Court Slams Dish Over Signal Imports
By Ted Hearn, STAFF
<snip>(Multichannel News) _ Washingto EchoStar Communications has until Dec. 1 to stop selling out-of-market station feeds of ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox programming to 800,000 Dish Network subscribers scattered in markets around the country, according to a nationwide injunction handed down Oct. 20 by a U.S. District Court Judge in Florida.
EchoStar was given just six weeks to try to escape the inevitable. The company is likely to ask the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to suspend and narrow the scope of the injunction, imposed by Judge William P. Dimitrouleas in Fort Lauderdale.
EchoStar is planning to seek help from Congress, possibly during the lame-duck session slated to begin the week of Nov. 13.
http://hometheater.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=77679I think its great that most local stations can be had on satellite but in my case and many others like me it didnt help. I can get the network stations out of New York City but cant get them in my local area due to interference of a tree line from the national forest. BUT because they are offered I will lose my distant networks on Dec 1. I had to call Spector's office and express my concerns about this, and was told they were getting flooded with calls of the same nature. I told they guy who answered to FIX IT or he could explain to my hubby and son why they wont be able to watch the super bowl this year!!!! I cant use an antenna it doesnt pick anything up here *sigh and I cant see the government being happy if I cut down a bunch of trees lol. Im done ranting now, I just had to get a little steam off since this will interfer with my soaps too LOL.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Celtic