I've been a DirecTV subscriber since mid '97. I know they gave us free coverage at the beginning of the year for one of the races and it was just ok in my book. And if I am correct, the yearly price is $149 for all the races, I think, and because Jr. didn't make the Chase he wasn't covered for those last 10 races.

And on the subject of DirecTV in Canada, I know a Canadian who took his RV down to Arizona to spend the winter and he said they wouldn't sell him a dish because he's a Canadian citizen. So there must be something to it. I would think that since he's using it in the U.S., it would be legal.

I am a fellow sufferer as well..Cheyenne is right they won't even sell you won in the States if your Canadian...7 or 8 years ago you could get away with a false adress in the U.S. and get one I had direct tv in my truck...but no ,ore...Now Canada customs will even confiscate it it if they find it...A couple of friends of mine doing longhaul lost theirs last spring...

Ya, a friend of mine used to have HBO and the like way back when, until it became highly illegal to be registered with a US dish network. He was even able to renew his subscription every year from here until the big clamp down. What having these regulations in place did was create a big black market economy in illegal satellight hook-ups.

Okay... so call me naive.. but why all the exclusivity.. Canada is a huge market and it's silly. AHH the beauty of unknowing!!

It is not about the US digital networks not wanting to come to Canada, it is about Canadian digital networks not wanting them here, and in a form of 'protectionalism' the Canadian Gov't has made these US services illegal to own so that these Canadian digital services don't have to compete with the US ones and therby protect what little Canadian content we have on the airwaves.

Personally I think that is a crock. If they allowed the US networks up here it would force these Canadian networks to shape up or ship out, thus improving the content offered. Competition does that.

Wow! I never knew Canadians couldn't use DirecTV, etc. How awful! I have DirecTV and subscribe to Hotpass. I love it!! My only complaint is that Junior isn't featured every week!! And I wish there could be more than five drivers a week, too. But, it's a really awesome extra and worth the money in my humble opinion.

Marsha,

I'm sure that as subscriptions rise the number of driver availabilities will increase proportionatly. I feel that this kind of media coverage is still in its infancy, and it just a matter of time before it becomes more common place, especially with the car of tomorrow and it's built in camera boxes on almost every corner and window of each car.
Go to the following link for more info about that: http://4ever3canadianeh.blogspot.com/2007/01/ins-and-outs-of-car-of-tomorrow.html#links