DIRECTV says it will go all HD in 2016 , what about DISH?

According to Lyngsat, and other information I can find they have nothing at 110 except a placeholder, and at 119 some locals.
 
The 110 is used for Puerto Rico.
But Directv only has 3 licenses for the 110.
Also fairly sure the 95 is used, as well as with Directv 15 it was a double launch and another Latin America satellite was also put into space. I believe at the 78.8 orbital location.
Unless that is just for Mexico.
 
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According to Lyngsat, and other information I can find they have nothing at 110 except a placeholder, and at 119 some locals.
These channels are on Directv D5 110 right now for the Puerto Rico market

VH1 262
COOK 267
SPRT 295
NIKe 322
DXD 326
BOOM 336
NKJR 337
EWTN 350
LMN 518
HB2 565
HBOS 567
HBF 568
MMAX 572
SHO2 578
SHO3 580
EXTR 581
TMCe 582
EACT 588
ENCe 589
ENCFAM 590
ESNN 646
ESPC 647
FS1 655
HLN 708
BTV 710
FYI 744
BBCA 768

These channels are on Directv D7s 119 addition to spotbeam SD locals, mainly just spanish channels
Aqui 401
UNIw 403
MEGAHD 405
MEGA 405
TELe 406
TELw 407
UMas 408
UMas 408
TVZL 409
UVSO 410
TLFI 411
MEXI 412
DSCE 413
WAPA 414
RMTV 415
NTEL 416
CARA 417
NTN 418
CNNE 419
est5 420
FOXL 421
CIES 422
CILA 423
CINO 424
FOXD 425
beINHD 426
beIN 426
TYC 427
CATV 428
TLCN 429
HOLATV 430
PMTV 431
ESPDHD 432
ESPD 432
BDMX 433
DOMN 434
NGMUN 435
DFAM 436
TVCH 437
ECUA 438
PERU 439
V-Me 440
AZA 441
GANGA 442
HISE 443
PASN 444
MTV3 445
MEX 446
ONCE 447
ENLC 448
CNSONY 449
VMOV 450
DEPE 451
DEPC 452
FORO 453
UNTL 454
GOL 456
ECTV 457
TWCD 458
TVE 460
HITN 461
CINEMX 462
HBOL 511
PTVE 578
PTVE 586
FOXD 624
SONIC 807
SONIC 815
SONIC 824
SONIC 852
SONIC 853
SONIC 855
SONIC 861
SONIC 865
SONIC 870
SONIC 873
SONIC 876
SONIC 877
SONIC 880
SONIC 881
SONIC 882
SONIC 883
SONIC 884
GZTV 2102
88TV 2103
FOODA 2104
88FLM 2105
ICFIN 2108
ICBL 2109
CTI 2112
CTV4 2113
PNAX 2115
HXTV 2116
CCTVN 2119
DTV 9513
DTV 9514
SONIC 9560
SONIC 9561
SONIC 9562
SONIC 9563
SONIC 9564
SONIC 9565
SONIC 9566
SONIC 9567
SONIC 9568
SONIC 9569
SONIC 9572
SONIC 9573
SONIC 9574
BSN 9577
 
Sad thing is if all but one channel was HD. Some guy from Tim buck to, Would complain. No offense to anybody from Tim Buck to.
 
According to Lyngsat, and other information I can find they have nothing at 110 except a placeholder, and at 119 some locals.
Lyngsat is kind of a mixed bag when it comes to currency. There are much better resources for figuring out what DIRECTV is currently doing.
 
At one time it was mentioned that DirecTV either was, or might offer their space at 110 and 119 to Dish to appease the DOJ and FCC and help them move along the approval process of the AT&T merger. I have not read anything else about that in quite a while. If the regulators continue to drag out the merger approval it wouldn't surprise me for them to bring it back up.

I don't see that happening.

Directv has spent millions of dollars to hold onto 3 transponders at 110.

It costs them more to keep a satellite there just to hold the licenses that they do nothing with.

Directv could have given up these frequencies years ago.

Even a transponder swap would have benefited both companies and never happened.

Can't really happen now anyways because there are too many LNB's out there with 110 frequencies being down converted to 119 frequencies.

Besides I would say 99% of dish customers looking at 119 also see 110. Not many dish 300's around like there was 15 years ago.
 
I don't see that happening.

Directv has spent millions of dollars to hold onto 3 transponders at 110.

It costs them more to keep a satellite there just to hold the licenses that they do nothing with.

Directv could have given up these frequencies years ago.

Even a transponder swap would have benefited both companies and never happened.

Can't really happen now anyways because there are too many LNB's out there with 110 frequencies being down converted to 119 frequencies.

Besides I would say 99% of dish customers looking at 119 also see 110. Not many dish 300's around like there was 15 years ago.


They do a lot with the frequencies at 110. That sat is not just sitting there to hold the spots. They are in use. They have been pointed at and have been in use in Puerto Rico for years. They aren't just wasting them, they are using every ounce of bandwidth from them.
 
A bunch of guys on the other site put together a similar resource. It is in Excel format that nobody should have to endure.
I think I have tried to decipher that in the past for spotbeams, when I had DirecTV for a while. It was a nightmare determining what was on which spotbeam.
 
You need to use the filter on that excel sheet to make it easy to understand. You have to filter out your market from the rest.. The key is finding your market number... Which shouldn't be to hard, if you scroll to find any one of your local stations call signs first.. Then filter for that market number.
 
All of my channels have been HD since Absolute, (have Silver Now) If a channel is not in HD by now its not worth watching, IMO.

YMMV

Fine to take that stance but it does not allow you to watch a few niche shows that are very good but are in SD. Impress Me and Schitt's Creek are examples. I wouldn't want to watch the majority of TV in SD but I also am not above a few shows in SD if they are good.
 
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The one decent thing about SD is the space it takes up on the hard drive. Movies and Sports in SD is a non-starter, but other programming, it can be worth it to record in SD to save space.
 
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Content is still King. I'll still watch a show I really like in SD over a blah show in HD. Thankfully there are only a handful that are that good in SD.

On a somewhat related note, what's with some shows all of sudden being shown in SD on the HD channel? Latest is the Critics Choice Awards on A&E, on at the time I am posting. History did recently with an episode of Pawn Stars, and the Comedy channel did for one show. (Can't remember which one) All were on their second or more showing.
 
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