DirecTV puts it, CBS has pulled their programming from DirecTV. The way CBS has put it, DirecTV is charging outlandishly high fees for them to be able to offer their programming. So regardless of which side of the argument you stand on, unlike last year at this time, when the same thing was threatened and CBS ended up continuing to be offered as a local channel on DirecTV, it is this year been pulled. It has been pulled by CBS. So since CBS local programming is not offered on DirecTV, as of right now, until they resolve this dispute, what DirecTV is doing is they're saying, oh, there is this open source application that you can subscribe to called Locast, L-O-C-A-S-T, that provides free access to your local channels in certain markets where they have things set up. And if you're in one of those market areas, and the Los Angeles area here is one of those, you can go over to Locast. And oh, by the way, we've added to the DirecTV apps. And so now all you have to do is click, click, do a (40/46)
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