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How do you know all this? It seems to me your dealing 100% in speculation and/or opinion.I second that.
Gary, I know nothing huge will happen. I've been saying that from the beginning. However, to *most* people, the discontinuation of Weatherscan wouldn't even make them blink. It's ratings are rather poor.
Its not meant to be a ratings puller. You watch it for 5 minutes when you need the weather.
Sorry, I wasn't clear in what I meant. By ratings, I really meant to say, most people don't know what Weatherscan is, or that it's even affiliated with TWC. That's why in 2005, TWC tried promoting it on the domestic TWC with localized spots (with cable co name and channel number), but they were discontinued shortly thereafter due to timing errors.
Weatherscan isn't really known to most people, even for just a moment or two of viewing. This is why so many cable companies are dropping it, or moving it to a higher tier.
Well in my area, we used to have Garden State Cable, which was good. One of the plusses was if you forgot to pay your cable and it got cut off, every channel tuned would be the weather channel, hehe. It used to be on Channel 34. When Comcast bought out GSC in 2000, it moved to Channel 57 shortly thereafter. My area switched to the IntelliStar when it was released March 2004.
Now, for some reason, my headend isn't pulling the proper IntelliStar unit for some reason. It is pulling a unit from Woodbury or something, and it's ticking me off very much. I would much prefer the Camden area one that I had been getting since 2006.
... and they won't spend more than 10 seconds viewing their weather when they watch Weatherscan.Exactly. Though, they could reach a LOT more people if they were on Analog, and not only digital.
Most people I know get the weather from local news stations.
It's actually lightningbolt999's but he made the emulation with my permission.
This has to stop! He is stealing everyone's emulations.At least he gave some form of credit in the tags...
I mean, I don't think most people are going to spend more than 10 minutes to get their weather (Period), especially before work, school, etc. Most people just don't have time. Other than special/primetime programming, most people probably aren't watching TWC/WeatherScan for more than 10 minutes at a time.No. How often can you turn on TWC and get your weather immediately? On the 8's, if you tune in at that time. Or maybe if your lucky enough to tune in when their talking about your region. Butyou can turn WxScan on at any time and get your local weather. A big difference in my opinion.You watch it for 5 minutes when you need the weather.Isn't that why most people watch TWC in the first place? :yes;
No. How often can you turn on TWC and get your weather immediately? On the 8's, if you tune in at that time. Or maybe if your lucky enough to tune in when their talking about your region. Butyou can turn WxScan on at any time and get your local weather. A big difference in my opinion.You watch it for 5 minutes when you need the weather.Isn't that why most people watch TWC in the first place? :yes;
Gary, I know nothing huge will happen. I've been saying that from the beginning. However, to *most* people, the discontinuation of Weatherscan wouldn't even make them blink. It's ratings are rather poor.
If SS was syndicated anywhere other than TWC, it probabally would be on NBC.
Because of NBCU now owning TWC?
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Just heard on the news that the government has bailed AIG out. Another financial giant has fallen.From what I've gathered, AIG's situation is bizarre. Their insurance arm is still very strong, but it's their mortage-securities arm that's bringing them down hard. And apparently it's not a true government bailout...they are the only ones who have to pay it back (in return they get control back based on percentage). JPMorgan got money for "saving" Bear Stearns they didn't have to repay. Fannie and Freddie were straight-up bought out by the government.
I have a feeling that we need to see the Dow under 10,000 before a correction starts.
