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From: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Satellite signal scrambling with commercials
Message-ID: <701@anasazi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Mar-86 09:45:15 EST
Article-I.D.: anasazi.701
Posted: Fri Mar 28 09:45:15 1986
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References: <12192278397.8.MRC@PANDA> <840@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@anasazi.UUCP (John Moore)
Organization: Anasazi, Phoenix Az.
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Keywords: CNN satellite scrambling commercials

In article <840@well.UUCP> tenney@well.UUCP (Glenn S. Tenney) writes:
>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
Have you gone to a movie theater lately? Every time I go out to
a movie I am treated to 5 to 10 minutes of commercials that I paid
for before the feature. Solution: arrive late. CNN solution: I'm
going to grit my teeth and buy a MACOM CIPHER-II for my cable
system from the MACOM MONOPOLY.
>by the advertisers (the way standard commercial TV is) are there
>any FCC regulations preventing them from scrambling?  (Coming
...no there are not
>from a satellite is no different than coming from a tower.)
>
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