SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 02/09/2008

[digiblur]

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As Scott and I said yesterday, new HD's are up in testing mode and some continue with the international consolidation campaign.

Very good news in my opinion!

 

[bgsmallwood]

Very good news indeed.

I wonder what they are, hmmm.....

 

[DWS44]

5 TEMP channels...guess they've decided to kill our uplink fun by not naming the channels when uplinked anymore.

 

[tigerfan33]

The temp. are the ones they are testing. Transponder 11 still has room for a few more?

 

[Yes616]

I am now noticing SNY-HD (channel 388 and mapped to a second 438) is showing a message that you should tune to channel 438 to view it starting next Wednesday.

Does this mean that RSN's will no longer be in the upper 300 range at all?

 

[digiblur]

The temp. are the ones they are testing. Transponder 11 still has room for a few more?

No.

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[Mdvalenz]

I was hoping for this week but maybe they will wait for the next sat to launch

 

[tigerfan33]

I was hoping for this week but maybe they will wait for the next sat to launch

Doubtful we will have to wait that long.

 

[kennya]

So, the chart shows 5 TEMP HD channels. Do these 5 include USA and SCIFI or are those still unplinked seperatly (not sure if I asked that right)?

 

[jself1982]

Digiblur

Can you tell if the temp channels is the same as what we discussed in the pub? or are they just slates until the actual channel comes live?

 

[tigerfan33]

So, the chart shows 5 TEMP HD channels. Do these 5 include USA and SCIFI or are those still unplinked seperatly (not sure if I asked that right)?

Those are on another sat. They are still there.

 

[kennya]

So actually, we could see 7 new HD channels then.....

 

[digiblur]

So, the chart shows 5 TEMP HD channels. Do these 5 include USA and SCIFI or are those still unplinked seperatly (not sure if I asked that right)?

When in doubt... Check TheList.

They are still on 110.

 

[kennya]

When in doubt... Check TheList.

They are still on 110.

I get confused to easily, better to ask...

 

[skyviewmark]

So actually, we could see 7 new HD channels then.....

Or we could see nothing. USA and SciFi have been uplinked forever already. Welcome to another fun episode of "As the Dish Churns"....

 

[ReconPJ]

FOXBA in HD???

 

[mjbarnard]

I was hoping to see Speed Channel in hd in the uplink report today. From the Speed Channel website:

"SPEED will make its move to High Definition in 2008, beginning Feb. 7 with 100 hours of NASCAR on SPEED HD from Daytona Speedweek"

Oh well.

 

[jself1982]

Is this the only uplink report for today or will there be more right after 130pm est?

 

[digiblur]

Digiblur

Can you tell if the temp channels is the same as what we discussed in the pub? or are they just slates until the actual channel comes live?

Speculation says "yes". They are encrypted now so I don't know for 100% sure. You can see from the picture below that it is actual video though.

 

[digiblur]

Is this the only uplink report for today or will there be more right after 130pm est?

It is usually one a shot deal on Wednesday. If they have some encoder/TP moves they will do this during Wednesday night to minimize the number of calls if something goes wrong.