Charlie Chat Recap 3-09-09

Ok either way it sounds like we might see some of the Viacom Channels in the uplink report this week to go live in HD?? This would be nice step in the right direction..
Only one Viacom channel is scheduled to go live this week and that is BETJ.

The rest will be added before April 1st.
 
Why does a contract have to expire before a new one can be struck? Why would the Fox News and Fox Business contracts have a different expiration date than the others. How come all the contracts for Viacom apparently were negotiated at the same time and not Fox?
I don't know about FX, however Speed was seperate from FOX when the last contract was done.
 
Bah, from the sound of it basically implied that don't expect any new content on TurboHD. Hope this isn't the case though.

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.
 
So again, We just got the run around about speed and fx. When Charlie loses a few more subs he might wake up!

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.:mad:
 
TurboHD tier breakdown for new channels

So, did they give a tier breakdown for the new HD channels? Where they blunt about the new channels being OR NOT BEING part of the TurboHD packages? I don't want to get my hopes up...again.
 
DIRECTV at least seems to be able to pick and choose the channels they want from Viacom.

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.

Considering Charlie's apparent preference for "HD" channels that air mostly 4:3 SD upscales, I'm surprised he's not begging TCM to launch an HD channel. Now THAT is a channel that airs mostly older films, and mostly in the old 1.37:1 (about 4:3) aspect ratio to ensure that all HD transfers from the oldest film is pillarboxed, his favorite kind of presentation on widescreen displays. I guess he wouldn't really want TCM HD either because TCM would be smart and air HD transfers of those 1.37:1 films, and he only really likes selling 4:3 SD content as new HD these days.

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?

But keep in mind the SD on these channels beats their compressed counterparts...

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.

Did they say what package ShowcaseHD would be on or is it a premium channel?

:confused: 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.

I wonder in what sat. they are going to put the new HD channels ?

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.)

what is showcase hd Harvey

Talk to yourself much? :D

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. :rolleyes:

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....

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.
 
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....


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.
 
Did everyone ignore charlies drugged out description of how to watch MLB TV on your VIP receiver by going on the internet? Is there going to be a vip web browser in the future? Sorry to bring this up again but non one was talking about it and i love baseball.
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!!!:D :up
 

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