MyFox10 to launch on northern Tri-State cable systems Thursday

WTHI-TV has announced this afternoon that a number of cable systems in the northern part of the Tri-State will begin carrying the new MyFox10 when it debuts on Thursday.

Those companies and communities in our area which will have MyFox10 as of that date are:  Cinergy Metronet (Vincennes), Comcast (Olney), Daviess-Martin RTC Television (Daviess and Martin counties), NewWave Communications (communities along U.S. 50), Suddenlink (Elnora, Odon and Plainville) and Wabash Independent Networks (Clay, Richland, Lawrence and Wayne counties plus Flora, Xenia and Noble).

Customers of those cable providers will need to contact the companies directly to determine which channel will be used for the station.

Still to be determined are launch dates for Mediacom, DirecTV and Dish Network.  In the case of Mediacom, LIN Media, which owns WTHI, is in the midst of retransmission consent negotiations with the cable company.  With Dish, it's possible that it may not be on in the short term, as Dish has thus far refused to carry Indiana's two other new Fox affiliates, Fox44 WEVV in Evansville and WISE-DT2 in Fort Wayne, calling the terms of carriage "outrageous," despite the fact that other companies have had no qualms about picking up the stations.