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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 07:02 PM
Response to Reply #11
32. I haven't had cable television in 20 years.
And I've never missed it.
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  -ABC goes dark for New York Cablevision subscribers UpInArms  Mar-07-10 07:40 AM   #0 
  - Damn - You mean no Sunday morning Disney-Corporate kissass republicon propaganda  SpiralHawk   Mar-07-10 07:44 AM   #1 
  - I guess there are no ABC broadcasts in NY.  hobbit709   Mar-07-10 07:52 AM   #2 
  - There are alternatives  Danmel   Mar-07-10 08:26 AM   #3 
     - You forgot getting ABC New York if you use OTA broadcast attennas.  Jkid   Mar-07-10 10:00 AM   #9 
     - True, but none of those is easy or can be done before tonight for people wanting to watch the Oscar  karynnj   Mar-07-10 01:06 PM   #15 
  - Fortunately, in Fairfield County,  connecticut yankee   Mar-07-10 08:34 AM   #4 
  - We went through this last year during the Oscars  Missy Vixen   Mar-07-10 11:56 AM   #14 
  - This really sucks.  onlyadream   Mar-07-10 08:39 AM   #5 
  - It would suck a lot more  skepticscott   Mar-07-10 09:05 AM   #6 
     - I just started watching TV again  onlyadream   Mar-07-10 11:42 AM   #13 
  - Sooner or later, people are going to wake up  dixiegrrrrl   Mar-07-10 09:14 AM   #7 
  - which ones?  Supersedeas   Mar-08-10 11:22 AM   #38 
  - I should cry as MSM bites the dust? n/t  Downwinder   Mar-07-10 09:18 AM   #8 
  - Let the corporate media eat each other.  deadmessengers   Mar-07-10 10:20 AM   #10 
  - Does anyone even watch network tv?  Codeine   Mar-07-10 10:28 AM   #11 
  - Yes, noncable subscribers such as myself...  Earth_First   Mar-07-10 10:35 AM   #12 
  - i don't have cable either  Tunkamerica   Mar-07-10 02:44 PM   #19 
  - I don't have cable, and I don't intend to get it, either. I see no reason...  truth2power   Mar-07-10 06:24 PM   #30 
  - lots of people, and qutie a bit.  dysfunctional press   Mar-07-10 03:45 PM   #21 
  - I didn't really think of PBS as network.  Codeine   Mar-07-10 05:32 PM   #24 
  - "I honestly didn't think anybody really watched that stuff anymore, except Idol and sporting events.  dysfunctional press   Mar-07-10 05:51 PM   #27 
     - LOL! I'm uninformed about a lot of things, I'm sure.  Codeine   Mar-07-10 06:00 PM   #28 
  - :I was thinking of what I watch regularly...  truth2power   Mar-07-10 06:34 PM   #31 
  - I haven't had cable television in 20 years.  Frank Cannon   Mar-07-10 07:02 PM   #32 
  - Cablevision sucks...they really hurt the prospects for having the Olympics in New York  Kievan Rus   Mar-07-10 01:42 PM   #16 
  - interesting. can you elaborate?  onenote   Mar-07-10 02:33 PM   #17 
  - Senator Kerry has asked them to continue the signal  karynnj   Mar-07-10 02:44 PM   #18 
  - Not to defend Cablevision, but Disney/ABC wants 40 million for a free channel.  LLStarks   Mar-07-10 03:25 PM   #20 
  - And they already pay 200 million to ABC's parent company.  onlyadream   Mar-07-10 04:27 PM   #22 
     - Roslyn and Hempstead. nt  LLStarks   Mar-07-10 05:37 PM   #25 
  - This is news?  bhikkhu   Mar-07-10 04:38 PM   #23 
  - +1  totodeinhere   Mar-07-10 10:58 PM   #37 
  - all the networks are getting what they can now, while they still can  dem mba   Mar-07-10 05:50 PM   #26 
  - People watch ABC? Why? nt  valerief   Mar-07-10 06:22 PM   #29 
  - MEDIA MONOPOLIES? ANTI-TRUST ACTION? OOPS forgot we have a DEMOCRAT in POWER!  KoKo   Mar-07-10 07:47 PM   #33 
  - exactly what sort of anti-trust violation do you think is involved in this dispute?  onenote   Mar-07-10 10:17 PM   #35 
  - Globe & Mail: Cablevision restored WABC at 8:50PM ET  alp227   Mar-07-10 09:09 PM   #34 
  - Good. Maybe some of those couch potatoes can actually do something constructive for a change...  totodeinhere   Mar-07-10 10:57 PM   #36 
 

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