Important Notices

WBNG is back!

MTC Cable has reached an agreement with WBNG (Channel 12 – CBS Binghamton) to restore the station back onto the MTC channel line-up effective 1/18/13. The station will not be available in all service areas. THIS TV currently located on Ch.12 will be repositioned to Channel 15.

Programming Notice

MTC Cable has removed WIVT (Channel 15 – Binghamton ABC) and WBGH (Channel 420 – Binghamton NBC) from its channel line-up effective January 1st, 2013. To date, MTC has not reached a Retransmission Consent Agreement with the Station’s ownership (Nexstar Communications) necessary for continued carriage. Nexstar is seeking a 300% increase in monthly programming fees! ABC programming will still be available on WABC (Ch 7) and NBC programming on WNBC (Ch 4) and WNYT (Ch 18). MTC remains hopeful that a mutually beneficial Agreement can be reached over the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience and understanding!!

Tired of having your TV shows held hostage?

For millions of TV viewers, the holidays may not be so merry. Hundreds of retransmission consent agreements are due to expire at year’s end. Which means before you’ve started your holiday shopping, broadcasters will start threatening to black out your favorite shows just so they can get higher fees. Imagine Christmas without "A Christmas Carol", or New Year’s Eve with no countdown. How do they get away with this Grinch-like behavior? Outdated FCC rules. Tired of having your TV shows held hostage? Tell Congress it’s time they made a New Year’s resolution to modernize retransmission consent rules. americantelevisionalliance.org

Programming Notice

The MTC Cable Retransmission Consent Agreement with WIVT (ABC-Binghamton) Channel 15 expires on 12/31/12. To date, negotiations between WIVT and MTC Cable have not resulted in an agreement for continued carriage of the station past this deadline. Although MTC remains optimistic that a mutually beneficial agreement with WIVT can be reached, it is possible that MTC will be required to remove that station effective January 1, 2013. ABC programming will still be available via WABC-Channel 7.