You'd have to have an IP in that region to watch outside of your market. They check every time you launch it. Not hard to do, but I'm guessing the average Joe wouldn't know how.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 12:05 PM Daniel White <dwh...@atheral.com> wrote: > Because it breaks things like blackout for NFL games. NFL can't charge > you for NFL network if you can watch the game you want on the local channel > to the game if you are out of market. This causes stress on the > arrangement say CBS and the NFL have. You could say FU its free... but the > DMZ's and FCC licenses never envisioned that content being on the other > side of the country. > > Also your viewership isn't tracked by Nielsen, so it won't increase ad buy > revenue for the station. If anything it would hurt the local affiliate if > your watching CBS in New York City instead of CBS in Dallas. If CBS > allowed it, the affiliates would be upset. > > Also there is a strong slippery slope argument they feel, just like many > do on gun control or prayer in the schools. If they cede ground to IPTV > streaming, they fear the entire value of the local transmission rights will > be diminished (and those licenses are valuable... don't have doubt in that). > > [image: photograph] > Daniel White > Co-Founder - Business Development & Operations > phone: +1 (702) 470-2766 > direct: +1 (702) 470-2770 > 3172 N Rainbow Blvd PMB 20394 > Las Vegas, Nevada 89108 > [image: facebook icon] <https://www.facebook.com/getatheral/> [image: > youtube icon] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPZv-EsGCj8LXfzylwCrjQ> > [image: > linkedin icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/atheral/> > > > Mathew Howard wrote on 8/14/19 10:06: > > What I can't figure out, is why do they even care? Aren't all they doing > is providing the local OTA channels to the same area that they're available > to OTA? it's not like they're giving people access to channels in the wrong > market... it seems like the broadcasters should be happy they're making it > easier for people to watch their commercials... > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 11:08 AM Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> I'd tell them to fuck off and declare retransmission fees and agreements >> of freely broadcast information illegal. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *ch...@wbmfg.com >> *To: *af@af.afmug.com >> *Sent: *Tuesday, August 13, 2019 11:04:58 AM >> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Locast >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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