bradhasbrouck said:
I live in Duluth, MN.
For example folks in Duluth, MN will be able to watch Minneapolis/ST. Paul locals as well as Duluth/Superior Locals.
No, at least not as I understand it. The Significantly Viewed provision in SHIVERA allows DBS operators to deliver out-of-market locals if and only if the FCC has determined that those out-of-market stations are "significantly viewed" OTA in the subscriber's community.
So, for example, in St. Louis County, the only SV stations are Duluth locals, therefore no new locals would be available to D* subscribers in Duluth.
However, over in Gogebic County, MI (which I think is still part of the Duluth market?), D* would be permitted to offer WJFW (NBC 12 out of Rhinelander) in addition to the Duluth locals because the FCC says that WJFW is SV in Gogebic County.
Similarly in Pine County, MN (part of the Minneapolis market IIRC), D* would be allowed to offer KDLH (CBS 3), KBJR (NBC 6), and WDIO (ABC 10) from Duluth in addition to the MSP locals, because those 3 Duluth stations are on the FCC SV list for that county.
cmags said:
question? if my understanding is correct if i live in new haven county i will be able to receive both connecticut and n.y. locals.
Not completely. D* will be allowed to offer WCBS, WNBC, WNYW, and WPIX to subscribers in New Haven County, plus WABC and WWOR if you're outside New Haven proper, plus all the Hartford/New Haven locals you get today. D* still isn't allowed to deliver the umpteenbazillion other NYC locals to New Haven County.
And, D* doesn't have to offer all of those NYC stations either...which is the reason for the question I posted earlier in the thread. (E* hasn't been offering everything it's allowed to in the markets where they've rolled out SV.)
I have no clue on what this means for HD, as SV is a SD reg, and I don't have HD equipment anyway.
