Dish Network® Outlines Upcoming Hd Launch Schedule

[ScoBuck]

Nice to hear the well wishes from ScoBuck for DISH. I feel the same way.. though I will stay with DISH, I do wish Direct the best too with their HD efforts. You can truly see now what competition does for both services. I don't want either of them to slow down.

What advantage does a DirecTV sub get when the competition stubs its toe?

NONE as I see it.

[Islandguy43]

hrmm cleveland missing from that list too.. i guess Cleveland doesnt rock

Either does Buffalo. Dish don't like us on the great lakes it seems

[darrencp22]

It annoys me a ton that some of these markets being launched are in the middle of nowhere with pops of 30,000. I know Buffalo DMA has shrunk a ton, but many of these markets are considerably smaller.

Norfolk, VA
Burlington, VT
Beaumont, TX

Seriously?

[LER]

It annoys me a ton that some of these markets being launched are in the middle of nowhere with pops of 30,000. I know Buffalo DMA has shrunk a ton, but many of these markets are considerably smaller.

Probably has to do with:
1) Retrans Consent
2) SpotBeams
3) getting fiber to the uplink.

[jerryez]

What happened to Mobile/Pensacola, which was announced in January. Now it is not even on the list. PLus this is they most vague announcement that Dish has ever issued. They were vague enough, but ended the announcement with a disclaimer.

[Islandguy43]

It annoys me a ton that some of these markets being launched are in the middle of nowhere with pops of 30,000. I know Buffalo DMA has shrunk a ton, but many of these markets are considerably smaller.

Its probably just that Charlie and the Boys, thought we had already had hd here, like they promised us in 2006

D* with AAA discount and their normal national offerings are looking better and better after my CI expires.

[Scott Greczkowski]

PLus this is they most vague announcement that Dish has ever issued. They were vague enough, but ended the announcement with a disclaimer.

I believe the announcement was because of all the negative press they have received. Look at the WSJ article, which made it sound like the satellite was dead and now Dish Network was on its death bed.

This press release was basically what I said on Sunday Nights podcast, that Dish can move ahead with its HD plans with or without AMC-14.

[darrencp22]

Its probably just that Charlie and the Boys, thought we had already had hd here, like they promised us in 2006

D* with AAA discount and their normal national offerings are looking better and better after my CI expires.

I going to beleive, espcially with the LIN deal, that Buffalo locals are coming... soon (mid-late 2008). I dont quite know how, since there's no 6.15 spot, but hopefully on 119.

[riffjim4069]

Upcoming national HD announcements may include the addition of ABC Family HD, AMC HD, BET HD, The Biography Channel HD, Bravo HD, Cartoon Network HD, CMT HD, CNN HD, Disney Channel HD, ESPN News HD, HBO2 HD, IFC HD, MGM HD, MoreMAX HD, MTV HD, Nickelodeon HD, Sci-Fi HD, Smithsonian Channel HD, Starz Edge HD, Tennis Channel HD, Superstation WGN HD, The Weather Channel HD, Toon Disney HD, USA Network HD and VH-1 HD.

What??? No Lifetime Movie Network HD!!!

[tempVAdish]

It annoys me a ton that some of these markets being launched are in the middle of nowhere with pops of 30,000. I know Buffalo DMA has shrunk a ton, but many of these markets are considerably smaller.

Norfolk, VA
Burlington, VT
Beaumont, TX

Seriously?

I live in Norfolk's DMA, trust me, these are not easy to recieve OTA... I cannot recieve them OTA from my location. Drive 1hr to the south & you're sittin pretty. You look @ where Nofolk is compared to me, I'm over 100 miles away....