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What are Cox's options for preempted programming?
Do Cox’s agreements with local stations and/or their network providers that carry a particular network feed grant the local stations and/or network providers with exclusive rights to a designated Cox channel? Or does Cox retain the right to switch to a different local station with a different network provider for the same network during selected times of the day when the original network provider routinely preempts a particular network program that is offered by other network providers? I know Cox has access to the feed of preempted programs because they are available On-Demand. Thanks.
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ThatDonGuy
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3 months ago
It may depend on the channel, and whether or not it is a network show. If it is a network show - say, I don't know, how about, for example, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live - then there is some sort of "network exclusivity" involved. When I grew up, we could get multiple stations that carried the same network. Sometime in the late 1980s, I think, a number of stations complained that people who lived in their area weren't watching that station (and, more importantly, that station's ads), so the FCC passed a regulation where a network affiliate could prevent a cable service from airing any other affiliates of the same network. As a result, Cox can't just air another ABC station somewhere without the local ABC station's permission.
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ColleenD
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3 months ago
Curt,
@CurtB Hi! Thanks for your question. I understand how frustrating it is when a favorite show isn’t available. We have shared customer feedback with the station owners. The decision to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! was made by the station owner, either Sinclair or Nexstar, not by Cox Communications. There are a lot of details that go into carriage agreements that our team does not have, but I do know that we rebroadcast the feed as it is provided by the station, and it's the only feed we have access to. On-Demand content is provided separately. Please visit CoxCommitment.com for the latest information available on this topic. As you're aware, you can watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! next-day streaming on Cox Contour VOD, on Hulu, and on ABC.com. Have a great day!
-Colleen
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