WBTS and WHDH

[Bob DeMattia]

​This could be CBS saying if you want to carry WBZ you have to carry 38
also,
or pricing such that carrying 38 is a better option than just BZ by itself.

-Bob
​

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:03 AM, Sean Smyth <ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu> wrote:

> One of the main reasons Channel 38 became so widely carried was the Bruins
> and Red Sox, and later the Celtics. It's been years since any of those
> teams had a local broadcast TV package.
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:24 PM Doug Drown <ashboy1951@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It has occurred to me that there may be a silver lining for WHDH amidst
> all
> >
> > this kerfuffle over the affiliation loss.  What if WHDH were to give
> >
> > Comcast and NECN some significant competition outside Boston?  According
> to
> >
> > what I've been reading, the station plans to significantly beef up its
> news
> >
> > operation; what if it were to become a "superstation" comparable to WSBK
> >
> > and WGN, offering Boston and New England news to the rest of the region
> >
> > (and Canada) via Time Warner and other non-Comcast-owned cable companies,
> >
> > as well as via satellite?  DISH and DIRECTV don't carry NECN; it's a
> >
> > cable-only operation.  I think this could be a great opportunity for
> WHDH,
> >
> > if it could be worked out.
> >
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