Direct broadcast satellite system operators should be able to con...
Direct broadcast satellite system operators should be able to continue to use their own channel placement, program guide, closed captioning and parental control data, instead of passing through Program and Systems Information Protocol data, Dish Networks told the Media…
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Bureau last week. PSIP data is the ATSC standard. “PSIP data remains inaccurate or not as robust in providing program guide data,” said Linda Kinney, Dish vice president of law and regulation. On the issue of downconversion, broadcasters can choose on a channel-by-channel basis “not a program-by-program basis” to have Dish downconvert by either letterbox or center cut, Kinney told the staff, according to an ex parte filing.