SHVRA email from D*
vfr781rider said:
There was a little confision earlier under the SHVERA thread about if it was certain that only people who had subscribed to DNS in 1999 or earlier have to choose between the two. I subed to DNS last year and locals about 2 months ago. I love having all the possible choices and hope I do not have to choose between the two.
vfr781rider said:
I have had DNS stations for a year or so and just added locals off of the 72.5 bird a couple weeks ago. Am I correct in reading this that I cannot keep that configuration and must decide to keep one or the other? If so, that SUCKS!
Sorry for cross posting to 2 threads, but here's a reply I got from DirecTV tonight. I don't like this at all, especially after installing a dish for 72.5 at both of my homes, buying the needed filters for 3 of my receivers, and NOW having to choose between what I had and what I just paid for. Come down to this though, the locals can suck my weenie
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:12:56 -0800 (Z)
From: Feedback <Feedback@directv.com>
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Subject: SHVERA [Incident: 050223-001694]
02/23/2005 07:12 PM
Dear Gary,
Thanks for writing. I'm sorry, but December 2004 changes in the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act (SHVERA) prohibits DIRECTV from providing New York or Los Angeles TV stations in areas where we carry local channels. Because we offer local channels in Tri-Cities TN-VA (Johnson City, TN), we cannot provide you with non-local network feeds.
New York or Los Angeles networks are now only available to customers who do not live in a Local TV Market (using boundaries established by Nielsen Media Research) and who cannot receive an over-the-air signal from a local TV station, according to standards of signal reception we are required to use (significant restrictions apply).
Please understand that federal law -- not DIRECTV -- sets strict guidelines for receiving non-local broadcast channels.
Thanks for your understanding and please stay tuned to DIRECTV.com for the latest news and information about our services.
Sincerely,
Sharad S
DIRECTV Customer Service
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Original Message Follows:
02/23/2005 11:40 AM
DIRECTV FEEDBACK MESSAGE
Name: Gary Pitts
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Details: I am confused a bit by your web page on the new SHVERA laws
www.directv.com/shvera and hope you can clarify it a bit for me. I subscribed to DNS last year with waivers from 3 of the 4 major networks. I subscribed to local channels a couple of months ago. Your web page says "If you have Distant Network Services (DNS) � non local ABC, CBS, FOX and/or NBC feeds from Los Angeles or New York � and you originally added this service prior to November 1999, the December 2004 Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act (SHVERA) may require changes to your DIRECTV® service." Since I added DNS after 11/99, do I get to keep all my current programming?
Thanks,
Gary
