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Transition has been delayed. Microspace says the SES people haven't received the OK from the FCC for their bird ... yet. New date for the switchover: unknown. Details: microspace.com

Another thing they frequently provide: "video wallpaper". Among other things: The Dow - complete with live chart; and fixed-camera views of the White House, Capitol Hill, the New York skyline, etc. They had Sochi's main Olympics arena complex onscreen for the length of the Winter Olympics when...

To clarify, of the four markets involved COX only carried RetroTV in Seattle. Tulsa is with Allbritton (soon Sinclair) while Charlotte & Jacksonville don't have an affiliate at this moment (per RetroTV's website).

Now here's a headscratcher: "Eye For An Eye" on a "Family-friendly" channel? Even at 8 PM (PT) that's not something I'd be proud to let the little ones watch. O' course, your mileage may vary. But as the mime said about the "dumb blonde" in the Hustler TV ads on dish, "Really?"

Like Scott, I had (and still have) a Fortec Lifetime Ultra I picked up at the Mike & Key show some years back. Nice box, but it started "nodding off". Took me some time to get a new box, but when I got some cash (and a widescreen telly) in came the MicroHD.

Yes, Government shutdown like he said. NASA TV has the same problem. Slate instead of cool space related stuff for the duration. Oh well. They'll be back.

Poof! It's gone from Globecast. AJ English went crypto at 11:59 PM (and change) ET, during Business Latest. I saw it go.

A bit of bad news here. As from this Thursday (Aug. 8), Al Jazeera English will be removed from Globecast WorldTV (per the latter's website). Further, AJE's internet stream will be geoblocked in the USA once AJ America launches, if not sooner. You can blame the Cable Gods for that.

Looks like ORTB was also out for maintenance. Right now they have a logo slate up with a ticking clock in the corner - 3:44 AM Local as I post this. Personally, I'd rather see a fancy test pattern during off time, but that's just me.

Ah, memories. It was nice having the ABC channels (Cheyenne and Casper) around during the infamous "Fish v dish" retrans battle of '09. KOMO was vapor for over five months then. I still consider Fisher's Colleen Brown to be an idiot.

...and 3: That nasty little thing called "Retransmission Consent," and now that the "Big Four" themselves want a piece of whatever pie there is, I don't see any practical way a "FreeHD USA" could even remotely happen. Your only hope for "Free" Local TV: Put up an antenna - provided you can.

I checked whitesprings.tv the other day. I'm not sure how long they've had their current page up, but it appears they intend to come back to satellite sometime in the future. "Watch for new satellite coordinates!", it says. I guess all we can do is sits and waits and sometimes just sits.

Your equipment is just fine. What I believe you probably saw was a relay of NASA TV's launch coverage for, um, "peacocks". (Never heard of that algebra a couple of posts above. Is that really possible?)

Here's a strange: It's 11:50 PM PT and I've come across something called Wygraj Teraz! (Think GSN's "Playmania" or similar here, if you remember it). The studio's deserted. WHERE THE HECK IS THE HOST? Must be a backhaul. The things you see - or they let you see - on FTA.

Damn thunderstorms. They had to scrub the launch. New launch time: 1:10 AM ET (0510 UTC) Wednesday. 70% chance of lighting the candle. George Diller's launch commentary begins at 8 PM (0000 UTC). Be there. Aloha.

Chapter 11 according to the article. And, yes, some stations were pulled - specifically Kansas City, Mo., L.A., Ft. Smith, Vegas, Cheyenne, Waco, Amarillo and Wichita Falls, Texas. (BTW: Amended Daystar's purchase price above)

TVNewsday.com is reporting the following from the Equity Bankruptcy Auction: Marcus & Joni Lamb's Word of God Fellowship, aka Daystar, snatched up 16 outlets for $7.4 million. Among them: WNGS Buffalo, WNYI Syracuse, KQUP Spokane-Pullman-Coeur d'Alene, KWBM Springfield MO, KCBU & KNBX Salt Lake...

Try a rescan. They're still up there.

Just for the record, dish offered last week a 7-day League Pass Freeview that ended Sunday night. That probably explains it. I'm still not willing to part with almost $200 a season to get it, though. ESPN, TNT and the occasional KTLA or WGN game are enough for me.

I couldn't find one, either, so let's have some fun and make one up... Midnight: Olympics. 2 AM: Olympics. 5 AM: Olympics. 9:22 AM: Olympics. 6:19 PM: Olympics. Insert time here: Olympics. From now until that flame at the Birds' Nest dies out: Olympics. After that: loop of the logo...

Seems like Abu Dhabi Sport is having intermittent transmission trouble as well. It's not my setup - signal quality here in NW Washington is 72 to 78%. But, the upside is they're 24/7 Olympics (or so it appears) with graphics in English, and sometimes it's commentary-free - which is a good thing...

Equity Fans: Possible Trouble Afoot TVNEWSDAY.com, an industry news site, had an article in Thursday's edition that may make all you Equity/RTN fans a bit nervous. The lead paragraph: RTN just started here in Western WA recently, and KIRO gave it some promotion during the NCAA tourney - and...

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One less Equity station on G10 soon. From the Fisher Communications website... SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2006--Fisher Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:FSCI) announced that it completed the purchase of two television stations from Equity Broadcasting Corporation for $19.3 million on...

Obviously, your experience will vary, but I've had an indoor Dish setup for several years and, while the signal strength is much lower (50-60 range typically) than with an outdoor-mounted setup, I've had few problems with it. While it's workable I would still consider it a "last resort" if...