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    Can FTA be used for commercial purposes?

    understood, no retransmit without explicit premission granted. I was just trying to look for clues as to who does not want fees for retransmitting, thinking that c-band without encyrpt could be an indicator. the best would be if there was a reference list of channels that allowed retransmission...
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    Can FTA be used for commercial purposes?

    thanks Ice, that is what perked my interest all that free to air (no digicypher, etc.) on C-band suggested they didnt care who used it and for what. on Ku I expected something different. T
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    Can FTA be used for commercial purposes?

    Thanks for the feedback. Some seem to be available for re-distribution without restrictions (like CSPAN, most religous stations and TVE) while others require simply the signing of contracts without fees (like DW, PBS), while others require contracts and fees...I wonder if there is any reference...
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    Can FTA be used for commercial purposes?

    I am curious if a rural CATV system could add FTA programming to bulk up thier offerings. If they were to add FTA programs to their basic tier is that permitted? What about an overseas CATV operator? If he pulls down FTA signals and rebroadcasts them to his CATV clients is he breaking the...