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by David Thiel, Program Director for WILL-TV
An insider's view of public television programming and the issues that help determine what and how you watch
Further Status Update: Cable, Satellite and Guide Issues
A new week finds that most of the issues affecting WILL's cable/satellite carriage, as well as our guide listings, have been resolved.
Here's where things stand! New update on April 30; read below for details.
TV Listings: We've received a number of messages--some more polite than others--regarding problems with the program listings seen in area newspapers as well as various on-screen TV guides. Among those affected were Dish Network, TiVo and Replay TV. This issue originated with a service which collects TV schedule data and sells that information to others. They were giving out the wrong schedule for WILL, replacing our primary channel's lineup with the listings for PBS World. (We air World on one of our secondary digital channels.) I contacted them and convinced them to correct the error. It took a few days for the update to make its way to the end product, but it appears that our listings are now correct.
Cable/Satellite Carriage: Updated. All of the cable and satellite systems which had mistakenly replaced our primary channel with PBS World have been successfully contacted. Suddenlink restored our primary channel late Thursday afternoon.
Comcast: WILL-TV is no longer carried on Comcast's analog tier in Bloomington/Normal. We are still available to digital cable subscribers. The reasons for this change can be found in my previous blog post. We have no reason to believe that we will be reinstated to the analog tier. Comcast customers that wish to continue to receive WILL-TV will either need to upgrade to digital cable, or receive our over-the-air signal.
In other areas in which WILL's signal overlaps that of another PBS station--notably in Springfield and Decatur--Comcast has given us "primary status," and we will continue to be carried on both their analog and digital tiers. WILL-TV has been serving Springfield and Decatur for more than fifty years, and we appreciate Comcast's recognition of that history.
That's the update. If you have other questions or concerns, please contact us.
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