bgsmallwood said:This is the flaw in the D* strategy to FIRST bring up HD-LIL service. Apparenty management just assumed that the local broadcasters would provide their channels for free and not charge a carriage fee. Oooops, guess they should have checked first.
It wasn't DirecTV's strategy to use the Spaceway sats for HD-LiL. It just kind of fell into place that way when it became apparant the the market for satellite internet wasn't there. Since the satellites were already built they had be used for something, and HD LiL turned out to be the most productive thing they could do.