I can't say this definitively, as I live in market #2 where every network is on a full-power primary channel, but it would likely be a similar situation as cable carriage of a subchannel. In those cases, I would guess a mutually-agreed on "channel number" would be assigned; all the box does is map the incoming feed to whatever channel is assigned to it anyway.
I know the box mapping is true because my ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC O&Os are also used as DirecTV's pacific time feed for subscribers who can't get those networks as local, and my box gives those four stations to me as both their on-air channel and as the national feed channel. I'm sure they aren't wasting transmission space to send those as duplicated streams, based on my knowledge of how DBS works. On Dec 11, 7:25 pm, "Brad Beam" <b.b...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > I know that on DirecTV (and I guess Dish Network), the local network > affiliates are located on their over-the-air channel numbers. > > But what happens when an affiliate is on a digital subchannel? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
