Sunbeam communications-who owns channel 7 out of Boston (and also a Fox station in Miami) has asked for a 300% increase-at least according to Direct TV. Since Direct TV said no to this, Sunbeam pulled these stations off of Direct TV.
If you live far away from Boston in an area where they say you cannot get the over the air signal-like here in the Lakes region-Direct TV has been given approval to give us the NY NBC-we have had it since Sunbeam pullled the signal. So for those of us in the Lakes region, this is not a problem-we have pretty much had an NBC all along without interruption.
For those in Mass and Southern NH, it would not surprise me that if this is not resolved by Superbowl Sunday that at least Sunbeam may allow the Superbowl to come through. They did allow some NFC football playoff games and I believe local news to go through on the Miami Fox.
The sad thing for some people is it all depends on location and distance from Boston and also if the FCC thinks you should be able to get the signal. Just because the FCC says you can get a signal with an antenna does not make it true. Manchester is split depending on where you live-some people in Manchester currently have no NBC and some have the NY NBC.
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