Re: Dish adding 22 new HD channels

phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> However, once they have approval from the locals based on my zip code to
> allow me to watch locals outside of the associated DMA, then they could
> let me get the ones from Pittsburgh.  When I read the SHVERA law, it did
> not require them to deliver New York or LA.  If they provided Pittsburgh
> to me, I see no law that is violated.  And they can as I am well inside
> the spot beam Pittsburgh stations are carried on.  They are choosing, by
> whatever internal company reason that happens to be, to not do this.  So
> I do blame them both for this.

I doubt your local stations would want you to get nearby
locals if they allow you to get ones other than theirs.
Besides, I am not convinced that Directv could give you
Pittsburgh if they wanted to, although I have not looked
at the options myself.

Chip

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