I am interested in the discussion about Speedvision (especially since
they are the only televised medium even considering airing any autocross
content).
However, the points about it reaching only about 7% of the American
public are well founded.
At this juncture, one can get Speedvision IF:
They have on specific brand dish, and
They do not live in an apartment, or
Their condo faces in the right direction, AND
It is configured so that a dish can be mounted.
or
They have cable television, AND
Their cable company is the right one that contracturally can air it.
plus
Public television ( with regular outside, or rabbit ear antenna) is
definately
not possible.
Which leaves those enthusiasts which do not meet those criteria (somebody
said about 93% of the populus??) out in the cold.
It seems that Speedvision has contracurually limited their audience, they
have tied their own hands. Even in its infancy, when cable was a new deal,
Turner Broadcasting had a bigger audience base to draw from, giving
itself some room to grow.
How Sad!! I would definately have Speedvision in my living room if I could.
But I have TCI cable, and the Dish network feeding my home entertainment
system - neither of which can air Speedvision (by contract they tell me) -
and
an antenna feeding my spare bedroom.
So, no autocross in my living room unless it is videos. Anybody got some for
sale?
G
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Randy Walters <RandyWal@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> The FCC has laws that basically forbids Condo Associations and/or
> local governments from banning DSS dishes ! You have the right
> to mount a DSS dish to your condo, and here's some websites with
> the information you need to confront your association. A few of my
> friends have done just that and now have DSS dishes on their condo.
> I originally gleaned the information from the BMW mailing lists, which
> is full of lawyers. Many of the BMW listers also now have DSS dishes
> at their condos and townhomes. Apparently many associations know
> about this but continued to ban the dishes until they were confronted
> with the FCC regulations regarding them. Go Git Em !
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