[Vision2020] And for You NFL Playoff Fans/DirecTV Subscribers . . .

[Janesta]

 I have found almost anything I want to watch is online now. Some channels
are 'legal'... some are not. Your virus program will warn you if you are on
a risky site.

Last year, I watched March Madness all the way through the final games,
online. I think it was on ESPN.com. Many times the school will have a live
streaming game from their website..

 Anyway... the playoff games are online.. *grin* Granted, The Alley sounds a
lot more fun, than a computer screen...

Google... "free streaming nfl playoff games 2011"

Good luck!

Janesta



On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:

> My wife just checked, and the east and west coast feeds were working.  I
> didn't ask for them, they just happened.  Not sure how.
>
> DC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Shawn Clabough
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:41 AM
> To: 'Moscow Vision 2020'
>  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And for You NFL Playoff Fans/DirecTV
> Subscribers .
> . .
>
> I put through my request to get Fox on 398/399 two days ago and it's still
> pending. It's not automatic like the statement says.
>
> - Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 6:52 AM
> To: Moscow Vision 2020
> Subject: [Vision2020] And for You NFL Playoff Fans/DirecTV Subscribers . .
> .
>
> Of which I am one.
>
> Courtesy of today's (January 14, 2011) Spokesman-Review.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Playoffs or not, TV fight goes on
> DirecTV customers may not get Seahawks game Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review
> In
> this corner, thousands of people who just want their NFL football games and
> "American Idol." In the other, three media companies fighting over who's
> going to pay what for television signals on satellite service DirecTV.
>
> A prolonged contract dispute between DirecTV and Spokane TV station KAYU
> threatens to send many TV viewers hunting for options over the next week,
> if
> the dispute continues.
>
> Meanwhile, a second possible blackout looms this weekend if negotiations
> between DirecTV and Spokane broadcaster KHQ-TV don't produce a deal. KHQ is
> owned by Cowles Co., which also owns The Spokesman-Review.
>
> The Fox blackout is inspiring some distraught satellite customers to
> consider reconnecting rabbit-ears antennas in order to get the network's
> programs over the air.
>
> Since Jan. 1, more than 100,000 TV customers in Washington and Oregon have
> been unable to watch Fox shows like "The Simpsons," "House" and the
> soon-to-return "American Idol."
>
> The signal blackout stems from a retransmission-rate dispute between
> Northwest Broadcasting Inc., and Los Angeles-based DirecTV.
>
> Northwest Broadcasting operates KAYU and Fox stations in Yakima, Medford,
> Ore., Pendleton, Ore., and the Tri-Cities. The Spokane channel is also
> carried to DirecTV customers in North Idaho.
>
> Northwest Broadcasting is asking for a roughly 600 percent increase in the
> fee DirecTV pays to retransmit the signal, DirecTV has said in press
> releases.
>
> DirecTV officials have asked Northwest Broadcasting to allow the Fox shows
> to continue until an agreement is signed.
>
> Northwest Broadcasting refused that option. Jon Rand, COO of Northwest
> Broadcasting, said he has heard about some DirecTV customers dropping their
> service because of the dispute.
>
> Rand said discussions with DirecTV will continue, with the possibility of a
> settlement occurring today or Saturday.
>
> "Customers are finding other ways to view our station, whether by switching
> to Comcast cable, Dish Network or setting up an antenna to receive the
> signal over the air," Rand said.
>
> KHQ's two-year deal with DirecTV ended Dec. 31, and the parties extended
> the
> deadline to midnight Saturday.
>
> Unless a new deal is struck, KHQ will request DirecTV pull its programs
> from
> its menu, said Patricia McRae, KHQ's president and general manager.
>
> "We will continue working on this, right through Saturday if we have to,"
> McRae said. She added that there will not be another deadline extension.
>
> The timing of the Fox Network blackout especially irks pro football fans.
> Sunday's broadcast of the playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and
> Chicago Bears will be carried by Fox. So will a conference championship
> game
> on Jan. 23, then culminating with Fox carrying the Super Bowl on Feb.
> 6.
>
> DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer would not comment on the number of people
> in
> Eastern Washington and North Idaho canceling subscriptions. He said DirecTV
> is letting some customers know they can automatically view an alternate Fox
> feed on channels 398 or 399.
>
> Mercer said the FCC allows viewers who cannot receive KAYU over the air to
> ask DirecTV to substitute the Los Angeles Fox Network feed for the Spokane
> broadcasts. That would provide them NFL games and primetime shows, he said.
>
> But it's available only to DirecTV customers who generally live well
> outside
> Spokane County or in geographical areas where over-the-air signals are not
> easily received, he said.
>
> McRae and Mercer agree that in the Spokane TV market, DirecTV ranks well
> behind its competitors. McRae said roughly one half of all its viewers get
> the KHQ feed on cable television. Dish Network comes next, followed by
> DirecTV, McRae said.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
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