Any new hd channel additions coming soon?

[hdtvtechno]

It's been quiet

[bobvick]

If you happen to follow the quarterly thread over at DBSTalk, Satracer over there, who evidently works for DirecTV and must have some inside knowledge? States that there are "several" additions coming this year. I do not know how many "several" is, but he seems to indicate that we can expect one or two new basic HD channels before April, the last I have read anyway.

[jcrandall]

They announced we'd see TruTV go HD last March, I would think that will happen before March Madness.

Beyond that, nothing I know of other than more local markets getting HD this year.

[dakeeney]

Being a former Dish customer I can state that DTV is behind Dish as far as having some of the basic channels in HD. Let's hope DTV catches up.

[harshness]

Being a former Dish customer I can state that DTV is behind Dish as far as having some of the basic channels in HD. Let's hope DTV catches up.

DIRECTV would appear, by scholarly research, to be up against the wall on HD bandwidth. As such it doesn't seem reasonable to expect much until DIRECTV 14 goes into operation in late Q1 or early Q2 2014. DIRECTV 15 seems currently slated for service in early 2015. It is notable that this is an accelerated schedule as compared with the original plans

The assumption is that DIRECTV 10's backup propulsion system holds out for two more years after the primary system failed last summer. There seems little reason to believe that it won't.


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If they do as they did last year and add Spanish language HD to 119W, that doesn't much count with the lion's share of subscribers.

[Jason Whiddon]

Satracer's comment was "several in the next couple of months, then more after that.It won't be next few weeks, but barely after that. ". Some premium, some basic.

[Jimbo]

DIRECTV would appear, by scholarly research, to be up against the wall on HD bandwidth. As such it doesn't seem reasonable to expect much until DIRECTV 14 goes into operation in late Q1 or early Q2 2014. DIRECTV 15 seems currently slated for service in early 2015. It is notable that this is an accelerated schedule as compared with the original plans

The assumption is that DIRECTV 10's backup propulsion system holds out for two more years after the primary system failed last summer. There seems little reason to believe that it won't.


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If they do as they did last year and add Spanish language HD to 119W, that doesn't much count with the lion's share of subscribers.

They put up the new Sat last year and I think shared with the other one .... 103ca and 103cb, ca wa the original one, where did all the bandwidth from 103cb go ?

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[iceturkee]

Satracer's comment was "several in the next couple of months, then more after that.It won't be next few weeks, but barely after that. ". Some premium, some basic.

then later stated, it would be basic and they would be added before april.

[hdtvtechno]

Hoe they add more basic ones

[NotMe546]

Being a former Dish customer I can state that DTV is behind Dish as far as having some of the basic channels in HD. Let's hope DTV catches up.

Wow and I didn't say it.