Charlie Chat Recap 3-09-09
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Only one Viacom channel is scheduled to go live this week and that is BETJ.
The rest will be added before April 1st.
I don't know about FX, however Speed was seperate from FOX when the last contract was done.
Yes, that is what i took from it. But then some guys here have been told 5 to 6 weeks. All I want is FOXNEWS. They can have BET Jazz. And maybe Spike. I wouldn't mind that.
I wouldn't even care if I wasn't baited and switched.
You race fans are in the same pickle us NY Fans are in. No Speed for you...No MSG, YES or MLB for us. Of course whom said Charlie wants to be the Sport's Leader. MSG is not only affecting NY City Subs; it affects the entire state whereas MSG holds the broadcast rights for Buffalo Sabres Games and we don't get those games in HD, while Directv, TWC and Fios subs do.
Dish can't even get deals with locals (unless they are free) that he has to pull them off the air. At least when TWC pulled the cbs in Buffalo, they gave every sub free indoor antenna to pick up the signal OTA. Charlie finally gives you hd lil and then charges you for another Dish to receive them.
Leaves me with no choice but to give up my 722 and move on to D* once my NHLCI sub is done with.
At least there is conversation about Youngstown, I live in Rochester, NY and they aren't even talking about it.
Its one of Showtime's multiplex channels.. "( Like Showtime extreme, Showtoo, etc..)
DirecTV carries ALL those HD channels except BET, which hasn't launched. (They used to show a BET-HD logo on their website) They also carry more SD channels from Viacom than DISH...Logo, plus one or two more MTV/VH1 channels.
I assume this is supposed to be sarcasm of some sort, but any movie lover will tell you that TCM shows more letterbox programming than any other channel. They even have a short documentary they show between films explaining the importance of preserving the aspect ratio. TCM is one of the best candidates for an HD channel, and I suspect their desire to do it properly is why we don't have one yet...all those HD transfers take time and money.
TV Land would have been a better example for your "joke", as it shows VERY little that could ever be properly converted to HD.
Dish is the first to carry this channel, and I am told that most if not all of the content is in HD.
Guess we find out on Wednesday.
Interesting. Are they carrying the SD feed too, or will this be going into Platinum?
This is why I welcome ANY "HD" channel that doesn't stretch the picture, even if the actual HD programming is limited.
Also, many of the channels that initially appeared on DISH with little or no HD now carry quite a bit. Higher viewership creates more pressure to deliver more.
Showcase is part of Showtime of course.However, I'd still like to know if The Movie Channel HD will be included with the Gold packages as Encore HD is.
There are 20 "TMP" HD channels already uplinked to 129 and 61.5 (same channels on each). Presumably, 11 of them will become these channels...room for 9 more!
There are other TMPs up as well, but they will require additional uplinks before they can go live. (Specifically, there are 7 channels at 110 that would require an EA mirror, 4 at 129 that require mirrors at 61.5, and 2 more that aren't properly mirrored.)
Talk to yourself much?
It's the Showtime version of HBO Signature. By that, I mean that they pretend that it features more original programming and "artsy" movies, but really, it's the same stuff that's on HBO/Showtime and HBO 2/Showtime Too.
HBO Signature used to be called HBO 3, and Showcase used to be called Showtime 3. They are brilliant mimics over at Showtime.
There is a channel in Canada called Showcase that is unrelated, though they do carry some of Showtime's original programming.
TIVO
Did anyone else notice how charlie talked about tivo when it was brought up. I believe that it was mentioned that Dish's DVR's are better than TIVO and Charlie quickly spoke up and said that is what CNET says. He stated that TIVO is a very good product and Dish has a good DVR as well. Any speculation on what this means in regards to the ongoing lawsuit? It was almost like he was extending an olive branch towards them....
Did anyone else notice how charlie talked about tivo when it was brought up. I believe that it was mentioned that Dish's DVR's are better than TIVO and Charlie quickly spoke up and said that is what CNET says. He stated that TIVO is a very good product and Dish has a good DVR as well. Any speculation on what this means in regards to the ongoing lawsuit? It was almost like he was extending an olive branch towards them....
Dish is the first to carry this channel, and I am told that most if not all of the content is in HD.
Guess we find out on Wednesday.
I despise Jazz so this channel is a waste to me.
He said that these two channels were up for negotiation this summer . So until then they won't be launched in hd . I don't think he avoided it , but he didn't say it was coming SOON either.
He probably already negotiated something with TIVO or its in the works and he didn't want to piss them off. I predict that DISH will have to pay to license the software in the end. Especially when the judge said it would be in both their best interest to settle before he rules.
I picked up on that too. My thought was that he might be planning to use Tivo software in Dish products sometime in the future and therefore he doesn't want to knock the Tivo name.
So does anyone have any idea how to watch mlbtv or mlb network through your vip 622 or 722 recievers??? Charlie said it cost and you could access it through your vip reciever. I am pretty sure he has no idea what he is talking about(especially when he said it was like al-a-carte-LOL.. But if there is a way to do this through the reciever and some genious out there who can walk me through it PLEASE post how. I love everything baseball and the lack of mlb network is the only reason I would leave for D*......THANKS!!!
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