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I was wondering the same; Research Channel has been "Off Air."

Here is a note that was on their website.

During the past 6 months, the University of Washington has continued to operate the channel and website with no direct compensation and has also done everything possible to assist the ResearchChannel board and CEO in making a transition to a new service provider. Unfortunately, it does not appear that ResearchChannel has found a solution for maintaining the on-air or on-line distribution. Consequently, ResearchChannel programming will no longer be available on Galaxy 18 as of midnight on August 31 shutting down broadcast on DishNetwork, Comcast and all other terrestrial broadcast services.