DIRECTV and SD locals
I got the Email today from Directv. It stated my local SD channels will be gone in 2019. My locals are on 119 Sat. Are they saying the 119 Sat SD will be deleted? Or are SD signals on 101 also be dele...
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Bobbo wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
This is likely true (dying satellite) but the orbital slot is PRIME space so another satellite is already there waiting or will be replaced. AT&T "may" sell the slot but due to it's prime location I find that hard to believe. The question remains, what is the future of 101.
Don't forget that a replacement satellite that goes into that slot may not broadcast on the same band(s) that the current satellite does. That means that even if they replace that satellite with a new one, your current SD antenna may still not work.
That's true. However, if DTV continues to use that slot and they change from the KU band, they would have to replace every home antenna of every DTV customer in the US. So, what would you do if you were DTV? Put another KU band satellite up there and save millions or put a different one up there and shell out a whole lot of cash?
That's the problem. No one knows.
