Cable TV customers statewide lose channels in dispute
Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Jan 11, 2021
Customers see this message on three GCI cable channels in 2021. (Joe Viechnicki/KFSK)
Cable TV customers across Alaska have lost network channels in a dispute over broadcast fees between cable company GCI and the television companies that provide that programming.
It means GCI’s customers have lost ABC, FOX and CW networks in many communities connected to the company’s fiber optic system. The television stations, in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, are run by Coastal Television Broadcasting Holdings and affiliated companies. The outage impacts many other communities including those in Southeast Alaska.