Can I get East Coast Feed in the West

**Cocophone** · 05-18-2009 02:29 PM

I live in Oregon and I can't get CBS, because of the Fisher dispute.

My wife told me that a co-worker's friend got Dish to give them the East Coast feed, since they can't broadcast the local CBS feed.

Does this seem possible to anybody?

**Pete K** · 05-18-2009 02:37 PM

Dish works with a third party to provide out of market network affiliates. Here's what you need:

https://www.mydistantnetworks.com/

**MikeD-C05** · 05-18-2009 08:32 PM

Or temporarily "move" to the nearest dma with a CBS and you can get your stations. Please do a search for "MOVING" and it will tell you all you need to know .

**Cocophone** · 05-19-2009 02:04 AM

The nearest DMA Portland, Oregon. Which is also a Fisher Station, except instead of CBS I would lose ABC. Either way I lose out.

The longer the problem between Dish and Fisher drags out, the more I'm looking at the MRV capabilities that Directv is working on.

**garys** · 05-19-2009 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Cocophone

The nearest DMA Portland, Oregon. Which is also a Fisher Station, except instead of CBS I would lose ABC. Either way I lose out.

The longer the problem between Dish and Fisher drags out, the more I'm looking at the MRV capabilities that Directv is working on.

Is OTA an option?

**Cocophone** · 05-19-2009 10:11 AM

I demo'ed an antenna from the local dish network installer. Because of my location I need to spend some money to buy a good one. Also, my DVR a 522 does not dvr OTA signals, so I would need to upgrade my DVR. I don't have HDTVs right now, so I don't want to upgrade my DRVs.

I just want what I was paying for last December.

**Voyager6** · 05-19-2009 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Cocophone

I demo'ed an antenna from the local dish network installer. Because of my location I need to spend some money to buy a good one. Also, my DVR a 522 does not dvr OTA signals, so I would need to upgrade my DVR. I don't have HDTVs right now, so I don't want to upgrade my DRVs.

I just want what I was paying for last December.

I hope that you have called/e-mailed Fisher and the CBS station to ask them to end their dispute with E*.

The 522 will pass the OTA signal through to a VCR. A little old tech but still a viable option for recording shows.

**jrbdmb** · 05-19-2009 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Voyager6

I hope that you have called/e-mailed Fisher and the CBS station to ask them to end their dispute with E*.

Or better yet call Dish and tell them to end their dispute with Fisher.

I'm still a fan of Dish overall, but why is it that these disputes always involve Dish and never DirecTV?

**Cocophone** · 05-19-2009 10:44 AM

Dish did take $10 a month off my bill for 12 months. They didn't say anything about extending my contract, but I suspect they did without telling me.

Since the dispute started, I sent at least $10 a month downloading TV shows from iTunes. My dsl is not fast enough to avoid buffering on hulu or cbs.com

**Voyager6** · 05-19-2009 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by jrbdmb

I'm still a fan of Dish overall, but why is it that these disputes always involve Dish and never DirecTV?

Really? How about this one? KJZZ http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-...2-11-09-a.html
And then there was the dispute with LIN TV: http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-...92-lin-tv.html (Lin Tv)
There are others if you do a search. ALL cable and sat providers have disputes with local channels. Some are just more vocal about them.