On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric Sharkey wrote: >> Comcast provides all these channels in clear QAM. > > In some markets. According to several MythTV-users threads, some markets > have gone all encrypted, and the rest will eventually follow: > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/427417#427417
No. Not only is that incorrect, it would be a violation of FCC regulations. Any station which has a license to broadcast OTA that is also carried by a cable provider must be carried without encryption. > Someone in the thread explains the reason for the switch to encryption > was that "the FCC lifted the ban on encrypting basic service." What the FCC lifted was the ban on encrypting "expanded" basic service. This covers channels like the Food Network or Comedy Central. These are all stations that have no over-the-air broadcast equivalents. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
