Re: Dish adding 22 new HD channels

phil-news-nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>
> The stations that are in my DMA are snowy on analog and unreliable on
> digital due to being separated by a hill.  The distant stations are
> receivable due to the side of the hill I am on facing in that direction
> (east).  It would require quite an excessive antenna height to get them.
>
> The FCC maintains a list of "significantly viewed stations".  However,
> they only detail it by county.  If they were to detail it to the street
> level and not include stations provided by cable, then channels 7 and 9
> would not be in the list for my location.  Nevertheless, they do include
> Pittsburgh stations in that list as it is for my whole county.
>
> I looked at the spot beam patterns, and the channel list by beam, and I
> am in the one that serves stations ranging from Pittsburgh to Cleveland
> to Cincinnati to Charleston WV.  So I already know it is technically
> possible to get them.
>
> What I inquired about with both DBS companies is what stations I would
> get if I had the letters from the TV stations they think I should get,
> giving approval to have distant locals delivered.  They told me they
> could only give me NYC and LA (both, in fact).  I asked about Pittsburgh
> and they said they do not deliver out of areas locals other than NYC or
> LA.
>
> Channels 7 and 9 are not relayed by satellite at all.  If they were,
they
> would still not deliver Pittsburgh simultaneously even those Comcast
does
> (channels 2, 4, 11, and 13 from Pittsburgh are on Comcast).
>
> If they would provide Pittsburgh then I would pursue obtaining those
> letters. The fact that they refuse to deliver Pittsburgh under any
> cir***stances is why my finger of blame points at them ... both of them.
>
> So my only option is to put up an antenna to get the stations from
> Pittsburgh over the air.  I could get 7 and 9 with additional antennas
up
> higher, but I would choose not to do so.  To get Pittsburgh, the antenna
> won't even need to be above the roofline because of the broad eastward
> view I have; it can be on the side of the house (a "flat" bow-tie like
> the CM-4228 would be fine on the side of a wall).
>
> Of course there is the illegal option of acquiring a hacked receiver and
> just watching all the locals carried on both beams.  Someone here
> suggested signing up with DBS using an address located in nearby PA.
> That would also be illegal.

It wouldn't be illegal, but it would be against the
terms of service in your contract to give them an
address other than the one where you live. Many do it.

Chip

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