Transferring recordings - Is Optimum over using the 'block transfer' flag?

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I'm in the midst of a shuffle - installing a new Bolt, shutting down an S3HD, and moving my PremiereXL4 to where the S3HD was. I'm using http://online.tivo.com/start/transfer, and I managed to move the season passes of the XL4 to the Bolt without too much difficulty.

I'm having problems with transferring recordings. Anything I've recorded from Cartoon Network, AMC, BBC America, CNN, Disney XD, and many others are NOT transferrable. Shows on ABC, CBS, NBC, TCM, MeTV and others are. Is this normal, or has Optimum been overly aggressive with setting up the copy-protect flag in their signal that disallows me from transferring these programs?

I'm also seeing problems where the website isn't able to contact my S3HD, even though it can phone home.

 

TiVo Premiere XL4 to my S3 HD, Bolt+ via the URL link
TiVo Premiere XL4 to any s/w program on my Mac, like Archivo, etc.
TiVo Premiere XL4 to my S3 HD, Bolt+ via the TiVo link in My Shows. I just tried with the Bolt+, and while I can't transfer the program, I can play the recording on my Bolt+

The copy protect flag is set for most programs, and I see it any time I try to copy from the Premiere XL4, for the same shows through all the methods I listed.

 

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Yes, programs available OTA seem to make up the majority of what I can transfer. and yes, an extra not, which is not there any more not.