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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Weigel METV news
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 19:04:47 -0700
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On 5/3/24 6:27 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 5/3/24 1:55 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> There is a statement that these short subject animation libraries are
>>> all owned by Warner Brothers Discovery, with the exception of what
>>> Disney owns.
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Will they censor?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2024/05/02/metv-toons-cartoon-channel-weigel-warner-bros-discovery-chicago
>>
>> 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?

Apparently. Something like that.

YOUTs!!  [facepalm]