Time Warner in Milwaukee

[NavinRJohnson]

Can I assume TWC in Milwaukee is doing their show all the games thing in Milwaukee again this year? I haven't seen anything on it yet.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Can I assume TWC in Milwaukee is doing their show all the games thing in Milwaukee again this year? I haven't seen anything on it yet.

Yes, they are doing it if you have digital cable

[ChuckyChip]

I thought that the commercial said that since the main game on ch. 58 was going to be in high definition, that they would only have one extra channel showing one additional game, not four as in previous years.  I belive there are some bandwidth issues when they show a game in high def.

[ChicosBailBonds]

I thought that the commercial said that since the main game on ch. 58 was going to be in high definition, that they would only have one extra channel showing one additional game, not four as in previous years.  I belive there are some bandwidth issues when they show a game in high def.

Well I hope that is right then...that means they are adhering to the rules like they weren't in years past.  That doesn't benefit you, but it does us.

[2TimeWarrior]

Does anyone know what the TWC situation will be in the Fox Valley?  Is it the same as Milwaukee?

[NavinRJohnson]

I thought that the commercial said that since the main game on ch. 58 was going to be in high definition, that they would only have one extra channel showing one additional game, not four as in previous years.  I belive there are some bandwidth issues when they show a game in high def.

If I remember correctly, that was true during the MU/UW games last year, but the rest of the time they had 4 games going. Not sure of that though. I would assume that would be the case again this year.

[TheBigDog3356]

Don't quote me on this, but I believe I remember hearing that there is more bandwidth this year and they are able to show the other games while also having an HD game. 

They (WDJT) also just added that new station that is on channel 201, so that would lead me to believe that they do have more bandwidth.

[ChuckyChip]

From this morning's paper -

Channel 58 has changed its plans for "multi-casting" the NCAA basketball tournament, airing just two games at a time - one available in high definition and a second airing only in standard definition to over-the-air digital TV and to digital cable viewers.

"If we can work it out, we may add a third game in SD. But, right now, that looks doubtful," says Channel 58 general manager Jim Hall. 

At any given time, one game will air on Channel 58 - and be available in high definition on Channel 58.1 if you view high-definition TV over the air and Channel 505 if you have Time Warner HD cable service.  A second game will air at the same time in standard definition on the new Me-TV digital channel, available over the air as 58.3 and on both Time Warner and Charter cable systems as digital channel 201.

In past years, more games have been aired at the same time, but fewer in high-def.  "We're gonna have some unhappy fans and some happy fans," says Hall. "The happy fans will be the fans that want to see games in high definition."

In a related bit of news, Time Warner Cable is launching video-on-demand Channel 1104 today. It will have highlights of every game in the tournament.

[ChicosBailBonds]

That's the way it should be.  The last few years the multicast markets were effecting satellite providers in violation of their agreements by taking down the local games in HD so they could squeeze extra bandwidth locally to put on the games.  This meant that an Dish Network or DIRECTV customer in Milwaukee would not get their CBS in HD.  So MU, for example, would be in HD throughout the country on Mega March Madness but not in the hometown market.

[Chili]

That's the way it should be.  The last few years the multicast markets were effecting satellite providers in violation of their agreements by taking down the local games in HD so they could squeeze extra bandwidth locally to put on the games.  This meant that an Dish Network or DIRECTV customer in Milwaukee would not get their CBS in HD.  So MU, for example, would be in HD throughout the country on Mega March Madness but not in the hometown market.

Chico's - the Milwaukee market does not get CBS in HD over D*. There hasn't been a contract negotiated since the local CBS are bunch of knobs.

[ChicosBailBonds]

That's the way it should be.  The last few years the multicast markets were effecting satellite providers in violation of their agreements by taking down the local games in HD so they could squeeze extra bandwidth locally to put on the games.  This meant that an Dish Network or DIRECTV customer in Milwaukee would not get their CBS in HD.  So MU, for example, would be in HD throughout the country on Mega March Madness but not in the hometown market.

Chico's - the Milwaukee market does not get CBS in HD over D*. There hasn't been a contract negotiated since the local CBS are bunch of knobs.

Correct, I was just using that (Milwaukee) as an example (I should have clarified that).  Last year it happened in San Francisco, Detroit and a few other multicast markets and the satellite companies raised holy hell with CBS (and thus their affiliates) because they can't just decide some days to pull down their HD signal to customers paying fo HD because they need the bandwidth locally to broadcast multicast games.