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From: tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Satellite signal scrambling with commercials
Message-ID: <840@well.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 25-Mar-86 14:43:32 EST
Article-I.D.: well.840
Posted: Tue Mar 25 14:43:32 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Mar-86 07:21:47 EST
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Reply-To: tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney)
Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito CA
Lines: 17
Keywords: CNN satellite scrambling commercials
Summary: CNN to scramble

-- who knows what a line eater is, not me --

I was just listening to CNN (a basic service of the cable for
which I pay) and they announced that as of May 15, 1986, they
will be scrambling.  This raises my fur (although I am not a 
dish owner) since they have lots and lots of commercials.  I
hate to have to pay for the privlege of seeing commercials!
Am I alone?  Are there alternatives?  Since they are subsidized
by the advertisers (the way standard commercial TV is) are there
any FCC regulations preventing them from scrambling?  (Coming
from a satellite is no different than coming from a tower.)

-- Glenn Tenney 
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