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Discovery Kids en Espanol and Discovery Viajar y Vivir ("Travel & Living") just recently launched. I'm curious about whether Discovery Kids en Espanol runs a separate schedule from the English-speaking channel or just a Spanish-dubbed simulcast of Discovery Kids, like Toon Disney en Espanol does...

PBS Kids, PBS HD, PBS You, etc. are all available OTA if a local PBS affiliate broadcasts in digital television (DTV) and wants to carry them as digital multicast "sub-channels". That is the main reason that cable and DBS don't pick up more of these as "basic", or whatever - they're allowing the...

Thank you for the info. CNNI is probably the one channel that can make a huge difference in the number of analog-to-digital upgrades on MSO's. As for the issue of whether iNHD and iNHD2 should be offered to VOOM or any other DBS, and not just MSO's, that's entirely up to iN DEMAND how and to...

I don't doubt that VOOM is airing CNNI. I'm just perplexed as to WHERE they're getting it from, unless they're allowed to use Canada satellites to receive it in the USA. Is there anybody with up- or downlink info who could tell me where the CNNI feed for VOOM may be coming from, and whether...

Get rid of Daystar? Why? RSVP. :0)

How are they planning to offer CNN International in the United States on VOOM? Is there a new transponder to bounce it off of, since the December shutdown of CNNfn took CNNI out with it? RSVP. :0)

I think this is a workable expansion strategy. VOOM is based on a very progressive vision, but is suffers from being TOO FAR ahead of its time. Sat TV consumers are still grounded in SD programming, since HD offerings are just not yet diverse enough (due mostly to bandwidth availablity issues on...

It's good to see Total Living Network coming to Dominion SkyAngel, but it's a shame to see SA drop INSP. Is this because Dave Cerullo is shutting down the channel, or does SA think it is just a low quality option?