Pardon me for reviving this thread, but as far as I know Galaxy 8I (X8) compromised mainly of channels from DirecTV Latin America, Galaxy 7 Ku (X7) compromised of the TCI Hits (Headend in the Sky) feeds which consisted of Starz!/Encore movie channels (Starz! 2. Starz! 3, Movie Plex, WAM! West/East, Love Stories, Westerns, Mystery, True Stories, Action, Encore East/West), CBS Eye on People, Ovation: The Arts Network, Fox Sports World, Cartoon Network, Bloomberg TV, The Box Music Network (an MTV alternative, along with MuchMusic USA), History Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, Independent Film Channel (IFC) and several others. But If you wanted to watch Nickelodeon programming (The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Journey of Allen Strange, KaBlam!, Hey Arnold!, All That, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, The Angry Beavers, Figure It Out, Kenan & Kel, Big Help, Nick in the Afternoon, Nick Specials etc...) you needed a C-Band satellite dish (East/West feeds), or you could tune to Primestar on "W7" (GE-2 Ku) which might not be available on 4DTV, but they had a widely array of channels, you needed a DigiCipher II equipment box in order to view it.