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  1. M

    Can cable access channels rebroadcast FTA ones?

    I would like to expand a bit of content on my local cable access channel. My provider is starting to branch off into some international tv. So far it is mostly Spanish but there is RAI, TV5, CCTV9 etc. Rebroadcasting those I'm sure would cause a conflict of interest. I'm not a lawyer but I...
  2. M

    How would a country indepedently jam/scramble a fta signal?

    I've heard that in Iran somehow the government is jamming or scrambling up foreign media tv. I'm just wondering how it could be done with tv. With radio I guess if you broadcast on the same frequency and use more power you can override it but how can an entire footprint be scrambled. I'm just...
  3. M

    Should there be a Raw feeds section?

    I know it might sound odd to talk about wild feeds with cable. FTA fans know what it refers to. If your tv has a ATSC tuner you can scan with the tuner and find things...odd things...some very nice things :D I don't think this should be totally public as I'm sure a cableco would take...
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    What was the first military event shown on FTA?

    To backtrack a bit I'm doing a report in a class on the invasion of Panama. I remember reading somewhere that it was the first US war that was covered live by satellite. I'm not talking feeds but actual reporting on air. If this is true is there anything saying that in an article? Thanks.
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    Are some fta channels allowed to be rebroadcasted?

    I'm not talking about any hacking. I'm thinking I might be able to convince where I go to school to maybe fund a grant for something with FTA. As a bonus maybe I could have the school keep the equipment and maybe they could feed the ethnic programming into the internal channels for the...
  6. M

    Could these work with dish network or star choice?

    I thought I remember reading that the chip was a motorola 505 (I'm not sure what the differences are between that and a 505a) I know obviously you'd need the dish and you'd also need the cards and you would paying for the programming....
  7. M

    Could a old voom box for for star choice?

    I've heard it's a similar chip set (505) I'm not sure what the differences ware between that and the 505a...
  8. M

    Could a old voom box work?

    I've heard that it's a old 505 unit. I'm not sure the differences between that and the 505a. I know obviously you'd need the dish and the card...
  9. M

    Keep a watch on the Pakistani channels

    There's been a state of emergancy and apparently from what flashed on CNN the selling of dishes there is now banned (didn't say if it ment domestically or if imports are still allowed) It said that channels are now being streamed online...if they cut off that then most tv will be gone (except...
  10. M

    Postage event...thing to be on FTA

    USPS - Postal Customer Council "PCC's will be provided three workshop-in-a-box's to use as part of this exciting event on Intelligent Mail, Value of Mail and Flat Sequencing System. The event can be seen via PSTN channel 15, DISH Network channel 9601, KU band: AMC2 – Transponder 8 Downlink...
  11. M

    Is satellite/cabletv/ota a decent job market?

    I was thinking about this the other day. I knwo a fair amount on video here and there and would like to make more money (actually a new job would be nice) would setting up say dishes of OTA and FTA look good for some companies? (obviously I'm not going to tinker with dish,direct and cable...
  12. M

    Anyone see feeds?

    If have HDTV and plug the coaxel into the tv directly and scan you'll find some interesting things. Most of it is regular stuff that's unencrypted but sometimes you get something interesting. I found channels that weren't even listed!
  13. M

    Scanning for more channels

    About a few weeks ago I posted about there not being anything when I scan for channels...well somethings have changed.... First I scanned with a antenna - got most of the locals Then I scanned with the cable directly to the tv as antenna - got about a dozen channels...mostly locals and...
  14. M

    I have a hdtv tuner but.....

    it seems if I scan it with the cable from the cable co in nothing comes up under a scan....I can get OTA with a antenna and with the box I have the HDMI and that works but I thought they'd be at least something in the clear.....I wonder if I'm doing something wrong...
  15. M

    $200 installation for satellite? is that cheap?

    At work we've been trying to push for sales. The trouble is our system has a TON of hidden things that can be ordered and we don't have some master catalog. It's nearly to the point of playing the oldschool zork zero where you type something and just see if something else pops up. Anyway I...
  16. M

    Legacy of old Adelphia contracts haunts us now....

    About half the HBO's were gone....I noticed it was anything of a west one (hbow, hbo2w etc) same content but on the western hours. I call up the company to find out that adelphia has a contract for the western feeds....however that contract ended and it wasn't renewed. So it's not like they...
  17. M

    Why would this pop up?

    When I first hooked up the HD box a box came up on the screen saying that the tv wasn't HDMI compliant and to use a compotent cable...after a time later it worked. It's came up twice since then saying something to the effect of "copy protection etc" even though I'm not recording anything...
  18. M

    Thinking of selling my Voom....

    since there's already a hdtv w/ tuner in my house and a chunk of them have cable I'm thinking of selling my box...it has a card and works and has remote and the av cables...if anyone is interested I'll probably let it go for $90....
  19. M

    Guide is showing weird stuff....

    For starters the Fox Sports New England apparently ONLY wants to show when there's celtics games or a promo on the guide....that isnt true as there's the entire channel there...other than the games and promos it is listed as "Off Air" I understand they only want to highly what's in HD but...
  20. M

    New Ruling could be interesting

    http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200701101926DOWJONESDJONLINE001143_FORTUNE5.htm Basically what this means is that they have to have boxes that aren't tied to the cable co...this could be interesting for some immediate things... Let's say you own more than one...
  21. M

    Interesting streaming xm on winamp

    Winamp has xm content streaming on it if you search the media library (it's legal and licensed) oddly enough however when you click on the links you'll see a box open up and it will flash the URL pretty fast. If you can manage to write it down and explore the subdirectories there's a way to...
  22. M

    Got the HD box the other day....

    Pretty impressive on things...I get the locals...hbo...tnt, fox sports net boston (mostly no programming except when celtics are on), nesn I think... The only problem I see with some things on Hd is it seems that when I got the tv and when I got the box there seems to be just one sentence...
  23. M

    How did they get this job?

    In my family we got a HDTV today (phillips a lcd about 36 inches) we went into cc first...we got confused with some of the hdtv terms...but I know some stuff...so we're talking to the guy about programming and how it won't be true hd unless it's broadcast in hd and you can receive it that...
  24. M

    New changes coming....

    at least in the boston area. I've seen some.... It looks like they added far more on demand material from a chunk although the guide is still a work in progress.... the guide when using the arrow keys shows the times and ratings of programs now... some material added was on demand of...
  25. M

    Changes in boston this wensday?

    I'm in a former adelphia area...there was some recorded message (someone else took it)about some changes with the on demand this wensday? anyone know about it ? I used to love Gotuit but frankly without raw feeds I think it's pointless