Post 1 made on Saturday January 26, 2002 at 17:11 |
Has anyone heard if Directv has any plans to add any of the network HD signals to their local network plan. I know Dish already provides the CBS HD signal.
Thanks,
Kris
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Post 2 made on Saturday January 26, 2002 at 20:38 |
PortersDad Founding Member |
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I haven't heard specifically, but I would not be suprised if DirecTV and DISH both wait to see of the merger is approved before they add more HDTV. They just added a bunch of new channels due to "must carry" regulations and I suspect they on limited on spectrum right now. Until they can consolidate, I would bet we won't see anything new for HDTV, especially because it requires more bandwidth than the regular channels.
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Post 3 made on Monday January 28, 2002 at 04:00 |
jeff Founding Member |
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They added a new spot beam satellite for the locals, but I still doubt they will use that bandwidth for HD locals anytime soon. Currently they can sell more subscriptions by having more channels, that may change in the future when a larger percentage of the population has the equipment to recieve HD.
This message was edited by jeff on 01/28/02 04:01.47.
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Post 4 made on Monday January 28, 2002 at 14:14 |
rlj5242 Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2001 70 |
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The CBS-HD on Dish doesn't work for everyone. You must live in a white area where you can't receive any CBS signal or you must live in a DMA with a CBS owned and operated station. People non-CBS owned areas are SOL. Even people who live in an area the is covered by a CBS-owned station and a locally owned CBS station are SOL. Dish requires that you get a waiver from the locally owned station. It seems to be a policy among stations to deny all satellite waivers.
-Robert
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