ABC 3-day wait on AutoHop?

[Patrick Smith]

I thought the deal was with ABC stations that the ABC network actually owned, not the station affiliates that the network doesn't own? IF that is the case, the people effected by the 3 day wait would be in a select few markets across the country.

That would be nice, but it's for all abc stations.

 

[Hall]

Yes, the contract is on programming, not station carriage.

 

[MikeD-C05]

Ok. Now I see. Well my finger can still hit the 30 sec skip button , so it won't matter to me whether they delay auto skip by 3 days.

 

[mike123abc]

Ok. Now I see. Well my finger can still hit the 30 sec skip button , so it won't matter to me whether they delay auto skip by 3 days.

It could be out of shape and cramp up during a critical commercial block, better start stretching and exercising it now to get it ready

 

[Bobby]

It could be out of shape and cramp up during a critical commercial block, better start stretching and exercising it now to get it ready

I watch plenty of shows that are non-network and therefore not PTAT. My finger has always been in shape!

 

[Hall]

Same here - the majority of my viewing is non-Big-4 channels.

 

[TheKrell]

We've worn off the paint next to the skip forward button on all our remotes! And oh by the way, we use our thumbs rather than fingers.

 

[Bobby]

I use my index finger on my left hand. It's arthritic and doesn't bend so I have a good solid push...

 

[David_Levin]

If/When this does start, I believe there may be an archiving effect. If I archive before the auto-hop download, the file on the external HDD never gets auto hop. Us archivers may have to remember to wait 3 days before moving shows to the external HDD.