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DISH NETWORK® EXPANDS LOCAL HD OFFERINGS IN SIX MARKETS

apollog said:
Channel 13 KCOP HD, Channel 22 KWHY HD, Channel 28 KCET HD, Channel 50 KOCE HD, Channel 52 KVEA HD. These Channels are all available in HD in the L.A. Market.
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Use an antenna to grab 'em. Hook it into the digital tuner on the Dish receiver.
 
Maybe areas that have fewer trees and hills are not getting the HD channels yet due to the fact that they are able to be picked up a lot easier with an outdoor antenna than those areas with worse terrain for the signals. They must be going after markets that have a harder time picking them up on an antenna and those areas that have space on their spotbeams. They might also not have contract renewals yet for all the stations so they may be waiting for that.
 
Nice work Digi, that is impressive.

The good thing about living in the unused spotbeam coverage area of one of those satellites is that you know, right now, that Dish hasn't forgotten about you. Dish's plan is to provide coverage for you, or they wouldn't have a spotbeam pointing at you. It's also true, of course, that if the local stations refuse retransmission consent, or Dish can't mannage the uplink on a current basis, you are sorely SOL unless you have an alternative you can use...

Most of the viewers on this forum will remember, I'm sure, that one of the primary benefits of the OTA 8VSB broadcasting system is that it will throw a signal a heck of a long way and is ideal for the plains states. (For the heavily populated east coast and mountainous regions it's not so good, of course, but most of those areas have cable coverage if they don't like the service of their satellite provider(s).) Dish may be taking those factors into account in some instances when bringing new resources on line.

As an eastern arc Dish viewer I'm always interested in seeing WA capacity enhanced, since I know that sooner, rather than later, any WA CONUS capability will be mirrored on the EA.

Regards,
Fitzie
 


Funny thing is, the market must be big enough for Direct. ARRRGGGHHH!!!
 
I too am frustrated with the lack of HD in Rochester, NY. DirecTV has had it for over a year now, so I would hope that would put some pressure on them. Frustrating.

As far as CW, don't you get it OTA on 13-2?

 
ndcart said:
Funny thing is, the market must be big enough for Direct. ARRRGGGHHH!!!
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There is no "big enough for DirecTV" or vis-versa. Both companies will take the list of markets by size and start with the biggest and begin negotiations. If market # "x" has two stations of the four total asking for outrageous deals, why shouldn't D* or E* move on to the next market ? Should they keep negotiating until a deal is reached ? What if the next market on the list has all 3-4 stations willing to sign ?
 
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