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- 08-02-2010 03:46 PM #1
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Is CSPAN is available FTA?
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Yes I believe it is, however I think its in Analog... might be one of the last analog channels left.
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It's also online! If you have a wii, ps3 or xbox, you can get it on your tv through playon.
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Doesn't the S in C-SPAN stand for satellite? They'd be liars if they didn't have some presence up there!! :-P
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Proud Staff Membertoo bad CSPAN2 got encrypted...that was analog too but they put it in DVB and scrambled it
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- 08-02-2010 11:10 PM #9
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The CSPAN mux on AMC 10 is in DCII combo mode.
Channels include:
CSPAN SD
CSPAN2 SD
CSPAN3 SD
CSPAN HD
CSPAN2 HD
CSPAN3 HD
WCSP Radio
The SD channels are Mpeg 2 video and the HD channels are H.264.
All are encrypted. Even if it was FTA, not many people could view it because it's combo mode. I think they made a really bad choice by selecting DCII combo mode instead of DVB-S or DVB-S2. But since they are a private entity, they can use whatever they want.
I wonder how long the analog channel will remain? How many people still have analog receivers?
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Yeah, because who knows what untold damage could come to cable/satellite subscription services if C-SPAN2 were unscrambled and open to everyone -- you know, just like on the Internet.
Originally Posted by Iceberg 
Seriously, if PBS can be Ku and unscrambled, there's no reason why C-SPAN can't be.
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