Posted by Jed Lewison on Sun Jan 11, 2009 at 10:25 AM Pacific

DirecTV Hoses Football Fans In Las Vegas

So I turn on the TV to watch the Eagles vs. Giants and what do I get?

A lovely screen saying: "No need to call us - we are aware that this TV station is temporarily unavailable... We'll have this channel back as quickly as possible. Sorry for the interruption."

Lovely.

Updated with screenshot (10:40AM):

Update 2 (10:53AM):

It sounds like part of the problem might be the local FOX station is having problems with its broadcast tower. Believe it or not, DirecTV relies on an over-the-air signal to broadcast to all of its customers in Vegas.

In any event, they've enabled another feed of the game to watch it in Standard Definition, whcih is better than nothing, but given the amount I pay to DirecTV each month, it's absurd that their HD signal is broken. They should get a direct feed, like the cable company does.

Update 3 (11:23AM):

D* has now made an HD channel from Los Angeles, 399, available. Good move, but it shouldn't have taken so long.