DirecTV dropping DNS

Bill.Satellite wrote:
If DTV truly ended DNS service they would also be able to convert NY and LA to spot beam as doing the CONUS broadcast would no longer be necessary. This would add additional capacity to their existing satellites.

Bill, not sure what you mean by convert? Just curious. Both NY and LA already are spot beamed on channels 2-100. DNS is on the Nation 103 beam and covers all of the 48 states and parts of Canada as it extends up to cover Alaska.

Without national DNS channels (389-399) on 103W those channels would be free for other stations.