Was reading the news on STELA, is it good news for Dish?

[rusty813]

If it is good news for Directv to be able to continue to provide out of market locals, would this be good news for Dish as well?

http://www.adweek.com/news/televisi...promise-reauthorization-satellite-bill-157514

 

[rusty813]

How dumb is Dish customer service, this guy I spoke to lives in the United States. I know the difference between filipino and american accent especially since I live in Hawaii. I asked the same question to the csr, and he asked me I wanted to add this channel on.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Here is the correct URL.

http://www.adweek.com/news/televisi...promise-reauthorization-satellite-bill-157514

How would CSR's know anything when it hasn't even been voted on yet? Remember CSR's are the last to know anything. However with that said I don't think this will effect DISH in any way. It just seems to let DIRECTV to hold on to what they have.

 

[mike123abc]

Since Dish carries every market, the out of market provisions will affect Dish a lot less than DIRECTV.

 

[rusty813]

Doesn't Directv have all the markets as well?

 

[MikeD-C05]

Not according to the article posted above. Said that Directv needs out of area locals for 1.5 million customers.

 

[rusty813]

Reauthorization of STELA (it expires at the end of the year), is critical to DirecTV, which relies on the bill to deliver out of market network affiliated TV stations to 1.5 million subscribers.

The way interrupt this is that Directv serves 1.5 million subscribers who sub to out of market locals.

 

[Tampa8]

Correct - because Direct TV does not have their locals available. Direct TV does not need it because they are giving them both Distants and locals.

 

[rusty813]

what do you mean that by directv does not have their locals available?

 

[DishSubLA]

The writer of the article was LAZY and should have said it was critical for "DBS services such as DirecTV and Dish" and not mentioned the numbers. To answer the OP's original question: YES. STELA is for all DBS services, most significantly DirecTV and Dish. But often, it is the copyright portion of STELA that could have far more negative impact on the consumer.

 

[rusty813]

well looks like good news for Dish http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/08/us-usa-television-congress-idUSBREA470R820140508. This was written the first sentence of the article, "A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Thursday voted to reauthorize a law allowing satellite providers like Dish Network Corp or DirecTV to bring in TV signals from othermarkets when subscribers cannot pick up local stations."

 

[navychop]

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[Scott Greczkowski]

Trying hard not to send someone on a free vacation to dbstalk.


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[thomasjk]

Aw go ahead

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