collin23
12-29-04, 01:22 PM
I am about to get Directv installed on Monday and will be using the HD Tivo. I live in Las Cruces and I am not able to receive any of the El Paso High Definition network feeds. I would like to have Direct TV submit special HDTV waivers to my local stations but they say that they are not allowed to because locals are offered by them for El Paso. I even contacted my ABC station and the person in charge of waivers said that he would even be willing to help me, when the waiver showed up on his desk. He could not promise anything but said he would work with his company headquarters.
Here are my questions
1. Does the new law allow for HDTV distant network feed waivers, even when SD locals are offered?
2. If so, how can we can get Directv customer service to understand this and soon?
I really want to be able to watch Alias, Lost and Jay Leno in HD and some of my local stations are even willing to help me, but I am currently at a stand still if no waivers can be even attempted.
To add, I went and researched the bill and found that the waiver provision is still there. Here it is....So why can't the sat companies still at least try and submit a waiver, even if SD locals are offered by them. Here is the provison
SEC. 104. WAIVERS.
Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(14) WAIVERS- A subscriber who is denied the secondary transmission of a network station under paragraph (4)(C), or is denied the secondary transmission of a network station or a superstation under paragraph (3)(B), may request a waiver from such denial by submitting a request, through the subscriber's satellite carrier, to the network station or superstation in the local market where the subscriber is located. The network station or superstation shall accept or reject the subscriber's request for a waiver within 30 days after receipt of the request. If the network station or superstation fails to accept or reject the subscriber's request for a waiver within that 30-day period, that network station or superstation, as the case may be, shall be deemed to agree to the waiver request. Unless specifically stated by the network station or superstation, a waiver under section 339(c)(2) of the Communications Act shall not constitute a waiver for purposes of this paragraph.'.
Here are my questions
1. Does the new law allow for HDTV distant network feed waivers, even when SD locals are offered?
2. If so, how can we can get Directv customer service to understand this and soon?
I really want to be able to watch Alias, Lost and Jay Leno in HD and some of my local stations are even willing to help me, but I am currently at a stand still if no waivers can be even attempted.
To add, I went and researched the bill and found that the waiver provision is still there. Here it is....So why can't the sat companies still at least try and submit a waiver, even if SD locals are offered by them. Here is the provison
SEC. 104. WAIVERS.
Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
`(14) WAIVERS- A subscriber who is denied the secondary transmission of a network station under paragraph (4)(C), or is denied the secondary transmission of a network station or a superstation under paragraph (3)(B), may request a waiver from such denial by submitting a request, through the subscriber's satellite carrier, to the network station or superstation in the local market where the subscriber is located. The network station or superstation shall accept or reject the subscriber's request for a waiver within 30 days after receipt of the request. If the network station or superstation fails to accept or reject the subscriber's request for a waiver within that 30-day period, that network station or superstation, as the case may be, shall be deemed to agree to the waiver request. Unless specifically stated by the network station or superstation, a waiver under section 339(c)(2) of the Communications Act shall not constitute a waiver for purposes of this paragraph.'.