Can DIRT confirm Dish working on WMUR?

[kurzkaster]

On 4/19/12 I rec'd the following e-mail form my NH Senator:

Thank you for contacting my office regarding satellite television subscribers' access to local television programming. I appreciate hearing from you about this important issue.
I share your frustration that some New Hampshire DISH Network customers have not been able to watch WMUR, the local ABC affiliate. Local broadcast stations play an important role in our communities, providing families with timely public service announcements, local news, weather forecasts and other valuable programming.

My office has been in contact with both WMUR and DISH Network on possible solutions to this problem. WMUR has given permission for their signal to be transmitted, and DISH Network is updating systems in order to provide the channel to all New Hampshire subscribers who wish to have it. It is my expectation that this issue will be resolved in the coming months.

Please be assured that I will continue to monitor this situation. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with me, and please do not hesitate to contact my office with any future concerns.



Sincerely,

Jeanne Shaheen
United States Senator

Can DIRT confirm Dish is working on this?

Thanks

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[robstudio]

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[R0ss]

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All the OP was asking is if DIRT could confirm that DISH is working on this. Seems that would be within the scope of what they can do.

Interesting that NH subscribers are having dificulty receiving a NH station. I am in BOSTON DMA and I have always received WMUR along with the Boston locals.

Ross

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[Iceberg]

Ross
WMUR per a agreement/law whatever you want to call it is available to ALL NH residents regardless of location (basically a blanket Sig Viewed station). WMUR is in the Boston DMA but other parts of the state are in different DMA's. WMUR is available to all cable subs and Directv subs. But Dish is still hindered by the distants issue from 06. When dish was allowed to import stations to missing markets thats all they can do. So as of right now WMUR cannot be on Dish locals outside of the Boston market. They still need the FCC to allow them to be able to carry stations outside the local market (to expand on the "missing network only" thing)

[jscud]

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On 4/19/12 I rec'd the following e-mail form my NH Senator:

Thank you for contacting my office regarding satellite television subscribers' access to local television programming. I appreciate hearing from you about this important issue.
I share your frustration that some New Hampshire DISH Network customers have not been able to watch WMUR, the local ABC affiliate. Local broadcast stations play an important role in our communities, providing families with timely public service announcements, local news, weather forecasts and other valuable programming.

My office has been in contact with both WMUR and DISH Network on possible solutions to this problem. WMUR has given permission for their signal to be transmitted, and DISH Network is updating systems in order to provide the channel to all New Hampshire subscribers who wish to have it. It is my expectation that this issue will be resolved in the coming months.

Please be assured that I will continue to monitor this situation. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts with me, and please do not hesitate to contact my office with any future concerns.



Sincerely,

Jeanne Shaheen
United States Senator


Thanks

Last February I was told by Gov. Lynch's office that Sen. Shaheen was working on this. At the time they told me that this spring was the likely target. Since then Sen. Shaheen's office has sent me the same email that you received. We shall see.......

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Ross
WMUR per a agreement/law whatever you want to call it is available to ALL NH residents regardless of location (basically a blanket Sig Viewed station). WMUR is in the Boston DMA but other parts of the state are in different DMA's. WMUR is available to all cable subs and Directv subs. But Dish is still hindered by the distants issue from 06. When dish was allowed to import stations to missing markets thats all they can do. So as of right now WMUR cannot be on Dish locals outside of the Boston market. They still need the FCC to allow them to be able to carry stations outside the local market (to expand on the "missing network only" thing)

So the answer from the senators office should have been more in line with your explanation and that the FCC was the issue not DISH or WMUR...do we know what DMA the OP is in? Locations don't show on mobile forum...

Ross

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