Thursday, June 08, 2006
What do you call a broadcaster with no broadcast feed?
The World Cup starts tomorrow, and I'm getting a little nervous.
The England vs. Paraguary game is scheduled to be on at 6am Phoenix time on Saturday on ABC. However, the local ABC affiliate, ABC 15 has manage to toast its HD feed. It wouldn't be so bad, but that feed is what is driven to cable and satellite, who then downsamples it for SD too, so all told, no ABC meaning no game.
Their website has this message on it:
Still, while I may be worried about missing the game, I'm thinking that must be nothing next to all the crazed soccer moms that are now unable to watch Lost and Desparate Housewives. The horror!
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The England vs. Paraguary game is scheduled to be on at 6am Phoenix time on Saturday on ABC. However, the local ABC affiliate, ABC 15 has manage to toast its HD feed. It wouldn't be so bad, but that feed is what is driven to cable and satellite, who then downsamples it for SD too, so all told, no ABC meaning no game.
Their website has this message on it:
On Friday June 2, ABC15 experienced a system failure on our HDTV transmission path, which took our HD signal off the air. We are working with the equipment manufacturer to facilitate the repairs as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you in advance for your patience.It seems kind of strange that a broadcaster would lose its feed and let it stay lost for 6 days.
Still, while I may be worried about missing the game, I'm thinking that must be nothing next to all the crazed soccer moms that are now unable to watch Lost and Desparate Housewives. The horror!
