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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Weigel METV news
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 20:55:59 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

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