Does anyone knows something about a congress law about the broadcasting of satellite tv networks?

Question

I do not know a lot about this, but i´ve heard that if I have 4ex. a Dish Network box, with the East networks, i will only get my local stations networks, but i don´t know exactly how,when or why is this

Answer 1

Yeah, the federal law prohibits satelite from carrying local stations out of your market area.

The basic reason is this:

There are 2 types of advertising commercials; National and Local. The local slots are designated to take up a certain time allotment on certain stations.

On national TV stations, like CBS or NBC, these local commercials are only broadcast in that area.

The reason why you can't have a local TV Network out of your area is due to this advertising law. Networks didn't want local advertising to reach a national market without paying for it. Thus, why you only have your local market now and not something from another area.

National, non-advertising Networks, like HBO or Cinimax, can be received legally on your Satelite. They don't carry local advertising.

I hope this explanation helps.

Answer 2

I work for tech support for dish network the law was passed by congress prohibiting all satellite and cable companies from broadcasting the distant networks to people that are not in that area but if you really need them and you can contact all american direct at www.allamericandirect.com they might be able to help you get them also we suggested people to contact congress and you can go to www.savemychannels.com now to get your local chanels in your area call 1800333dish(3474) if you have the right equipment you should be able to get them most local ch on dishnetwok come off the sat 110 and all you need to get that location is the dish500 if you have the older dish300 they should be able to upgrade you to the 500 for free

Answer 3

It's all in the coding. All the signals are actually sent to your dish, but they electronically filter out which ones you can and cannot get based on an electronically stored permissions list within the Dish unit itself.

Some satellites may also only carry certain signals feeds and not carry some others as well.