How does E* get the locals back to WY? or do they?

[miguelaqui]

I read that E* and D* have to receive the locals via OTA, microwave, etc... broadcast them to their uplink center, then send them from the uplink center to whichever sat they happen to be on.

Is this true? If so, which sat. do they use to send them back to the uplink center? Sat 105?

I was just wondering if that is a possibility of why I cannot get an answer from E* as to why they cannot put the international channels, which are on 121, but not 61.5, on 105.

I always wondered how they got the locals back. I assume they just rent spaces from local TV stations, or something similar, to send the signal to the uplink center.

Thanks to anyone who knows!

 

[BFG]

Each Market has a pop (forget what it stands for)

Most stations send their signal to that pop via fiber optics.

Those that do not dish uses an OTA antenna to receive the station.

All the stations leave the pop via fiber and head to the uplink center for the satellite the locals are on.

 

[BobaBird]

POP = point of presence

 

[miguelaqui]

So, there is a huge fiber network all acroos the US for E* to send the loclas to the uplink center?

 

[Barry Erick]

No, Both DirecTV and DISH (at least in this market) have receive antennas at the POP. They SEND the received locals to a upload spot, but only have a direct feed (locally and in MOST markets, Direct's LIL Manager told me), from the station they use for the POP. I am the local contact for our 2 tv stations for both Direct and Dish and we were the first market to us the DTV SDV signal to feed Direct to correct ghost problems. DirecTV also called us to set up the POP for HD Locals, but like the analog LIL survey, I image they contacted every station.

If a station pays for the fiber feed to D* or E*, they (D or E) will gladly take it, but it is at the broadcaster's nickel.

 

[miguelaqui]

So they receive the locals at the POP, then they are sent somewhere to be uploaded. So, are they uploaded directly to the satellite or do they have to go to Wyoming?

 

[ken]

They would end at Wyoming for uplink.