At 02:33 AM 2/8/00 -0800, Jake Rees wrote: <snip> >I also had heard a rumor that it would be on the other U.S. small dish >system Direct TV. But I looked around their website and could not find any >mention of it. > >http://www.directtv.com/ I found it -- it's in the News Releases for December 9, 1999. I believe http://www.directtv.com/press/pressdel/0,1112,256,00.html will take you directly there. According to the News Release, these are the new networks offered: WorldLink TV (Channel 375), NASA TV (376), PBS YOU (377), StarNet (378), Clara+Vision (480) and Inspirational Life (481). The only problem is that they are not on the "regular" satellite, they're on a different one which requires a different dish & receiver, and possibly a higher subscription fee. According to the News Release, "Congress mandated in Section 25 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 that all providers of direct broadcast satellite service set aside a portion of their capacity for non-commercial programming of an educational and informational nature. DIRECTV will offer nine channels of programming under guidelines established by the FCC." Just try to receive these new networks, though! I've been having a running email conversation with their "Customer Service" about this, and it isn't finished yet. But I don't think they're going to give me what I want -- NASA TV on the regular satellite. Currently, PARA TODOS is one service to get these networks, there is another, but I don't remember the name. Either way, the guidelines from the FCC over these being "non-commercial" has been thwarted. Earl Earl Needham, KD5XB mailto:KD5XB@AMSAT.ORG Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk N34º25.446' W103º12.700' (or so) Pet peeve: breath is a noun, breathe is a verb (When you take a breath, you breathe...) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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