Echostar files to move E6 to 61.5W

[Scott Greczkowski]

I think you are confused at what I am saying. The spotbeams at 61.5 W wouldn't be duplicated at 77 W. What I was trying to say was that EA customers would have their locals come from either 61.5 W or 77 W so an EA customer wouldn't need to have a dish to pick up all three slots only two, 72.7 W and the one with their locals on it. This would make it easier and cheaper to install the dish. To add on to this concept, I don't see Dish having enough uplinks to use all 32 TPs at 61.5 W for spotbeams so perhaps some of the international programming could stay there as well as perhaps EA distant networks or other speciality programming.

The international stuff will be on 118.7 and eventually 72.7, this way EA folks done need a WA Plus Dish to get internationals.

[whatchel1]

I live in SF bay area. Should I expect dish network to add PBS Hd channels , once E-14 goes up?

I wouldn't expect to see PBS HD anytime soon almost everywhere. In part that has to do with contract agreements as well as space.

[HDRoberts]

I think you are confused at what I am saying. The spotbeams at 61.5 W wouldn't be duplicated at 77 W. What I was trying to say was that EA customers would have their locals come from either 61.5 W or 77 W so an EA customer wouldn't need to have a dish to pick up all three slots only two, 72.7 W and the one with their locals on it. This would make it easier and cheaper to install the dish. To add on to this concept, I don't see Dish having enough uplinks to use all 32 TPs at 61.5 W for spotbeams so perhaps some of the international programming could stay there as well as perhaps EA distant networks or other speciality programming.

I see, but is a full EA Dish really that much more? Might as well keep flexibility.

[rocatman]

I see, but is a full EA Dish really that much more? Might as well keep flexibility.

It isn't the dish itself but the aiming and the LNB/switching complexity that ups the cost of an installation. I don't understand why Dish would put international programming on 72.7 W instead of just leaving it/bringing it back on 61.5 W for the EA customers. I'm not saying take it off 118.7 W for WA customers, it just makes more sense to have it on 61.5 W.

[Scott Greczkowski]

National HD and locals at 61.5, core programming on 77 and internationals on 72.7.

Lots of folks have 61.5 for HD now, and if they moved it there would be lots of Dish upgrades needed.

[kstuart]

I guess the question is whether Dish waits until E-6 is moved to add more HD programming or just puts it on Nimiq 5 at 72.7 W until E-6 gets to 61.5 W. I know it will piss off the 61.5/110/119 W folks but it may only be for about a month or so.

If you look at yesterday's Uplink Report, you will see the new HD channels are already uplinked to 72.7 W (and 129, of course).

[Scott Greczkowski]

If you look at yesterday's Uplink Report, you will see the new HD channels are already uplinked to 72.7 W (and 129, of course).

Again they are on 72.7 to test the satellite.

If they turned them on there and 129 I would estimate that 65% of the people would not get them, there are a lot of people with old Dish 500's on the Western Arc who have 61.5 dishes for HD.

[navychop]

I'm sure Dish will make all EA installs for all three sats, just for future flexibility, as stated above. Things can change in 5-10 years, way beyond expectations.

[Bob Haller]

It was launched on July 14th, 2000.

I attended its birth err launch......

It was a night launch and very beautiful

[kstuart]

Again they are on 72.7 to test the satellite.

If they turned them on there and 129 I would estimate that 65% of the people would not get them, there are a lot of people with old Dish 500's on the Western Arc who have 61.5 dishes for HD.

Why would they create Dish Latino channel numbers for test channels ?