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  1. chiodo

    Adding Frequencies to a Bell receiver

    Yeah you can't activate a Bell Receiver to Dish and vice versa. The Receiver #'s are locked to each provider, and they wouldn't be able to activate a receiver that isn't in their database. Atlhough the receivers are capable of receiver either signal, but of course Echostar and Nagrastar isn't...
  2. chiodo

    Canadian satellite

    This all has to do with licensing agreements, when Canadian Networks buy a TV program they only buy the rights for that show/movie for distribution within Canada, they are not permitted to distribute it outside of Canada, same goes for US networks. This is how studio's make their money, by...
  3. chiodo

    Sat 91 and 82

    Where are you located? If you're aprox within 300 miles of the Canadian Border you maybe able to receive signal from Bell satellites (91 & 82) .82 footprint. Satbeams - World Of Satellites at your fingertips Sent from my SM-N950U using the SatelliteGuys app!
  4. chiodo

    Bell TV Dish in Chicago

    82 & 91 for Bell TV.
  5. chiodo

    Question about some BEV channels....

    I don't think Bell puts much time and effort into their Satellite TV operations, Bell Canada treats it like that annoying cousin you promised to look after, basically it's just being fed to be kept alive.
  6. chiodo

    Shaw vs. DirecTV and Dish sat positions

    Welcome to Satelliteguys; The answer to your question is this. Shaw Direct satellites. 107.3°W Anik F1R & 111.1°W Anik F2 Dish uses satellites mainly at 110°W & 119°W and 129°W & 77°W for most HD and 61.5°W for Eastern Arc HD. Directv uses 99.2°W , 101.0°W , 102.8°W , 109.8°W...
  7. chiodo

    Receiving Canadian satellite signal in US -- why illegal?

    It's all to do with distribution & licensing rights and money of course, say you create a TV show, you sell the distribution rights to NBC, but only for the USA & PR, you then sell those same rights to CTV in Canada, Nine Network in Australia and so on, so each of those buyers are only permitted...
  8. chiodo

    FreeHD Canada - New proposed satellite service has applied to the CRTC for a licence

    People don't seem to understand that TV stations and broadcasters only have licensing rights to certain TV shows in either the USA for US TV stations and Canada for Canadian TV stations, Canadian TV stations buy the rights to a show for Canada, for example : American Idol is on CTV in Canada as...
  9. chiodo

    nhl and expressvu VS Dish

    SC doesn't have NHL Centre Ice package.
  10. chiodo

    RAI Italian Channel Preview

    I was told RAI will be available for sub Sept 12 and it will cost $2.95 per month, same as Rogers cable, there is no requirement to sub to TLN with it. says a friend who apparently wants to sub to RAI asap, he also got a new receiver 301 from a 2700 I dont know if they said he needed it or not.