Dish HD Channel Moves Coming...

[Scott Greczkowski]

Just got this in my INBOX.

IMPORTANT CHANNEL MOVE!!

All the HD programs allocated in transponders 20 and 24 in satellite 129º will be transferred from satellite 129º to 110º starting Wednesday July 22nd. Also all the programs allocated in transponder 21 in satellite 61.5 will be transferred from satellite 61.5º to 77º also starting Wednesday July 22nd.

The change of satellite 110 / transponder 19 to 8PSK (HD) format occurred Wednesday, July 15th in preparation for the addition of several high definition programming services on this satellite, scheduled for Wednesday, July 22nd These services are existing channels which will be relocated from transponders 20 and 24 on the 129 satellite and include the following:


387 - CI
374 - FTV
9446 - WGN
541 - HDPPV
9457 - GREEN
544 - HDPPV
9495 - CBS C
5304 - FTV
9496 - SEDGE
9481 - TMC-E
9498 - STRZW
9500 - BIG10
9505 - ENCOR
9508 - NBATV

Thank you to everyone who sent this one along. Sounds like things are going to get interesting over the next few weeks.

 

[jmccurrytech]

Well... If I was a betting man, I'd say they're making room for more local HD

 

[TheKrell]

Well... If I was a betting man, I'd say they're making room for more local HD

Don't know my 129 that well. But TP21 on 61.5 is currently in conus mode and could potentially be switched to spotbeam mode. TP21 can go on spotbeams 2, 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, and 22.

 

[goaliebob99]

Well... If I was a betting man, I'd say they're making room for more local HD

I would think HDRSN's are in order. Why waste a national TP on local hd

 

[tigerfan33]

Yea. I wonder if they will be trading Conus for Spots or Conus for Conus??
Me hopes for second. Unless they want fire up my CW of course.

 

[tigerfan33]

I would think HDRSN's are in order. Why waste a national TP on local hd

You got that right Bob!!
Along with a channel called ESPNU hd!!
Can anyone tell I really want this channel?

 

[ehren]

they better take care of the bandwidth problems for RSN-HD games. I am sick of missing Brewers games in HD, especially tomorrow night!!!!!!!!!

 

[SpaethCo]

Indeed. With RSNs like FOX committing to going 100% HD over the course of the year, I really hope Dish is planning the channel capacity to keep up.

 

[Andrewwski]

So if I'm interpreting this correctly - the channels on TP 21 of 61.5 will be the same as the ones transferring from 129 to 110?

Or else what happens to those with 61.5/110/119 setups?

 

[reckoniez]

i have 110, 119 on one dish and 61.5 as a second dish so will i just get those channels that are moving from 110 now?

 

[satjay]

I would think HDRSN's are in order. Why waste a national TP on local hd

If that is the case, Full time RSN's.....and maybe ESPNU??? I may look past being charged an extra 10.00 for platnium come August 1st.....Well maybe not

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

So if I'm interpreting this correctly - the channels on TP 21 of 61.5 will be the same as the ones transferring from 129 to 110?

Or else what happens to those with 61.5/110/119 setups?

Nothing, you will get the one HD transponder from 110 instead of 61.5, all of the other HD on 61.5 will still come from 61.5.

 

[tnsprin]

I would think HDRSN's are in order. Why waste a national TP on local hd

They offer RSN nationally if you pay extra. Black out rules of course apply. Currently those who want all need both 129 and 61.5.

 

[tigerfan33]

They offer RSN nationally if you pay extra. Black out rules of course apply. Currently those who want all need both 129 and 61.5.

I do believe he is talking FULLTIME rsn hd.

 

[--sexy-warlock--]

They offer RSN nationally if you pay extra. Black out rules of course apply. Currently those who want all need both 129 and 61.5.

He is talking about full time HD RSN's.

EDIT: Beaten to it. This place is fast, and that is awesome.

 

[rajmarie]

Well...if the HD on 110 will be on CONUS...more HD channels can be made available for PR

 

[HDRoberts]

Don't know my 129 that well. But TP21 on 61.5 is currently in conus mode and could potentially be switched to spotbeam mode. TP21 can go on spotbeams 2, 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, and 22.

Well, they are not moving anything off 61.5 just yet (need to load those channels on 72.7 or 77 first for eastern arc-ers).

129 has only one switchable TP (at least for the US, there is a Canadian beam that probably will never be used), namely TP17.

Moving channels to E11 at 110 enables them to provide the HD to AK, HI, and PR without using spotbeam space. Given recent changes in those packs, I bet this is the big reason.

Also, now maybe they can use another 129 TP for part time RSNs.

I really hope they won't start offering full time RSNs until they find homes for AMC, IFC, TCM, HLN, ESPNU, E!, G4, Hallmark, and Outdoor.

 

[digiblur]

Don't know my 129 that well. But TP21 on 61.5 is currently in conus mode and could potentially be switched to spotbeam mode. TP21 can go on spotbeams 2, 4, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 20, and 22.

That's CONUS only on 129. On 61.5 the highest beam number used is 17, 129 picks up the rest of the west coast beams that 61.5 doesn't need to use.

 

[digiblur]

I'm still curious how these channels are going to look packing all that into one transponder. Not mention how are they going to look on 77 since 77 doesn't run 8PSK, their transponders are 30 megabit instead of 40.

 

[PHXHoward]

I really hope they won't start offering full time RSNs until they find homes for AMC, IFC, TCM, HLN, ESPNU, E!, G4, Hallmark, and Outdoor.

I agree. Fulltime RSNs are unnecessary so long as the important games are broadcast which they seem to be.