tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2245934714216029941..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: October 17, 1981Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-33934639497751405462015-12-30T16:40:27.941-05:002015-12-30T16:40:27.941-05:00Was it Spectrum. I know in the Twin Cities there w...Was it Spectrum. I know in the Twin Cities there was a service called Spectrum for a while and am wondering if this is it.paulsonj72https://www.blogger.com/profile/18118231322032199900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-7147748370471412552015-01-27T01:19:07.425-05:002015-01-27T01:19:07.425-05:00The ABC experiment with non Monday night football ...The ABC experiment with non Monday night football games lasted from 1978-86. There were usually 4 or so a season with Thursday night being the biggest night. These ABC games ended after the 1986 season when the NFL signed the new TV deal which included 8 Sunday night games in the 2nd half of the season on ESPN. However since cable(and later satellite) TV wasn't as wide spread as it is now the NFL required the games to be shown on an over the air channel in the participating teams home market.(and for the home team if the game was sold out) This rule has remained in place to this day for NFL cable broadcasts.paulsonj72https://www.blogger.com/profile/18118231322032199900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-44570080419432166062014-10-21T16:14:34.488-04:002014-10-21T16:14:34.488-04:00I do remember that, now that you mention it! Remi...I do remember that, now that you mention it! Reminds me of the story about the Mike Tyson - Michael Spinks title fight a few years ago. That was on PPV, but it was the same idea - scrambled signal. Only for some reason this signal didn't scramble. I ran across it accidentally, and just kept it on to see if it ever corrected itself. It didn't, and I wound up being able to watch the whole fight. Unfortunately, that wasn't all that great an accomplishment - the fight only lasted about 90 seconds, as I recall, before Tyson won in a one-punch knockout!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-80988355159886458072014-10-21T13:41:38.715-04:002014-10-21T13:41:38.715-04:00The "Sugar" Ray Leonard-Thomas "Hit...The "Sugar" Ray Leonard-Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns fight was also available on a handful of cable systems and over-the-air subscription-TV services (remember that? An obscure UHF channel that around 6 or 7 P.M. at night would show a scrambled picture with a "barker" telling you to call a 1-800 number to subscribe so you can see and hear the program) that had been equipped for "addressability", and as a result, could show the fight to those subscribers who could pay extra for it.<br /><br />It was one of the earliest examples of pay-per-view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com