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>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:42:31 -0700
>From: Marti Morandi <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: WITS
>To: [log in to unmask]
>CC: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>,        MEDIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: TV5
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Betty, we are currently (I mean RIGHT NOW) installing the DishNetwork dish
for TV5.  Natalia Shevchenko is our LLC Director and the person doing the
installation is Dave Keen from Albany.  In order not to burden these lists,
please feel free to call me.

Marti

Betty Woerner wrote:

> Please excuse the cross-posting.
>
> Do any of you located on the west coast get TV5, the French-language
> station from Quebec?  We are looking into buying a satellite (from
> Dishnetwork) for our French House for this.  I tried this about 4
> years ago, however, and it turned out that the satellite that TV5 was
> running on (148) was too far east to be able to be picked up here.  This
> time, the salesmen are again very anxious to make a sale, but noone can
> tell us if this problem still remains.  Does anyone have any experience
> with this?  Dishnetwork's webpage indicates that TV5 runs on both
> satellites 148 and 61.5.  Is 61.5 accessible from the west coast?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Betty Woerner
> Media Librarian
> Reed College
> Portland, OR