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Staff Report Updated 3:20 PM Thursday, November 26, 2009

Time Warner Cable Inc. will advertise in markets across the country this week in an attempt to persuade viewers that fees cable operators pay television stations and cable networks for the right to carry broadcast programming are increasing the monthly charges to cable customers.

The ads on Time Warner cable networks and in newspapers where the company operates will begin as soon as Thursday, Nov. 26, in some markets and on Friday in southwestern Ohio, Time Warner spokesman Mike Pedelty said. The ads will be Time Warner’s effort to explain to customers how increased fees that cable operators are paying for the right to rebroadcast over-the-air and cable programming contribute to higher charges for cable customers, Pedelty said Wednesday.

The fees for rebroadcasting rights on cable reflect the fact that televised sports and shows cost money, and represent programming that cable customers want to watch, said Dennis Wharton, a spokesman for the National Association of Broadcasters.

A 1992 federal law gives broadcasters the right to negotiate with cable operators for such compensation, Wharton said.

These disputes between cable operators and TV broadcasters aren’t new. WDTN-TV Channel 2, Dayton’s NBC network affiliate, was removed from Time Warner Cable’s Dayton market service for most of October 2008 because of a contract issue between Time Warner and WDTN’s owner, LIN TV Corp. WDTN was restored to the Dayton market cable offerings at the end of October when the companies resolved the dispute.

Consumers can visit www.rolloverorgettough.com to voice their concerns about the issue.

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I ddidn't read the whole article - so shame on me. But past experience tells me that ANYTHING TIME WARNER SAYS IS A LIE! They don't tell you the truth about their so called discounts, fees, changes, etc., and they have the WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER! The best thing that could ever happen is that Time Warner go away.

Angry COnsumer
4:08 PM, 12/4/2009

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Nancy,

I am sorry that your service is so lousy. I didn't tell you and the rest of Dayton Daily News readers to stop complaining. I just said that Time Warner is not raising the prices on their customers it is the networks that raising their programming fees. No matter what you and the rest of the readers of Dayton Daily News I am not switching from Time Warner cable. So don't single me out with your dislike for Time Warner Cable.

Laura
6:10 PM, 11/29/2009

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Laura I'm glad your service is going so well but for me their service has been lousy. The problem was they kept trying to blame us for the problem when it was clearly theirs. Voltage coming through their wiring and they tried to say it was our house when the voltage was coming from their pole before it ever came in our house. All we got was a lousy card saying they were sorry they let us down no discount or anything else so don't tell me to quit b....ing

Nancy
10:24 AM, 11/29/2009

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I think its time for HUGE CHANGES!We have too many News channels.We have 20 Viacom Channels that share the same shows.We have all these Networks and there selling out there original format to be just like all the other Channels.

I think Time Warner should reevaluate every Network and pick up NEW Neworks and remove the Networks that have not solled out to its original Format.

If people want say all the Viacom Networks.Or all the News channels Perhaps a Viacom,News Network Tier is needed.

Simon
6:55 PM, 11/28/2009

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Our 'bundle savings package' for phone, internet and basic cable runs us $198.00 a month. No digital recorder we were promised, service is disrupted by cable box malfunctions on average once a week. TV after 11:00pm is all paid programming. We have friends who pay $110.00 for the same service with the newest equiptment. Contacted TWC to get the same deal: was told there was nothing they could do, could not explain the pricing and quality difference, and if we were unhappy we could always cancel.

Brenda
1:36 PM, 11/28/2009

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