CRTC approves WBTS-LD for Canadian carriage

[Kevin Vahey]

Early this morning the only ID showing on Comcast is WBTS-TV

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My understanding of the CRTC rules are the relay to the uplink must be the
over the air signal - so Canada is most likely getting WBTS-LD

In Massachusetts the signal we get on Comcast is direct fiber to the
headend.

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 6:54 AM, Tim Ripley <tim_ripley@yahoo.com> wrote:

> To clarify, that's 2am Eastern (3am here in the Maritimes)...
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> On Sunday, January 1, 2017 7:52 AM, Tim Ripley <tim_ripley@yahoo.com>
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> Bell TV, the Canadian DTH service that carries Boston network affiliates,
> made the switch sometime overnight (they got approval to switch on December
> 20th, with major Canadian cableco Rogers backing them up). I spotted an
> on-screen WBTS/WNEU/WMFP ID at the start of American Ninja Warrior at 2am,
> so I'm guessing Bell threw the switch around that time, as the last NBC
> show listed for WHDH was SNL...Bell's on-screen program guide had NBC
> Boston programming listed from 4am on when I checked it yesterday-
> unfortunately, someone forgot to gave the info to the companies that supply
> program listings to the newspapers here in Atlantic Canada, as they're
> still carrying listings for WHDH at this point!
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> On Saturday, December 31, 2016 4:24 AM, Kevin Vahey <kvahey@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> It appears most Canadian cable and satellite operators will simply swap
> WBTS-LD for WHDH.
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> http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2016/2016-489.htm
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