Re: Weigel METV news

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 5/3/24 1:55 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
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Everything about this deal tells you why perpetual copyright serves the
interest of copyright holders only, the public be damned. The big
studios shut down short subject animation seven and a half decades ago,
yet it's all still under copyright.
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There is a statement that these short subject animation libraries are
all owned by Warner Brothers Discovery, with the exception of what
Disney owns.
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Weigel Broadcasting will set up a cartoon network, METV Toons, effective
June 25. Will they maintain the original aspect ratio? Will the image be
shrunk down even if they do?
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Will they censor?
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Bob Bergen, a voice actor who has provided voices in modern versions of
WB cartoons, will host. The article doesn't say what the broadcast
subchannel will be or what programming it replaces.
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2024/05/02/metv-toons-cartoon-channel-weigel-warner-bros-discovery-chicago

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I complained on Reddit that the last thing we need is another 480i OTA
channel. A numbskull over there replied back "Do you want them to
remaster the cartoons?" Somebody doesn't get what I was saying at all!
[facepalm]

 Does he think the cartoons were produced on 480i video 70 years ago?