Satellite with National Channels
I am looking at installing a roof dish. I understand that to get NBC, CBS, ABC, i need to get DNS services and sign an affidavit stating it is being used in a motorhome, etc. I called Dish networks ...
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Dutch_12078 wrote:edbehnke wrote:
you are confusing the situation. when you talk about 'national' channels you are talking about 2 different things.
1. there WAS a 'national' programming system where you got a waiver, and renewed every 6 months....but the FCC stopped the sat companies. these were the NEW YORK FEEDS 'national channels of ABC, CBS, NBC.
2. now for the 'normal' area channels of abc, cbs, nbc you pay extra and get them in your area. if out of your area, like stated, you just call and tell them where you are. I did this with dish all the time.
The FCC did not stop DNS. DirecTV still offers the "Distant Network Service" (DNS) that supplies either east or west coast major network stations to qualified subscribers. Dish subscribers had a DNS service from a third party company available until the provider dropped the service a few years ago.
Technically Correct - The FCC still allows Direct TV to offer DNS services because they do not offer local TV to all 210 markets in the US. They have now crossed the 90% threshold.
Dish has offered all 210 markets for a little over 2 years. So wherever you are parked, with DISH you get the locals assigned to that market. All include a station from the the big 4 networks. Orphan counties (where a county is assigned to an out of state TV market) is another nightmare buried in this topic. These rules will changed and updated by the FCC by early September 2015. You can visit http://www.multichannel.com/news/satellite or https://www.fcc.gov and educate yourself further.
