Dish network local programming

Dutch_12078 wrote:

All American Direct, the company that was providing DNS via transponders leased from Dish, dropped the service, not Dish. It takes less than a 5 minute chat session with Dish CS to change your service location to get the locals for your current market area. Why would I want the NYC locals when I'm in Florida?

You would want NYC locals because you'll get more channels in NYC than most Florida local markets and the NYC stations have more resources than the Florida stations. For example, there could be more sports, culture or foreign language programming on NYC stations not to mention more PBS stations. Perhaps you are a sports fan and the NY or LA markets aren't blacking out a game you want to watch.

Maybe you want one list of station numbers to memorize and not a different lineup every time you change cities. Maybe you don't really care about the particular local market you happen to be in because you use the internet for your weather forecasts and all you want is the major networks that are only available on the local channels.

Maybe your spouse or travel companions like to watch in-motion satellite and doesn't want the signal to cut out as you cross virtual borders. And, most importantly, maybe you'd want NYC locals because you really don't want to have a 5 minute chat session with Dish CS every time you change cities and your only other choice is to get locals for NYC or LA.