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dhageremtp

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• Jul 25, 2016

• #1

In my local market, ABC is not viewable due to a retransmission issue. Is direct able to offer national ABC feeds in these circumstances. sure would be nice to be able to watch ABC programming. I can watch them on ABC on demand but are behind on the directv on demand, the ABC app for iphone/ipad is more current, but in order to log in it says I need a directv email, which I do not have. there are also some shows no on demand that my wife would like to be able to see again, such as Live with Kelly.

 

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• Jul 25, 2016

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I think there have been a couple of rare instances when the national feed was offered, like for a Superbowl, but it's not normal.

 

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mdram

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• Jul 25, 2016

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contact the station and voice your displeasure with their greed

 

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ejb1980

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• Jul 25, 2016

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The Boston NBC and CW are in dispute and I was able to get the national feeds of both networks (ch 392 and 394) by using this: http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageIFnorail.jsp?assetId=P4880022#h:573.58

It took less than 20 minutes for both to be turned on. And I have another Directv LIL NBC affiliate so I already had a back-up NBC!

 

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• Jul 25, 2016

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ejb1980 said:

The Boston NBC and CW are in dispute and I was able to get the national feeds of both networks (ch 392 and 394) by using this: http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageIFnorail.jsp?assetId=P4880022#h:573.58

It took less than 20 minutes for both to be turned on. And I have another Directv LIL NBC affiliate so I already had a back-up NBC!

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Wow, good for you ...

 

Jimbo

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• Jul 25, 2016

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These are times where an OTA antenna would come in handy...

 

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ejb1980

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• Jul 26, 2016

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Jimbo said:

These are times where an OTA antenna would come in handy...

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Jimbo said:

Wow, good for you ...

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I was SHOCKED when I tuned to 392 and saw programming. And then 394. Like I said, where I "live" has another NBC as a local (WNNE) and I have the parent station of WNNE (WPTZ) OTA, so I was not lacking NBC. I just saw that other people have had unexpected luck doing it, so I wanted to try. Call it satellite DXing. I hope someone somewhere forgets to turn them off when the Sunbeam issue is over.

 

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dhageremtp

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• Jul 26, 2016

• #8

Jimbo said:

These are times where an OTA antenna would come in handy...

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Where I live, I am in the fringe of any of my locals, could get them prior to the digital transition, now the signal is too weak to pick it up.

 

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dhageremtp

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• Jul 26, 2016

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mdram said:

contact the station and voice your displeasure with their greed

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You know how well that works. I have called and emailed both the station and directv, neither will take ownership in the problem, both blame the other.

 

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dhageremtp

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• Jul 26, 2016

• #10

ejb1980 said:

The Boston NBC and CW are in dispute and I was able to get the national feeds of both networks (ch 392 and 394) by using this: http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageIFnorail.jsp?assetId=P4880022#h:573.58

It took less than 20 minutes for both to be turned on. And I have another Directv LIL NBC affiliate so I already had a back-up NBC!

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I tried this, website keeps telling me it is not able to process my request, try again later. tried a tech chat, no luck.