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Good news for DirecTV subscribers
I just found out that DirecTV has moved NASA TV (ch. 376) to their
main satellite. That means that any DirecTV subscriber can now watch NASA TV; you no longer need to have the oval satellite that can see 119 deg. as well as 101 deg. Their barker announcements about programming packages on ch. 998 mention this change. (Also moved were RFD, BYU, and EWTN.) So it isn't just some "let's shuffle slots for the weekend" thing; it's permanent. I broke down and bought a second (newer) DirecTV receiver a couple of years ago so that I could get NASA TV. I'm still glad that I have that secondary receiver in my office, but now I can also watch NASA TV on my big TV--yay! Patty |
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Good news for DirecTV subscribers
I just found out that DirecTV has moved NASA TV (ch. 376) to their main satellite. That means that any So it isn't just some "let's shuffle slots for the weekend" thing; it's permanent. Its permanent and the news has been discussed for the last month or so on dbsforums.com HAVE A GREAT DAY! |
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In article ,
Herb Schaltegger wrote: Thanks for the heads-up! Too bad they didn't do this sooner; I'd have liked to see some of the stuff related to the Columbia investigation last year. Yeah, they should have done it when they first added NASA TV. Evidently although the satellite TV services are required to carry some public service channels, there's no rule that those channels have to be on any particular satellite. Dish put NASA TV on its main bird, but DirecTV shuffled it off to the side. Very frustrating. I know why they didn't do it (had to keep enough transponders for locals at the 101 W slot; now with the newest spot-beam sat (DirectTV 7S) entering service, they can free up space on the CONUS transponders. Ah, that's probably it. I hadn't associated this move with the recent 7S launch, but that would make sense. Whatever the reason, and however long ago they should have done it, I'm glad that it's finally happened. Patty |
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Patty Winter wrote:
I just found out that DirecTV has moved NASA TV (ch. 376) to their main satellite. That means that any DirecTV subscriber can now watch NASA TV; you no longer need to have the oval satellite that can see 119 deg. as well as 101 deg. I just discovered NASA on 376 too. It really made my day. I would have had to install a second dish about 100-ft from the house to get the 119 bird. Now it's academic. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Thanks for the heads up! Sure took them long enough...
and it seems they didn't make much of an announcement that it happened either. I get my DirecTV through Pegasus, which is going away soon, so maybe we will get better service 'direct' from DirecTV, but I'm not holding my breath...but I am very happy to get NASA TV without the dual dish mess... YMMV, Bruce "Patty Winter" wrote in message ... I just found out that DirecTV has moved NASA TV (ch. 376) to their main satellite. That means that any DirecTV subscriber can now watch NASA TV; you no longer need to have the oval satellite that can see 119 deg. as well as 101 deg. Their barker announcements about programming packages on ch. 998 mention this change. (Also moved were RFD, BYU, and EWTN.) So it isn't just some "let's shuffle slots for the weekend" thing; it's permanent. I broke down and bought a second (newer) DirecTV receiver a couple of years ago so that I could get NASA TV. I'm still glad that I have that secondary receiver in my office, but now I can also watch NASA TV on my big TV--yay! Patty |
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BTW, NASA TV's special-events schedule says they'll be airing
the Venus transit live from Athens tonight, from 1:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. ET. Patty |
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On 06 Jun 2004 19:07:20 GMT, (bob haller) wrote:
I just found out that DirecTV has moved NASA TV (ch. 376) to their main satellite. That means that any So it isn't just some "let's shuffle slots for the weekend" thing; it's permanent. Its permanent and the news has been discussed for the last month or so on dbsforums.com HAVE A GREAT DAY! Try http://www.dbsforums.com/ When I used just dbsforums.com, I got an error saying "No web site is configured at this address." Hmmm, they should probably fix that on their server. -- David |
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