When will we get C-SPAN3?

[steve4810]

Not to say those knot-heads are doing anything useful but it's free and it often is the only place to see important committee meetings when both houses are in session and C-SPAN's charter requires that 1 & 2 stay live from their respective chambers.

[steve4810]

Moderator,

Please could you change the title from "will be get" to "will we get"

Thanks

[Iceberg]

fixed

[Iceberg]

I dont know why neither provider carries it...you figured it would be one of those "lets pay to be on satellite" channels

on a side note....Its amazing that only CSPAN is in the clear on big dish (C-Band)....CSPAN2 & 3 are scrambled.

[steve4810]

I dont know why neither provider carries it...you figured it would be one of those "lets pay to be on satellite" channels

on a side note....Its amazing that only CSPAN is in the clear on big dish (C-Band)....CSPAN2 & 3 are scrambled.

Makes no sense at all, which is to say it's standard operating procedure for the cable industry.

[Tampa8]

on a side note....Its amazing that only CSPAN is in the clear on big dish (C-Band)....CSPAN2 & 3 are scrambled.

That's nuts, I agree.

[Scott Greczkowski]

CSPAN 3 advertises itself as "only on cable"... like that is some kind of benefit or something.

[steve4810]

CSPAN 3 advertises itself as "only on cable"... like that is some kind of benefit or something.

That's blatant discrimination. Maybe we should March On C-SPAN. Two four six eight, satellites are people too!

[HanoverPretzel]

To me honest, I thought all the C-SPANs were important channels to me, but I've had Dish for over a year now and never noticed that it doesn't carry C-SPAN 3, so I guess it isn't that big of a deal to me.

It does seem odd that they can't get the channel, though. I always thought it was basically done as a public service and dirt cheap for providers to offer. Like why wouldn't they offer it?

Unless C-SPAN3 actually does discriminate against satelite, which would seem really odd for a channel that shows live congressional hearings with no advertisements. Like it's basically supposed to be a public service and you'd think their mission would include getting it out to as many people as possible-- cable, satellite, digital subchannels OTA, free streaming online, etc.. I didn't think it was a for-profit entity (Maybe I'm wrong about that).

[3HaloODST]

As for when Dish will get C-SPAN3, well, anywhere between now and never . However it's streaming on the Internet @
Live Video - C-SPAN3 | C-SPAN

(along with the other C-SPANs.)