Fox news is down on big dishes :(

TurnerVision | 11/1

[Ready2go]

For anyone with a big dish...Fox News service G7-18 is down and they don't know how long until it's up and running. They have a recording telling us about it.

Bummers!!!!

[Jalapeno]

Was the statement made by Captain Midnight?

[corkoman]

solar flare effects

[Calvin Locke]

Oh no!.

No update on Scott Petersen every two minutes? What will you do?

[dwollmann]

When I read the headline, I thought maybe Fox News hated my wife's oversized china. Wow, am I relieved.

[Cagey]

Okay Ralph, Fox is out! Now see if you can tune into the Simpsons.

[ErnBatavia]

There's an upside to everything...none of this:

[Ready2go]

LOL...thanks folks for cheering me up & giving me some chuckles. You guys are the best!

[lelio]

For the uninformed, what's "G7-18"? Is it raw FOX footage that's sent to their local stations?

[July 4th]

Was the statement made by Captain Midnight?

Hahaha...I haven't heard that one in a while. :) All your HBO are belong to me.

[Ready2go]

Howdy lelio...no it isn't a raw feed, it's just like what the rest of you get on cable or small dishes. G7 is just the satellite that beams it to us.

[July 4th]

G7-18 = Satellite "Galaxy 11," transponder 18. It's just the regular FOX News channel for a C-band satellite dish. (Remember, those big ones? :) Not an unedited feed or anything.

[My Favorite Headache]

Were you watching HBO that night???!?!? LMAO...I thought nobody but me remembered that...hahahaha

[My Favorite Headache]

All your inukshuk belong to us

[gonzo]

You guys probably remember Sean Kenny, too.

Boresite Forever, well, at least until he took a head-dive off his roof.............FRegards

[Allegra]

There's an upside to everything...none of this:

LOL! You know, thinking about it, I haven't seen (HEARD) that horribly obnoxious Cristy Lane commercial for quite a few days now. Am I just watching Fox at the right times or have they given it a much-needed rest?

[Future Useless Eater]

>>G7-18 = Satellite "Galaxy 11," transponder 18. It's just the regular FOX News channel for a C-band satellite dish. (Remember, those big ones? :) Not an unedited feed or anything.


So why wouldn't ALL those who watch FNC also have been blacked out?
Doesn't DishNetwork, DirectTV, and all the CABLE companies
across the country FIRST get their signal from G7-18,
and then REBROADCAST it onto their own equipment?

Is FNC available on any OTHER satellite or BAND?
(not counting the re-broadcasters like DishNetwork/DirecTV)

[July 4th]

Doesn't DishNetwork, DirectTV, and all the CABLE companies across the country FIRST get their signal from G7-18, and then REBROADCAST it onto their own equipment?

First of all, it may have just been a problem with the end-user subscription system, leaving "general public" consumers out in the cold. Second, I believe channels send up multiple feeds, G7-18 being only one up there. On several of the Ku-band satellites, there are huge digital packages uplinked that cannot be accessed by anyone other than commercial users (like cable distributors). Also, I believe many stations now send their signals to be uplinked via dedicated fiber optic. So there's a pretty good backup system.

[nutmeg]

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up!