Okay, I put this same thread on the Dish-DirecTV War Zone but got no replies. I don't think there's much traffic there. But anyways, both satellite providers provide C-Span 1 & 2, but why not 3? Is it some contract or agreement thing? Being a news buff, I'd like to see that? Now also, I'm not the biggest fan of leftist CNN, but why not CNN International?
Why does neither satellite provider provide C-Span 3?
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Because 1 & 2 are already enough to put us to sleep?
Fair enough, but I pay attention to world politics. It would be nice to have this network.
Because CSPAN 3 is a cable only exclusive at least thats how it was a few years ago. It would be nice to have all 3 in HD.
I thought this was the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we are all entitled to an opinion on why its not carried.
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Because they aren't required to, more than likely. Satellite bandwidth isn't cheap and carrying channels that aren't of sufficiently broad interest isn't worth the expense. Couple this with the fact that you can get the feeds (albeit not to the same quality) via other means (Internet streaming of all three video feeds and the radio feed) and it makes carriage even less compelling (marketable).
You do have the option of going to http://www.c-span.org/live/?channel=c-span-3 and watching it in HD.
If I do that, what can I do to watch it on my TV? I have a Sony TV and a Mac computer. Should I get an Apple TV or what should I do? I don't want to spend too much money.
Since CNN International hasn't been addressed yet, why isn't this on my line-up? I like knowing my world news.
With the Apple TV, you could stream from a Mac, iPad or iPhone to the TV unless your device is too old to have Airplay.
Will they be there one year from now along with all the speculated HD additions after the launch? Directv's lineup is lacking in the world of general entertainment cable channels and cable is catching up with sports (And passing them in college sports...)
Probably not.
I don't think that's true with regard to general entertainment (in which college sports isn't included). Maybe my definition of "general entertainment" is different.
If your mac is recent enough to work with airplay, Apple TV would be an easy way to do it. If not, you could try chromecast since it is only $35. Here is a walk through for a mac: http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/getting-started-with-google-chromecast-and-a-mac--cms-20419
I am talking about the second-level cable channels that many people with the big-name cable companies have. Would I watch most of these channels? No. But some I definitely would.
List of channels on Time Warner Cable in central NC that are not in Directv:
INSP
Lifetime Real Women
RLTV
Aspire
Design Network
YouToo
TWC News**
TWC SportsChannel*
BBC World News
CNN International
NY1 News*
CSpan 3
MTV James
MTV Hits
Revolt
CMT Pure Country
Blue Highways
SportsNet LA*
Pac12
TWC SportsChannel Carolinas**
ESPN GL/BB
Family Net
Flix West
FearNet
EWTN Espanol (we don't even have SAP!)
several feeds of Premiums
Epix
I did not include the FCS channels since we get the exclusive content.
There are MANY more on other TWC systems, like NYC.
List of channels on Directv not on TWC:
Audience*
MASN
MASN2
HD Net Movies
Pivot
AXS TV
3Net 3D
with SportsPack, FS Ohio/Cin and CSN MA give you Reds and DC United games, as well as most non-pro content.
*Networks owned by respective carrier.
** Some content can be found OTA on local channels. Some of the local sports on TWC SC are shown OTA on Raleigh locals and TWC News is the local news on WXLV ABC Winston-Salem.
Charter cable in Fort Worth went all digital a few months ago and now has over 200 HD channels including all three C-SPANs and E and W feeds of the premium channels. I would consider them if they offered decent equipment. Their DVRs only have 2 tuners and record about 50 hours of HD. They also stopped offering any type of multi-room viewing option.
There is always TiVo (or windows PC media center). TiVo Romeo has 6 tuners 3TB and multi room viewing with the TiVo minis.
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