Archive for October, 2009

Why we don’t have much a la carte

Friday, October 9th, 2009

A menu. You know, for a la carte Here’s a small item that happens to illustrate a big point, one that’s a source of frustration to some satellite viewers. According to Multichannel News , The owners of the Fine Living Network are going to change it into the Cooking Channel next year

White Springs is changing

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Map showing location of White Springs FL A fair number of readers have been emailing to ask about the status of White Springs TV, that station that shows lots of public domain movies from its lonely spot on Galaxy 27 . On Thursday, October 1, we stopped seeing that channel on our receivers, and around that time, its old web site started showing an Under Construction page. According to Victor Ives, monarch of White Springs TV, it’s not all that bad.

Alternatives to FTA

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Over-the-air and small-dish antennae There are some people out there who don’t appreciate FTA for what it is. They don’t want a wild cornucopia of sports feeds, news from other countries, and oddball channels.