From: wog-NotThisBit-george@amd-p.com   
      
   "Nobody"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns98659606CC502nononononon@140.99.99.130...   
   >I had no clue who the hell he was supposed to be...I don't watch that   
   > stupid bounty hunter show on A&E.   
      
   I had no idea either, but after getting a rough idea from some posts here   
   and a quick search, I found out that it's on pay TV here in Australia.  I   
   was going to have a look at it, expecting the worst, but I forgot.  If any   
   Aussies want to have a peek, it's on Fox 8 on Friday at 8:30pm.  I may or   
   may not be joining you.   
      
   On the subject of pay TV, we have 3 pay TV companies here in Oz (excluding   
   obscure resellers): Foxtel, Optus Vision and Austar.  They all broadcast   
   identical content at identical times, the only exception being that they   
   each have their own weather channel.  In fact, Austar only has a weather   
   channel.  They all broadcast Foxtel and Optus content, seemingly providing   
   no competition in the programming department whatsoever.  There's a pool of   
   channels, and they all show all of them.   
      
   Is Australia the only place where they pool everything into one big bucket   
   and let everyone sell the same thing?  It makes sense not having to   
   duplicate everything but I'm used to different companies providing a   
   different product.  For instance, GM and Ford don't have a pool of cars and   
   just stick a badge on them as they pass by on their way out of the showroom.   
      
   On the flipside, I suppose it's good not missing out on something because I   
   went with one and not the other.   
      
   Anyway, does the US have different content from different providers?  I can   
   understand that there may be a pool of channels, but I'd also expect each   
   provider to broadcast their own exclusive content as well (other than their   
   own weather channel).  Can anyone fill me in?   
      
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   George   
   "Strike me down while you can, but it won't make your dried up ovaries any   
   more fertile." - Eric Cartman - 3 May 2006   
      
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