Sci-Fi HD...when can we watch?

**Smith, P.** · 01-08-2008 07:55 PM

Wait for Wednesday.

**dlsnyder** · 01-08-2008 10:16 PM

...not necessarily this Wednesday!

**ncted** · 01-09-2008 09:11 AM

OK. It is Wednesday. Now what?

Ted

**alexgmny** · 01-09-2008 09:18 AM

If E* lights up anything (new HD channels)......it will be around 12pm to 1pm.

**osu1991** · 01-09-2008 09:37 AM

I hope they go up. I wonder if the hold up is negotiations, My friend owns and runs a cable system and says NBC/U is requiring BravoHD and MSNBC HD be added with USA HD and SciFI HD for any carriers that are wanting them. You supposedly can't split the bundle up or only pick and choose what you want.

**nlk10010** · 01-09-2008 09:50 AM

Well that certainly sounds plausible (one of many plausible scenarios) but does MSNBC-HD even EXIST?

Funny if they're requiring Charlie to carry a channel that doesn't exist yet.

**dogpoobob** · 01-09-2008 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by ctyler2621

The company begins its HD launches with 11 local markets including: Austin, TX;
Baltimore; Cleveland; Columbia, S.C.; Flint, Mich.; Greenville, S.C.;
Huntsville, Ala.; Jackson, Miss.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Orlando, Fla.; and Richmond, Va.

It seems to me to be brilliant marketing to provide this service to the number 2 and 3 cities in Tennessee and not in Memphis, the largest market in the state.

**steve4810** · 01-09-2008 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by nlk10010

Well that certainly sounds plausible (one of many plausible scenarios) but does MSNBC-HD even EXIST?

Funny if they're requiring Charlie to carry a channel that doesn't exist yet.

It doesn't need to exist. The deal just would say

"...and MSNBC HD from day one, whenever that turns out to be."

**BASDSucks** · 01-09-2008 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by alexgmny

If E* lights up anything (new HD channels)......it will be around 12pm to 1pm.

its 4:22Pm est...

**nlk10010** · 01-09-2008 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by steve4810

It doesn't need to exist. The deal just would say

"...and MSNBC HD from day one, whenever that turns out to be."

Well, I suppose that's possible, but I find it hard to believe a contract with that kind of wording would be enforceable (not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, however).

It COULD be that they are trying to make Charlie commit to a certain timeframe for MSNBC-HD or even just BravoHD and he doesn't want to because he doesn' t know if he'll have the capacity.

Sounds as good as any theory I've heard.