5/27/2010 9:19am - Uplink Activity Report - 446 changes

Are there any reports about when Obama will sign the STELA bill ?

I ask because the uplink report implies there is some doubt, since STELA requires Dish to include the local PBS-HD channels in any new market they add, and the ones listed above do not have them.
 
will Sacramento be getting PBS or CW in HD?

Does the new law require Dish to pull in the HD's from nearby DMAs where they don't carry the station in HD (PBS/CW)?
 
will Sacramento be getting PBS or CW in HD?

PBS by the end of 2011 (KVIE). It could be prior to that, it depends on Dish's schedule. KMAX (CW) by a date in 2013, if it is in HD.

Does the new law require Dish to pull in the HD's from nearby DMAs where they don't carry the station in HD (PBS/CW)?

No.

For example, the PBS section of the bill refers to:
qualified noncommercial educational television stations located within that local market

BTW, I do not think that CW and MY are recognized by law. There is a requirement to carry all local HD channels in a market by a date in 2013, but that does not distinguish between CW, MY, UNI, TEL or unaffiliated.

Remember, all of the language in the legislation about providing stations not in the local market refers to "allowing", not "requiring".

The only "requiring" is all PBS HD by end of 2011, and all local HD by end of 2013 (both are only for markets where Dish provides something in that market - Dish is not required to provide any market).
 
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6540(34) - WIVT [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Binghamton, NY-NBC)
6541(12) - WBNG [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Binghamton, NY-CBS)
6542(5) - WBGH [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Binghamton, NY-N/A)
6543(40) - WICZ [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Binghamton, NY-FOX)
6544(46) - WSKG [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Binghamton, NY-PBS)
6551(7) - WWNY [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Carthage, NY-CBS)
6533(48) - WYDC [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Corning, NY-FOX)
6534(30) - WSKA [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Corning, NY-PBS)
6530(36) - WENY [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Elmira, NY-ABC)
6531(55) - WENYD [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Elmira, NY-N/A)
6532(18) - WETM [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Elmira, NY-NBC)
6520(20) - WUTR [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Utica, NY-ABC)
6522(2) - WKTV [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Utica, NY-NBC)
6523(33) - WFXV [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Utica, NY-FOX)
6550(50) - WWTI [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Watertown, NY-ABC)
6553(28) - WNYF [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Watertown, NY-N/A)
6554(41) - WPBS [MPEG2 SD 8PSK] added to EchoStar14 119W TP 01 Spotbeam A15 (NA)(Watertown, NY-PBS)
There goes all the upstate New York stations. I wonder why they don't just put them all on eastern arc. Now all these folks will continue to need 2 dishes for HD.

Bolded above is WBGH, it is the ABC affiliate for Binghamton.
Bolded above is WENY2, it is the CBS affiliate for Elmira.
Bolded above is WNYF, it is the Fox affiliate for Watertown.
 
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