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1/3/'84 Page -12- MTV and Stereo to be In answer to one of ,the questions, Mr. Dagen- added ais stated that MTV and stereo would be added to :t:he FM service. sometime in the summer of '84.. He also advised that people with VCR's wou]_d be provided with an AB switch and they wou]_d install it for them. The AB switch enak~les them to come off the cable from the wal]L into a spliter behind the set - one lead runs to the converter which descrambles the pici~ure and then into the VCR; thus enabling the person to watch one thing and record another at the same time. Choice of 3 Premiums Not One of the women in the audience expressed Available dis<~ppointment. that she was not able to choose which 3 premiums she preferred for the Rainbow pac]{age without paying the addtional charge, i.e. wished to retain HBO, Cinemax, and the Movie Channel rather than having HBO, Show- time and one of her choice as offered in the new premium packaging. My :Lyons commented he felt the ones that were kept, i.e. HBU and Showtime were the more popu- lar ones based on subsribers' surveys. However, Mr. Lyons stated that they would review this for Louisville. Councilman Cussen Commented that he felt a lot of the confusion could have been avoided. We sat down in good faith in negotiations, council had questions, and he and Councilwoman Morris had an oppor- tunity to talk to Mr. Romano and Mr. Callaghan to try to explain a number of the complaints that came up :in the audience this evening. He didn't feel that they were taken serious about the concerns. His fear was. that`a~te~.'irhis public hearing, we are going right back to they kinds of service we have been getting to date. We have been told that we have a State of the Art system and that maybe in the near future. But he didn't think this was so presently. Felt that we are putting the cart before the horse; was concerned that people wez-e being billed on the new rates before receiving any information. This was discussed prE~viously but it seems to still be forging ahead. Unless all the people had been involved in meetings such as he and Councilwoman Morris thE,y would not know what is happening. It would not be until someone came to their door and yet they would still be billed under the new rates. Questioned that we are being