DISH Programming Update
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No, Dish has to dedicate around 5% of the capacity to PI channels, they just exchange them every so often.
DISH needs to carry so many PI channels to satisfy FCC rules.
From what I understand this channel is ceasing to exist and will not be breadcasting anymore.
PR or PI channels? PI channels are required as a condition of spectrum licensing.
Surely some time after they've built a library of over 100 hours of programming.
they don't even have 100 hours of programming yet? FEARnet has more than that! lol
4% of the bandwidth has to be dedicated to PI channels. Some of the PI channels are ones we already had such as CSPAN, TBN, EWTN, NASA, ETC.
From the EKB-
EKB: Free Public Interest Programming Package
Originally posted by Bryan27 on DBSTalk.com These are the rules regarding PI carriage in layman's terms:
From the EKB-
EKB: Free Public Interest Programming Package
Originally posted by Bryan27 on DBSTalk.com These are the rules regarding PI carriage in layman's terms:
- 4-7% of the channel capacity must be reserved for PI channels (The key here is “reserved”, other channels may use the reserved space until a PI channel becomes available).
- If the percentage of reserved space results in a fraction the number of PI channels are rounded up (IE: if 4% is 2.35 channels the provider needs to carry 3 channels. Basically there is 1 PI channel for every 25 channels).
- The percentage is determined by the average of the channels offered in the previous year with channel counts taken once per quarter (IE: the number of PI channels in 2003 are based on 2002 channel counts).
- PI channels must not be charged more than the wholesale charge for carrying the channel.
- Only 1 channel from an entity may be carried as PI unless all PI channels in the country have been given an opportunity to be carried (this will never occur as there are more PI channels than space).
- PI channels may not be edited by the provider nor may the provider have any interest in the channel (IE: the provider can't own all or a part of the channel).
- PI channels are to be treated like all other channels in the line-up and are to be given the same treatment (IE: channels are to be given the same amount of bandwidth as other channels).
- A variety of channels with a variety of viewpoints must be carried (IE: you have to carry more than just religious PI channels).
- The PI channels must be offered to every subscriber free regardless of package (E* interprets subscribers as those with AT-50 or higher, anyone with less isn't a subscriber, but a customer. D* makes their PI channels available to everyone regardless of programming level).
- To qualify as a PI channel the channel must be non-commercial and owned by a non-profit or government entity.
If they add a FEAR channel......then they need to add a GUILT channel too.....then RAGE HD.
