Re: veto power?

[Kevin Vahey <kvahey@megsinet.net>]

My understanding was a station had veto power within 75 miles of Boston. A
viewer in Western Mass would more than likely have to get permission from
the Albany station.

This satellite thing worked both ways. WBZ-TV for example was offered to C
Band viewers for the last year of it's NBC life, and which point the
satellite provider switched to WNBC for it's east coast feed.

In any event, at least 4 Boston stations are up on a K bird feeding Canada
cable systems, so I expect it will not be a long delay seing Boston added to
DirectTV.


>
> If I'm reading this right, individual satellite users had to get Ed
> Goldman's permission before the satellite company would offer them
> another CBS affiliate: is that right?   Man, that sort of exclusive
> business practice is what gave Micro$oft a bad name.   And I take it
> that the new law does not change this practice: a Berkshire viewer who
> prefers, say, WCBS probably still can't get it.
>
> --RC
>
>