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Yep - one of the current topics being discussed around here.
What exactly makes a channel National? or Regional, or Local?
Is TBS National? You know its actually an OTA local in Atlanta (channel 17).
Are the East/West Coast Major Network Feeds Nationals?
Are RSNs carried Conus and offered NATIONALLY nationals?
Are ANY channels carried by a cable company national? Remember, these are all pretty much regional systems. Just because TimeWarner offers a channel in one area - it doesn't mean they offer it in another area.
To my thinking, if a channel is able to be received in any systems receivers nationwide, it is indeed national.
And what do you all think?
What exactly makes a channel National? or Regional, or Local?
Is TBS National? You know its actually an OTA local in Atlanta (channel 17).
Are the East/West Coast Major Network Feeds Nationals?
Are RSNs carried Conus and offered NATIONALLY nationals?
Are ANY channels carried by a cable company national? Remember, these are all pretty much regional systems. Just because TimeWarner offers a channel in one area - it doesn't mean they offer it in another area.
To my thinking, if a channel is able to be received in any systems receivers nationwide, it is indeed national.
And what do you all think?
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It's really quite simple. A channel is local/regional/national because they buy the rights to show programs in a local, regional or national area! 
I'm not being funny here. It's just that simple.
TBS is a cable channel that buys the national cable rights to its stable of programming. TBS also buys the local BROADCAST rights in the Atlanta TV Market for the same programming. Essentially, WTBS channel 17 Atlanta is the sole broadcast affiliate of TBS cable. WTBS Atlanta has about 10 hours of programming a week that is different than TBS Cable for various reasons, mostly dealing with FCC requirements.
Regional sports networks are regional channels because they buy the right to broadcast games within the region of the local teams. The national rights are much more expensive and can be purchased by other networks. Sonce each individual league determines the marketing area of their respective teams, the regional sports networks areas are not confined to specific TV markets. They are rather odd at times.
A local channel can be distributed nationally without being a "superstation" as long as it owns the national rights to the programming they carry. Sky Angel right now distributes no less than 6 broadcast channels from around the country.
WGN 9 Chicago and WGN Superstation share only about 40% of their program schedule. One is a local broadcast channel, the other a national Cable channel.
Where confusion comes in is in the case of the satutory "Supertations" that remain. WWOR, WPIX, WSBK, KWGN and KTLA are the only excetion to the rule. Why? Because they are vestiges of an earlier time in Cable history when it was accepted pratice (though not quite legal and still untested in the courts) for a satellite operator to stick an antenna up near a transmitter and redistribute a popular TV station nationwide. This was usually done for baseball games. WWOR used to have the Mets, WPIX the Yankees, WSBK the Red Sox, KTLA the Dodgers and KWGN... well like I said, Usually. The Rockies came about much later.
There were dozens of "superstations" around the country. But finally the copyright contracts began to be enforced and Congress stepped in to exempt the few stations that remained from the law that would have seen them yanked from cable line-ups.
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Tony
I'm not being funny here. It's just that simple.
TBS is a cable channel that buys the national cable rights to its stable of programming. TBS also buys the local BROADCAST rights in the Atlanta TV Market for the same programming. Essentially, WTBS channel 17 Atlanta is the sole broadcast affiliate of TBS cable. WTBS Atlanta has about 10 hours of programming a week that is different than TBS Cable for various reasons, mostly dealing with FCC requirements.
Regional sports networks are regional channels because they buy the right to broadcast games within the region of the local teams. The national rights are much more expensive and can be purchased by other networks. Sonce each individual league determines the marketing area of their respective teams, the regional sports networks areas are not confined to specific TV markets. They are rather odd at times.
A local channel can be distributed nationally without being a "superstation" as long as it owns the national rights to the programming they carry. Sky Angel right now distributes no less than 6 broadcast channels from around the country.
WGN 9 Chicago and WGN Superstation share only about 40% of their program schedule. One is a local broadcast channel, the other a national Cable channel.
Where confusion comes in is in the case of the satutory "Supertations" that remain. WWOR, WPIX, WSBK, KWGN and KTLA are the only excetion to the rule. Why? Because they are vestiges of an earlier time in Cable history when it was accepted pratice (though not quite legal and still untested in the courts) for a satellite operator to stick an antenna up near a transmitter and redistribute a popular TV station nationwide. This was usually done for baseball games. WWOR used to have the Mets, WPIX the Yankees, WSBK the Red Sox, KTLA the Dodgers and KWGN... well like I said, Usually. The Rockies came about much later.
There were dozens of "superstations" around the country. But finally the copyright contracts began to be enforced and Congress stepped in to exempt the few stations that remained from the law that would have seen them yanked from cable line-ups.
See ya
Tony
That's funny
. Tell the guy to check his facts. Hah! You're the one that was wrong about TBS.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Unless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.
I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner.
You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
I would think that all the packaging would already be accounted for ... they weigh the container, subtract that from the scale, then add the product , so its weighing the Product onlyUnless the specific product or its packaging is known at the time of weighing, estimating the tare weight for a PoS system is a tall order.
I'm pretty sure that produce bags can't get any thinner.
You certainly don't want to put unbagged produce on a belt, scale, or in a clerk's hands (gloved or not).
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Hi guys, is anyone getting any quality on transponder 4135 L 30000 I'm not getting any quality few weeks now.
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In order to participate in any Cutting Edge testing, you must sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Attached are a .docx (Microsoft Word) and PDF version of the latest DirecTV NDA. I found it easiest to complete the .docx version then paste a photo or scan image of my signature, cropped closely to just the signature into it as a picture. Then set Word to wrap text around the picture so that the picture follows the text "Signature".
People who have better PDF tools than I do may prefer that version.
When you apply for any Cutting Edge testing, you will be told how to send the signed copy.
People who have better PDF tools than I do may prefer that version.
When you apply for any Cutting Edge testing, you will be told how to send the signed copy.
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
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VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
Even though it didn't work out for the Hoosiers, this event recorded and I was able to watch it in full 4K HDR.
Timer is set to Record the Series. Thanks, Bobby!
