I haven't been following this much.
Does this loss mean that the legal FCC waiver process has been eliminated?
I have a legal waiver to receive just WCBS now from DishNetwork. It was obtained in a legal way but I have to admit, I did it using a bit of FCC insider knowledge of how Broadcasting licenses work, ie the timing in obtaining one. In otherwords, I discovered a loophole in the regulations and made that work for me.
It was a very unique situation. I will probably not have that opportunity again. Anyway, I'd hate to loose that privledge because my local CBS's HDTV signal is so technically incompetent, they still often forget to flip the HD switch and don't have any plans to do Dolby 5.1. Gosh, and I even know the CE there and it doesn't help! Yes, he knows I have this Dish Network feed and has used me in the past to have a look at what they, NYC, were doing. Guess the waiver days are numbered now!