I have OTA to receive my locals in HD, but it would be nice to have the support of Dish for this area as well. With a desire to see some movement towards getting hd locals for Buffalo I saw an interesting piece of news. From tvpredictions.com I found this dates March 14, 2008
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The new agreement with Dish Network covers the following LIN stations and markets:
KASA-TV and KRQE-TV (Albuquerque)
KXAN-TV and KNVA-TV (Austin, Texas)
WIVB-TV and WNLO-TV (Buffalo)
WWHO-TV (Columbus, Ohio)
WDTN-TV (Dayton, Ohio)
WANE-TV (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)
WOOD-TV and WOTV-TV (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
WLUK-TV (Green Bay)
WTNH-TV and WCTX-TV (Hartford-New Haven)
WISH-TV and WNDY-TV (Indianapolis)
WLFI-TV (Lafayette, La.)
WALA-TV and WBPG-TV (Mobile, Ala.)
WAVY-TV and WVBT-TV (Norfolk, Va.)
WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV (Providence,)
WWLP-TV (Springfield, Mass,)
WTHI-TV (Terre Haute, Ind.)
WUPW-TV (Toledo, Ohio)
As part of the agreement, Dish and LIN will also partner in marketing efforts to encourage people to switch to Dish if LIN decides to remove its channels from the local cable operator's lineup in a carriage dispute.
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What makes this especially interesting is that currently LIN broadcasting does not have a carriage agreement with D* (as least for Buffalo). So when Buffalo locals do light up it would appear that Dish will have a heads up on D*. Currently D* has the locals in HD and Dish installers just keep saying ?sometime this year?
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The new agreement with Dish Network covers the following LIN stations and markets:
KASA-TV and KRQE-TV (Albuquerque)
KXAN-TV and KNVA-TV (Austin, Texas)
WIVB-TV and WNLO-TV (Buffalo)
WWHO-TV (Columbus, Ohio)
WDTN-TV (Dayton, Ohio)
WANE-TV (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)
WOOD-TV and WOTV-TV (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
WLUK-TV (Green Bay)
WTNH-TV and WCTX-TV (Hartford-New Haven)
WISH-TV and WNDY-TV (Indianapolis)
WLFI-TV (Lafayette, La.)
WALA-TV and WBPG-TV (Mobile, Ala.)
WAVY-TV and WVBT-TV (Norfolk, Va.)
WPRI-TV and WNAC-TV (Providence,)
WWLP-TV (Springfield, Mass,)
WTHI-TV (Terre Haute, Ind.)
WUPW-TV (Toledo, Ohio)
As part of the agreement, Dish and LIN will also partner in marketing efforts to encourage people to switch to Dish if LIN decides to remove its channels from the local cable operator's lineup in a carriage dispute.
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What makes this especially interesting is that currently LIN broadcasting does not have a carriage agreement with D* (as least for Buffalo). So when Buffalo locals do light up it would appear that Dish will have a heads up on D*. Currently D* has the locals in HD and Dish installers just keep saying ?sometime this year?
