This kind of thing happens all the time here in Columbus... basically, the local stations want more from the cable companies for being able to carry their content (which carries a premium because they have local news and weather, as well as sports) and the cable companies refuse to pay it... so they just drop them until the local stations drop their price. Very few local stations can afford to lose even a portion of their audience (news teams ain't cheap) so they usually last a few weeks at best.Do you want me to pull the plug and pirate all my shows? Because this is how you get me to.
http://www.omaha.com/money/wowt-is-...cle_e98b8df8-9687-11e4-8327-c33a48e28689.html
Our local cable company has dropped our NBC affiliate from their lineup. Each blames the other, of course, but it's the end user who gets screwed. So if there's a show my wife wants I'm just going to download it and she'll watch it on Plex. Won't work for the NFL game this Saturday, but it's the Pats/Ravens so I don't care that much.
Live TV is dying and everyone is racing to the bottom.