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So what? They're nevertheless counted/reported as subs and the consolidated into DTV's financial statements. Much like GM Canada or Toyota Canada counts and consolidates the results of their Canadian subsidiaries.

Of course the supreme court would have to take leave of it, and probably wouldn't. Plus the case would be expensive and impractical for any dealer. It's rather moot anyhoo, given that now FTA is the current weapon of choice, and that FTA receivers are fully legal, and that it'd be politically...

We already been doing all that for years with TIVO.

Have you noticed on an FTA unit just how much HD is available up there?.. Wow! To quote BEV, "the most HD in canada", lmao

good point, i guess it's coz shortwave & OTA didn't have porn? (read: big money) yeah, lmao

Then why does *C knowingingly service people who are resident in the US? Which US law permits *C to do so and not BEV? Are you sure it isn't a business agreement between Bev and Chuck that restricts Bev? Another thing for sure, Directv provides it service to millions in latin america.

Actually, the latter have made provisions for residents of other countries to view their signal, where local law permits (thus Canadian law revokes from residents of Canuckistan their freedom of choice to watch what they want) And US law does not prohibit Expressvu from selling its service in...

No that would be the VICE PRESIDENT dick cheney... lmao I'm not an American attorney so I cannot make a professional opinion on US laws. But I've seen reputable big-box retailers in the US selling StarChoice equipment in the US. And we've also heard people claim that StarChoice has knowingly...

that's not the charter challenge; which has yet to be heard in any court of appeal or higher court.

That's a done deal now but yep it doesn't affect canada. In fact, the (outrageous) sports package rates on directv are one of the few things that can be more cheaply bought in canada instead. I have both directv and rogers, and i hate rogers programming except for the fact that the sports...

That still is the law, only in backward socialist states like North Korea and Canada. Not in the U.S. The U.S. is a free-market free society that allows its citizens to watch whatever TV they want, but Canada is not!

Okay, but I think it's a red herring whether I buy from a regional subsidiary of Directv or its foreign parent company in the US, as long as I can buy the product. The point is I can watch DirecTV programming in cities like Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, and Santiago. The product may be somewhat...

Then you wont be switching for many years. Rogers seems locked-in with Scientific Atlanta like many other cableco's. No prototypes yet from those clowns, so they're years from anyting substantially different for commercial release. The best we can hope for is a half-decent looking interface...

Need at least Tivo series 2 to do that networking stuff Advantage of tivo series 1 (standalones) tho is that they easily work with a number of fta models For mpeg4, looks like we'll use a laptop to do pvr & share

So what? They're nevertheless counted/reported as subs and the consolidated into DTV's financial statements. Much like GM Canada and Toyota Canada count and consolidate the results of their Canadian subsidiaries.