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<<ABC is still doing their news plus channel in the LA market. >>
Yeah but it's no longer original stuff that was specifically made for this channel, now it's just reruns of local news, informercials, promos for ABC shows, reruns of network news. As soon as the FCC made that ruling the "ABC Now" stuff went away which is not surprising. Not that what they had was anything great anyway, it was rerun up the wazoo all day and night.
<<The same thing can be said why would a station have comercials on 24/7 but some do.>>
Guess I'm just talking about the big six network affiliates, which don't do that (not yet anyway in L.A.) Maybe it will all depend on what the government requires the networks to do - broadcast in good HD, or to do whatever they want and turn the darn antennas off completely if they want. I predict the former but I'm an optimist. Who knows how many people still won't have cable in the years to come and if the affiliates would be defaulting on that advertising $ if they pulled the plug on broadcasting or showed Desparate Houswives in crummy 480i. Plus with the dish systems, you still need to have an antenna/tuner to get the network stuff in HD anyway. Oh well it wilol be fun to see what TV looks like in 10 or 20 years, I hope I'm still kickin'! : )
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