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<div> 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.</div>
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<div>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.. </div>
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<div> Anyway... the playoff games are online.. *grin* Granted, The Alley sounds a lot more fun, than a computer screen...</div>
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<div>Google... "free streaming nfl playoff games 2011" </div>
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<div>Good luck!</div>
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<div>Janesta</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Dan Carscallen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">My wife just checked, and the east and west coast feeds were working. I<br>didn't ask for them, they just happened. Not sure how.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>DC<br></font>
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<div class="h5">Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And for You NFL Playoff Fans/DirecTV Subscribers .<br>. .<br><br>I put through my request to get Fox on 398/399 two days ago and it's still<br>pending. It's not automatic like the statement says.<br>
<br>- Shawn<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<br>
On Behalf Of Tom Hansen<br>Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 6:52 AM<br>To: Moscow Vision 2020<br>Subject: [Vision2020] And for You NFL Playoff Fans/DirecTV Subscribers . . .<br><br>Of which I am one.<br><br>Courtesy of today's (January 14, 2011) Spokesman-Review.<br>
<br>---------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Playoffs or not, TV fight goes on<br>DirecTV customers may not get Seahawks game Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review In<br>this corner, thousands of people who just want their NFL football games and<br>
"American Idol." In the other, three media companies fighting over who's<br>going to pay what for television signals on satellite service DirecTV.<br><br>A prolonged contract dispute between DirecTV and Spokane TV station KAYU<br>
threatens to send many TV viewers hunting for options over the next week, if<br>the dispute continues.<br><br>Meanwhile, a second possible blackout looms this weekend if negotiations<br>between DirecTV and Spokane broadcaster KHQ-TV don't produce a deal. KHQ is<br>
owned by Cowles Co., which also owns The Spokesman-Review.<br><br>The Fox blackout is inspiring some distraught satellite customers to<br>consider reconnecting rabbit-ears antennas in order to get the network's<br>programs over the air.<br>
<br>Since Jan. 1, more than 100,000 TV customers in Washington and Oregon have<br>been unable to watch Fox shows like "The Simpsons," "House" and the<br>soon-to-return "American Idol."<br><br>
The signal blackout stems from a retransmission-rate dispute between<br>Northwest Broadcasting Inc., and Los Angeles-based DirecTV.<br><br>Northwest Broadcasting operates KAYU and Fox stations in Yakima, Medford,<br>Ore., Pendleton, Ore., and the Tri-Cities. The Spokane channel is also<br>
carried to DirecTV customers in North Idaho.<br><br>Northwest Broadcasting is asking for a roughly 600 percent increase in the<br>fee DirecTV pays to retransmit the signal, DirecTV has said in press<br>releases.<br><br>DirecTV officials have asked Northwest Broadcasting to allow the Fox shows<br>
to continue until an agreement is signed.<br><br>Northwest Broadcasting refused that option. Jon Rand, COO of Northwest<br>Broadcasting, said he has heard about some DirecTV customers dropping their<br>service because of the dispute.<br>
<br>Rand said discussions with DirecTV will continue, with the possibility of a<br>settlement occurring today or Saturday.<br><br>"Customers are finding other ways to view our station, whether by switching<br>to Comcast cable, Dish Network or setting up an antenna to receive the<br>
signal over the air," Rand said.<br><br>KHQ's two-year deal with DirecTV ended Dec. 31, and the parties extended the<br>deadline to midnight Saturday.<br><br>Unless a new deal is struck, KHQ will request DirecTV pull its programs from<br>
its menu, said Patricia McRae, KHQ's president and general manager.<br><br>"We will continue working on this, right through Saturday if we have to,"<br>McRae said. She added that there will not be another deadline extension.<br>
<br>The timing of the Fox Network blackout especially irks pro football fans.<br>Sunday's broadcast of the playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and<br>Chicago Bears will be carried by Fox. So will a conference championship game<br>
on Jan. 23, then culminating with Fox carrying the Super Bowl on Feb.<br>6.<br><br>DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer would not comment on the number of people in<br>Eastern Washington and North Idaho canceling subscriptions. He said DirecTV<br>
is letting some customers know they can automatically view an alternate Fox<br>feed on channels 398 or 399.<br><br>Mercer said the FCC allows viewers who cannot receive KAYU over the air to<br>ask DirecTV to substitute the Los Angeles Fox Network feed for the Spokane<br>
broadcasts. That would provide them NFL games and primetime shows, he said.<br><br>But it's available only to DirecTV customers who generally live well outside<br>Spokane County or in geographical areas where over-the-air signals are not<br>
easily received, he said.<br><br>McRae and Mercer agree that in the Spokane TV market, DirecTV ranks well<br>behind its competitors. McRae said roughly one half of all its viewers get<br>the KHQ feed on cable television. Dish Network comes next, followed by<br>
DirecTV, McRae said.<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>
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