here we go again, DirecTv/AT&T about to enter yet another local channel dispute, this time, with CBS
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Texas may not be providing enough funding for enough stations to keep statewide reception. They have a lot bigger area to cover than most states though (but also a lot bigger tax base)
In Iowa there is a network of translators so I'm sure you can pick it up pretty much anywhere. I imagine that part of the "public" mandate was to try to cover everyone in the state, unlike commercial stations where setting up a translator to serve a few thousand people here or there that can't otherwise pick it up didn't make sense from a profit/loss standpoint.
It will be interesting to see if stations make sense of the SFN option when they go ATSC 3.0, which is much better than translators. Smaller antennas designed to go on some of the taller cell towers would be a lot more cost effective than full sized antennas on big radio/TV towers.
In Iowa there is a network of translators so I'm sure you can pick it up pretty much anywhere. I imagine that part of the "public" mandate was to try to cover everyone in the state, unlike commercial stations where setting up a translator to serve a few thousand people here or there that can't otherwise pick it up didn't make sense from a profit/loss standpoint.
It will be interesting to see if stations make sense of the SFN option when they go ATSC 3.0, which is much better than translators. Smaller antennas designed to go on some of the taller cell towers would be a lot more cost effective than full sized antennas on big radio/TV towers.
As one non-profit to another, I suspect the affected PBS stations are not concerned at all that Locast is redistributing their programming... 
As one non-profit to another, I suspect the affected PBS stations are not concerned at all that Locast is redistributing their programming...
They might care about certain things that are licensed - in Iowa PBS stations run old Doctor Who episodes late Saturday night, the rights owner (BBC I guess, unless they have sublicensed it in the US) might have a problem with Locast even if the PBS stations themselves don't.
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