Question

What is BVT doing to keep these costs under control?

Answer

BVT belongs to the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC), who serves over 850 independent television operators across the United States. By belonging to this organization, BVT gains stronger negotiation power with Content Providers as NCTC members normally band together during negotiation processes. To learn more about this process click here.

When contracts come to an end, we diligently negotiate with Content Providers to secure the best    terms for our customers. By holding firm in our negotiations, we’ve held these programming price increases well below the high annual increases that many Content Providers demand; some asking for increases of 50%, 100%, or even higher. We actively negotiate every contract in the best interest of our viewers.

Occasionally decisions will be made to drop channels because network demands are unreasonably high or not in the best interest of the majority of our customers. Sometimes keeping those channels means viewers might face rate increases. It is important to emphasize that our pricing is ALWAYS carefully thought through and ALL steps taken are to ensure continued quality for our subscribers. Because no two homes have the same viewing habits, we do our best to ensure the most popular and highly requested channels remain on the BVtv lineup.