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Dish Network Local channels

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elmaik79

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Hi I live in louisville, KY and I'll like to know if is possible watch the miami fl local channels in my area????? thanks
 
nope, they are on what is called a spotbeam which allows only people in that general area to receive them.
 
unfortunately its also "illegal" for dish to broadcast them outside of that market
 
It is not illegal for dish to broadcast them out of the area.

It is against a court order for Dish to provide out of DMA locals.

Almost all spotbeams cover some "illegal" territory, that does not mean Dish provides subscribers outside the DMA with signal.

Locals on the 77 satellite are all conus so they are being broadcast to the whole nation, but only viewable where they are allowed.

With encrypted satellite transmission that is a big difference.

If someone happens to be within sight of a satellite signal and lies about his address, he is in breach of his contract by lying, but Dish is not illegally providing him programming using the information provided by the subscriber unless they know the address is false and ignore it.
 
jlo said:
unfortunately its also "illegal" for dish to broadcast them outside of that market
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It is only illegal if a DBS company knowingly sells a diffrent DMA than the one you are in. You can call dish and "move" and receive any locals you can get. You will be violating the TOS but the sat company is in the clear. If they find out you "moved" and let you keep the wrong dma then they are breaking the law.
 
Scary


You almost sound like JL here Jim.
 
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