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===Cox Communications=== | ===Cox Communications=== | ||
− | + | Currently, Cox Communications does not carry WEAR's high-definition feed; this is due to a dispute [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and cable companies. As in the situation with Mediacom, Sinclair demands a per-subscriber fee from cable companies in exchange for the rights to rebroadcast the high definition feeds of its stations. Cable companies have not historically paid these fees to local broadcast stations, because, of course, the programming is broadcast free over-the-air. | |
− | + | Cox currently does not charge customers for high definition programming; as it is Cox's goal to maintain free high definition programming, accordingly Cox would like to keep its programming costs to a minimum. | |
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+ | Sinclair Broadcast Group has posted a complete statement on the issue on its corporate website at [http://www.sbgi.net/misc/cable.shtml http://www.sbgi.net/misc/cable.shtml] | ||
==Newscasts== | ==Newscasts== |