[Promotion-technology] DVS and Dish Network

[Sam Joehl]

Ed,

The recent passage of the 21st Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act will increase the availability of video description
along with requiring providers to carry the content over their network and
making digital set-top boxes accessible. It will likely only apply to
digital TV but at least you know that soon DISH will be required by law to
carry the DVS feed. To learn more about the Act go to www.coataccess.org.



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[mailto:promotion-technology-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ed Meskys
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 8:10 PM
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Subject: [Promotion-technology] DVS and Dish Network

I have had an on-going battle with Dish Network about DVS. I still use an
analog TV, and used to get DVS. After the nation went digital my analog
service no longer carries it. Phoning their help line is frustrating. Most
of the technicians who answer the phone do not know what DVS is, and after
researching it for a while, they say that they do not receive it from the
networks. If they were to receive it, they claim they would send it out. I
phoned WGBH in Boston, which originates most DVS, and they claim they do
send it out.

Perhaps it only goes out on the digital or high definition services? Does
anyone with a modern TV who uses Dish Network get DVS? Or do they also
fail to get it.

Our old TV works fine and we would rather not buy a new one, but if it
would bring back DVS I might bite the bullet and go for it.

Ed Meskys
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