to $15, and breakfast coupons for four people.
You can bring the kids and the stress with you if you want.
Click here for more information.
What do you think? What do you want to get away from?
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