vurbano said:
ANd this is really hard to admit, Is distant HD network feeds for people that cant get OTA.
I agree. It looks like they will have to provide a minimum of 2 feeds for ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, WB for a total of 12 for distant networks...not a huge deal after October, but a huge deal at present.
HD for those outside of the grade B contour.
Ok, how does one actually qualify for this. After reading the following FCC links, I have a headache:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/shviafac.html
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Orders/2000/fcc00416.txt
http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Notices/2000/fcc00017.doc
Here are three blurbs from the SHVIA fact sheet:
The term "unserved household" means a household or subscriber that:
*cannot receive, through the use of a conventional, stationary, outdoor rooftop antenna, an over-the-air network signal of Grade B intensity as defined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC);
*has a dish that is permanently attached to a recreational vehicle or a commercial truck; or
*Is subject to a waiver granted by the television network station.
So who qualifies an individual for a distant feed? Is it merely based on a customers zipcode? What if a "qualified VOOM profesisonal" :haha cannot attain an adequate signal level. In this case, is it up to VOOM or does the decision untimately require a waiver from the each and every broadcaster in the DMA?
To further confuse MY issue, my analogs are mapped as follows: antennaweb maps them to DC, TitanTV maps them to Richmond, and Zap2it maps them to both DMAs. However, my digitals map to DC and Richmond only at Zap2it. Yikes! No wonder D* and E* are proving LIL.
This would virtually stop the failure rate and open up the country as a potential Voom market.
Yep, just hope it's easy to get them...at least easier than reading that stuff on the FCC website.
