Rate hikes ahead for satellite TV fans

C|Net ^ | January 6, 2005 | Dawn Kawamoto

[marajade]

NFL Sunday Ticket is no longer being offered on C-Band; and you can't get DD 5.1 audio either.

[Tall_Texan]

If it makes you feel any better, Ted Turner is on the outs at Time Warner and has been gradually dumping stock for more than a year.

[reagan_fanatic]

With HDTV on air I now receive an over on air broadcast a total of 21 channels over the local antenna

The company I work for (Warren Electronics) has seen a dramatic uptick in orders for off-air antennas for HDTV for precisely the same reason - it is much more cost effective than cable or satellite.

Funny how we've come full circle back to outdoor antennas again.

[steve86]

>>Anything that's worth watching, I download via BitTorrent.

You need to be real careful. They've gone after/shut down the major tracker operators and there is nothing anonymous about your use of the BitTorrent protocol as a peer. I use BT myself to get open source material but never copyrighted material.

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/23/1324237&from=rss

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/14/1845238&from=rss

[10mm]

Thanks for the links. I don't download movies or software, just over-the-air TV broadcasts. What are they going to do to me; make me sit down and watch all the commercials?

[Squawk 8888]

compare A&E of 10 years ago with today. It's pure rubbish now.

Same goes for TLC. They haven't done anything worth watching since Junkyard Wars.

I think one of the problems with A&E is they've diluted their work. Much of the good stuff was offloaded when they launched the History channel.

[Squawk 8888]

I've seen some excellent Canadian and British programming

If you haven't already, check out Corner Gas. It's the funniest show to come along in ages. Season one is on DVD now, a bargain at $25.

[rogers21774]

It's about time a cable or satelite company stepped up and offered channels a-la-cart. Let me pick and pay for the channels I want, and leave out the 80% of the other crapola channels I NEVER watch.

[fxrdeb]

NFL Sunday Ticket is no longer being offered on C-Band This is true, but you can get free feeds of football and other sports on the telstar satellites. Also, you can get ku band and get free to air. My husband and I don't watch sports but I have heard that there are so many sports that you don't even receive on the small dish network that are on free to air. Here's a link to check out http://www.satellite-tv-hq.com/fta-satellites.htm

[marajade]

They block the free feeds on football now.