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Local Network Channels/East & West Eligibility
I wanted to see if there is an update on the law that congress passed effective 5/31/20 that took away the east and west channels 390 thru 399.
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I wanted to see if there is an update on the law that congress passed effective 5/31/20 that took away the east and west channels 390 thru 399.
Juniper
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23K Messages
5 years ago
The STELAR Act that allowed those channels expired. Channels lobbied Congress to not renew it.
DirecTV has apparently reached limited agreements with the networks that allow some customers to keep a few channels. No hard details on how that works, but so far appears whatever channels are lost by this point are not returning.
So going forward, DirecTV may only provide you locals in your Designated Market Area (DMA).
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shannon02
ACE - Expert
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21.1K Messages
5 years ago
There is no update as there was no new law, the FCC allowed the old act to expire that allowed DTV and all other providers to use the DNS channels and if and when DTV can make deals with the networks to provide local channels there will be no replacements.
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