Recent content by jrt926

A clarification on "grandfathering" ... Satellite subscribers who are predicted to receive an over-the-air network signal of Grade B intensity but do not receive a signal of Grade A intensity and who had distant service terminated after July 11, 1999 and before October 31, 1999 or who received...

The Commission continues to believe that it is appropriate to "grandfather" the eligibility of households in cases where a location was predicted to be unserved by a local network station using an adopted version of the digital ILLR model and the household at that location is receiving a signal...

As I recall all the distant mess began as a court injunction. Dish was not allowed to sell distants until congress clarified rules. They did, and through the FCC the new rules started on the 21st of January. Dish can now offer distants and should still be able to honor grandfathered customers as...

I wonder which group of waivers they will want? Dish, AAD or the grandfather we had before. Or maybe a whole new set!

Looks like it!

Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 and Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004

The Commission is adopting its proposal to address the statutory change to limit the network stations to be considered in satellite signal delivery eligibility cases to those stations that are located in the same DMA as the satellite subscriber by amending its rules to specify that eligibility...

I am hearing Dish will offer Distants on Jan 21

6/27 got this from another forum

AAD AAD told me that on Saturday all waivers that are pending will be automatically granted because of the digital changeover. is this correct?

are you on 241-247?

Just need to get the audio straight on WNYW. Left Channel only. Not AADs fault. Oh yea, and get LA too!

There is a post that said AAD HD this SPRING. Makes sense.

its on channel 240 right now

Huge News If they also go with LA and add the HD many of us will be dancing naked in the sheets