DISH Network Charges Forward With Another Round of National HD Channel Launches

**Jason Whiddon** · 05-12-2008 09:29 AM

7000 views in 23 hours, how long till 10k

**gasman882001** · 05-12-2008 09:38 AM

Bring 'em on!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**aperry** · 05-12-2008 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by clapple

This should stop the complainers, for awhile. At least until they start bitching about lack of HD content, on all these supposedly HD channels.

Patience Grasshopper!

No, there's still some pretty popular missing channels in the list (like FX, Speed, and some others). That said, Dish is making a really nice start here!!!

**tinydoughboy** · 05-12-2008 09:43 AM

The one Sunday I don't pull up this site. . .and lookie!!!!!!!!! I'll be damned!!!!!! I will never miss a day of this site again!!!!!! WOW!!!!

**LER** · 05-12-2008 09:45 AM

as said upthread, FX, Speed are owned by FOX which is in a lawsuit with Dish. Don't expect either of them until said suit is settled.

**TalonDancer** · 05-12-2008 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

They have only had the space at 61.5 for a few weeks now, this is why they were doing all the shuffling of channels around.

I think it was smart of them to wait a few more days as now they got a bigger bang for their buck instead of having 2 HD channels launching here and there.

Yes Dish freed up the key space a little over 2 weeks ago by switching the NY and Boston etc. to spots on 61.5. And obviously Dish could have turned on more (perhaps ALL of this) HD that very day, since Dish almost immediately up-linked 7 legacy MPEG2 HD channels to TP21. But off course they didn't. Just like they didn't make SciFi HD and USA HD available even though space was clearly available for months.

FWIW I spent way too long working around top level executives in multinational corps, to buy the "legal/licensing issues", "tough price negotiations" and "technical issues" excuses as the primary reason for not providing Dish subs with some additional National HD sooner. Whether releasing 19 new HD channels all at the same time was Plan A or Plan B, it was strategic - pure and simple.

Talon Dancer

p.s. FWIW I have been pretty happy with Dish since I switched to the dishHD (only) package and consider this batch of new HD channels a nice addition.

**PaulieORF** · 05-12-2008 09:47 AM

Hey Scott,

Do you know if Comcast Sportsnet New England HD will be a 24/7 feed, or games only? This latest batch of channel launches (especially CSNNE HD) has me considering Dish (since my HOA won't allow me to get DirecTV, only Dish). Also, I thought that NESN HD was games only, am I right on that one? Thanks.

**LER** · 05-12-2008 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by PaulieORF

Hey Scott,

Do you know if Comcast Sportsnet New England HD will be a 24/7 feed, or games only? This latest batch of channel launches (especially CSNNE HD) has me considering Dish (since my HOA won't allow me to get DirecTV, only Dish). Also, I thought that NESN HD was games only, am I right on that one? Thanks.

Tell your HOA to read this page:

FCC Fact Sheet on Placement of Antennas

and then get whichever provider YOU want.

They can't do that, in other words.

**jansan** · 05-12-2008 09:52 AM

According to customer service, everything is a go for this afternoon. They reminded me about their Tech Chat tonight? Should be busy day for customer service.