Tribune Broadcasting Company Blacks Out DISH Customers in 33 Markets;

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niceguypmp3 said:
As of last night, I'm finally able to watch NBC! I got my ota antenna installed yesterday that I had to purchase because of distance from towers. First time I was able to watch the local 10pm news on nbc since the blackout! Now, i'm just waiting on the OTA usb adapter to get back in stock....
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I was tired of not having NBC so I installed an OTA tuner for my HTPC. So I can record nbc now just in time for the Olympics! My dish OTA adapter that is only a few months old stopped working and who knows when I can get it replaced. The PQ is far better than what dish sends thru the satellite and is even noticeably better than the built in tuner of my LG tv.
Its the Hauppauge dual tuner and it can do PIP. They have a new quad tuner but it is out of stock right now. But it can do multiview PIP on all 4 tuners. This is definitely sending me toward cord cutting sooner...
http://hauppauge.com/site/products/data_quadhd.html
 
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Well that's nice, but it doesn't do anything for those of us who don't have any OTA signal at our location. If I did, I would've been watching it rather than Dish's version all along anyway, due to Dish's bitrate issues and the idiotic encryption of recordings.
 
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Jim S. said:
Well that's nice, but it doesn't do anything for those of us who don't have any OTA signal at our location. If I did, I would've been watching it rather than Dish's version all along anyway, due to Dish's bitrate issues and the idiotic encryption of recordings.
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Since I have the luxury of both, that is why I eschew the sat version and record off OTA. :D
 
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Jim, the only way I was able to get OTA to come in was to purchase my own antenna. the free one couldn't pick up anything. But, i'm 65 miles or so from the broadcasting towers. I got one online that's good for up to like 115 miles. I'm able to get all of my locals with it, but that isn't much good without an OTA adapter so that I can record them on the hopper lol. Awell, at least I can watch NBC now and during storms then i'll still be able to watch the news instead of having to rely on the internet during those times.
 
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long_time_DNC said:
Is this dispute getting anywhere near resolution? Football season is approaching and most of the Seattle Seahawks games are shown on KCPQ, which is owned by Tribune, which can't be had via antenna from my location...
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There has been no reports or really anything new that I have seen coming from either side, in fact if this was just about locals there is no way it would have lasted this long. Unfortunately normally I would say no news, no more retorts from either side is good but in this case the question is, are they still negotiating? The one thing I can think of to say that all is not lost is that the locals are still uploaded to the satellites and not completely gone.
 
The dispute probably won't be resolved until the NFL season starts because many people don't care until then and the networks also will start showing the new episodes of TV series. Also Dish has taken the maximum hit from its customers already and is not going to settle for several weeks so they can pocket the savings from not paying Tribune.
 
Rev. Jesse Jackson needs to get into the act again, organize sit-ins, call out Dish for not carrying WGN America, which has a miniseries called Underground about black slavery.
 
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Tampa8 said:
There has been no reports or really anything new that I have seen coming from either side, in fact if this was just about locals there is no way it would have lasted this long. Unfortunately normally I would say no news, no more retorts from either side is good but in this case the question is, are they still negotiating? The one thing I can think of to say that all is not lost is that the locals are still uploaded to the satellites and not completely gone.
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Only thing I can think of trying, is to connect my Comcast cable (internet only) to my 722k and see if the left the locals in-the-clear on the lower-end of the channel list...maybe that'll get me by until Tribune and Dish come to terms...
 
long_time_DNC said:
Only thing I can think of trying, is to connect my Comcast cable (internet only) to my 722k and see if the left the locals in-the-clear on the lower-end of the channel list...maybe that'll get me by until Tribune and Dish come to terms...
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No. ATSC and clear-QAM are completely different signal types. Won't work.
 
And at least in the Indianapolis market, Comcast encrypts everything to force you to have a cable box.
 
bluegras said:
Tribune Blitzes Dish With NFL Blackout Spots
...Tribune has begun running spots in the Indianapolis market warning Colts fans that they won't be able to see their favorite team unless they switch pay-TV providers
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1. Tribune, shut the hell up, put the baloney away and get to the table.

B. If anyone is absolutely desperate to see their Colts on Sunday, they don't have an antenna set up by now (get with it, people!) and they don't mind the look-in style format they've got the option of taking NFL Red Zone in multisport now that dish and NFLN have made nice. Scott Hansen and his elves do a good job of running around the league to show the important stuff.

Come to think of it, if a dish Network customer is seeing the spot on-air the odds are they have an antenna setup, which means "problem already solved." So this exercise is totally pointless at least to that crowd. I'm wagering KCPQ around here is running the same spots targeting Seahawks fans.
 
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Like others, I do have OTA here, but 32 out of Portland (Tribune) does not have a translator here (CW), but since the Super Stations has returned I do have KTLA, KWGN, and WPIX for CW. Only in SD, but at least CW is back.
 
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Comcast, Charter, and Time Warner are all getting rid of ClearQAM locals anyway. Cincinnati's TWC just got rid of ClearQAM locals (and other channels) in June. Not coincidentally, that is the moment I dropped TWC for anything other than internet.
 
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Tribune Blitzes Dish With NFL Blackout Spots
Embroiled in a retransmission consent dispute with Dish Network, Tribune has begun running spots in the Indianapolis market warning Colts fans that they won't be able to see their favorite team unless they switch pay-TV providers
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...558?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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Am I the only one that finds it funny they don't suggest getting an antenna for OTA?
You know, the principle/intended means of distribution of their signal?

Of course, if people do that, then the station and Tribune don't get extra money for people watching their "free" channel.

And they haven't improved their broadcast equipment to fully serve their DMA either, relying on the paid services to redistribute for them instead.

New idea for the FCC/congress. No re-transmission fees unless they can show 95% of the DMA can receive a usable OTA signal.
 
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