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. 

The contract you signed was designed to waive any equipment installation fees normally charged and in some cases, offers you a monthly discount. Rarely does a contract lock you into a set price – as stated in all BVT contracts. Fortunately because you are in a contract with BVT, you will continue to receive your monthly discount. 

If you live in the following towns (Axtell, Beattie, Centralia, Home, Linn, Oketo, Onaga, Palmer, Summerfield, Vermillion, Westmoreland or Wheaton) you probably just got a new remote. To program your remote, follow these instructions:

1. Press & hold  the 1 & 3 buttons at the same time for approximately 3 seconds until the TV standby button remains lit, then release both buttons.
2. Point remote at the TV. Press & hold the TV Standby button or the Mute button on the remote control.
3. When the TV turns off or brings up the Mute symbol on screen, then release that button.  This may take up to 5 minutes to happen.
4. Press & hold the Text & STOP buttons to finish.  The TV Standby button will go out.  The TV control function is now programmed into the remote.

For a complete list of instructions and functions of the buttons on your remote, please view our Remote Functions and Instructions page. For a remote code, please call our office at 877.876.1228.

To only view the channels you are subscribed to, simply press the guide button twice. The first time you press the guide button, it will show all of the channels BVtv has to offer. Press one more time and you are able to view only the channels to which you are subscribed.

Content Providers are the owners of the television networks you enjoy watching. A few of these include ESPN, Viacom, Turner Networks, and Scripps – all of whom provide programming aka TV channels you receive on BVtv. In order for companies like BVT to have permission to air these channels, we must comply with and pay their programming fees – all of which are renegotiated every few years.  You can find more information about this here.

The majority of your BVtv charges are passed on to cable network and broadcast station owners. Each service provider such as BVT, is under contract with these Content Providers and thus are charged a fee per channel, per month, per customer for the right to provide that station or network to you.

These fees have increased dramatically over the past several years and typically are renegotiated every two to five years.  You can find more information about that here.

Local Broadcast Retransmission Fees are set by your local broadcasters, such as WIBW, KTKA, KTMJ, etc. These fees are charged outside of the BVtv packages because they change every year. You can find the rules governing these fees in the 1992 Cable Act.

All Satellite and Cable providers are required to pay Content Providers a set fee for every household subscribed to the TV service – regardless of whether anyone in the household actually watches it. This is the industry standard as it is today.

Many customers would prefer to pay for only the most popular Networks and a select group of quality, special-interest ones that appeal to them. This is something we would love to offer, but unfortunately Content Providers will not allow it. Part of the negotiations process includes them directing companies like BVTC on how their networks are packaged.  

By registering at www.watchtveverywhere.com, you can access your favorite shows on channels   that coordinate with your BVtv package (see enclosed line-up for available channels). You will be able to access this content anywhere you have an Internet connection. When registering, be sure to select “Blue Valley Tele-Communications” as your provider. All channels with a green check in your line-up should come available over the next 60 days. (Note: If accessing TV Everywhere on a mobile device, we recommend connecting to a WiFi network to avoid data fees from your cellular provider.)