Why Denver TV?

[thomarvin]

Does anyone know why cruises (at least those from the east coast) show only Denver news?:rolleyes: It would have been great to see what was going on and not see the clock on the news channel and have to add 2 hours.

[spencercoop]

The cruises I have been on (Alaska, Caribbean, Mexico) have all showed Denver TV. I think I read it here, but it might of been somewhere else, that Denver is the only city that broadcasts TV for ships.

[yst347]

It is one of the few remaining unscrambled free c-band satellite transmissions available and it covers almost all Carnival sailings.

[Max Circus]

It has to do with the Satellite provider. I believe Carnival uses DIRECTV. If you subscibe to DIRECTV on on land and don't get local channels, one can get the Denver (and I think NY) stations for ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox.

[raytownlady]

Thanks for clearing this up for me. I wondered why we were watching local Denver stations vs. ones from Florida.