Time Warner and Sinclair

[diamatron]

Why doesn't Time Warner Columbus give us the FOX and ABC HiDef channels from Cleveland. My parents have Mansfield Time Warner and they get them in analog and didgital feeds from CLeveland, while we only get the analog.

I know it's probably a region thing, but we qualify for the analog channel so why not the digital?

WJW - FOX Cleveland
WEWS - ABC Cleveland

I amnot sure if Columbus gets these channels, but here in Galion we do.

[zelig2]

Probably because Mansfield can be considered to be close to either Cleveland or Columbus. For whatever reason the Mansfield people (wisely) chose going with Cleveland for their local stations. They wouldn't be allowed to do that down here in Columbus though. It's the same reason people aren't allowed to have the national feeds on Direct TV in certain areas. Local stations have "more rights". Which is actually a good thing in a way, otherwise you'd most likely end up with main stations in New York and Los Angeles office and just correspondents in the local areas. Unfortunately its been twisted around by Sinclair refusing to allow a retransmission rights to the cable companies.

[diamatron]

Thing is, Here in Galion Timw Warner gives us Cleveland locals in Analog, why couldn't they also give us thoise same sations in a HDTV feed?