Indiana627 said:I went to that FCC document and for my county (Niagara in NYS) it lists the Buffalo locals I already get plus 3 Canadian stations. When I go to the Directv site and put in my ZIP, it says there are no additional channels at this time. Will I get these Canadian channels? These Canadian channels are available on the local cable system (Adelphia). Thanks.
Mark
Maphisto's Sidekick said:On the FCC Significantly Viewed list, the only SV stations for Lexington County are all out of the Columbia market. So, for you, SV means no new locals.
However, your neighbors over in Saluda County might be getting some new stations. There, WYFF (NBC 4, Greenville), WJBF (ABC 6, Augusta), WSPA (CBS 7, Greenville) and WRDW (CBS 12, Augusta) are all considered SV, and D* has the option of delivering those stations in addition to the Columbia locals.
The rule, in English, is, BTW: D* and E* are allowed to deliver stations that are local to you, as measured by Nielsen markets. If they are delivering locals, D* and E* may optionally deliver other broadcast stations in addition to your locals if the FCC has determined that those additional stations are "Significantly Viewed" in your community.
Congress wrote the law that limits D* and E* to offering stations in your market, plus the option of delivering SV stations if they're already providing locals.
The FCC is responsible for administering the SV list.
The FCC is technically responsible for defining markets, but they simply follow Nielsen.
So, if you think the LiL+SV rule is dumb, you need to sell that idea to Congress.
If you think a station is SV in your community, you need to contact the station and ask that they petition the FCC to be put on The List.
If you think that your county (or portion of a county) is incorrectly mapped to the wrong market, you need to convince Nielsen to redraw their maps.
Good luck trying to do any of those three things.
I doubt it. I'd expect that the change on 11/9 will be just to expand who gets the stations D* already carries.Indiana627 said:I went to that FCC document and for my county (Niagara in NYS) it lists the Buffalo locals I already get plus 3 Canadian stations. When I go to the Directv site and put in my ZIP, it says there are no additional channels at this time. Will I get these Canadian channels? These Canadian channels are available on the local cable system (Adelphia). Thanks.
I didn't realize that tool was back online. However, that's the URL to determine DNS eligibility...and it looks like it includes information needed to determine digital white areas.moonman said:You would do better to use the DNS tool to see if any stations are listed there, that you not yet receive..(Nov. 9th is the target date I think)
http://directvdnseligibility.decisionmark.com/app/AddressEntry.asp
The FCC document containing "The List" -- listing which stations are declared to be Significantly Viewed in which counties. Look at the prior page in the thread for a URL to a pdf on the FCC website.Fgsilva said:What FCC document?
Maphisto's Sidekick said:I doubt it. I'd expect that the change on 11/9 will be just to expand who gets the stations D* already carries.
The FCC document containing "The List" -- listing which stations are declared to be Significantly Viewed in which counties. Look at the prior page in the thread for a URL to a pdf on the FCC website.
Maphisto's Sidekick said:I doubt it. I'd expect that the change on 11/9 will be just to expand who gets the stations D* already carries.
I didn't realize that tool was back online. However, that's the URL to determine DNS eligibility...and it looks like it includes information needed to determine digital white areas.
However, that URL doesn't do anything about SV. The URL to see what's being offered in the way of SV will be ... and it's apparently not going to be populated until 11/9.
(Although I'd still love for someone with access to the dealer site to spill the beans.)
The FCC document containing "The List" -- listing which stations are declared to be Significantly Viewed in which counties. Look at the prior page in the thread for a URL to a pdf on the FCC website.
Maphisto's Sidekick said:It's good news for:
- Some individuals who wish they could get some of the out-of-market broadcast stations carried on local cable via D*
- Some individuals who wish they could get local/regional news, weather, and sports from a nearby city's affiliate(s) rather than their FCC/Nielsen-prescribed affiliate(s), who also don't want to "move".
- Some individuals who live in markets where the affiliate(s) take, shall we say, liberties with the network schedules.
- "Movers" who identify more with nearby cities, but still would like to have at least one or two local-market stations for local weather, closings, etc.
- Geeks like me.
mikedz4 said:how does this affect me? I can't get locals from directv currently but yet 2 miles to the east in pennsylvania they can get pittsburgh locals.
Any rumors?cmags said:that is the big question, will we gat the nyc HD feed? no one seems to know
chrisexv6 said:I too had this question. However, when I "lived" in Fairfield county, I was able to get the WNYW (Fox East) feed in HD on channel 88. Just in time for last years baseball post-season.
So Im hopeful that we'll have access to it once the SV locals come into play.
-Chris
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