DishNetwork Uplink Activity Report - 2/21/2008 2:30pm - 9 changes

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SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Report - Week Ending 02/23/2008 - 9 changes

Uplink Comparison Range: 02/21/2008 01:00P - 02/21/2008 02:30P -

211 - NOTAX EchoStar8 110W TP 02 ConUS beam mapdown of 6 added (A)
562 - NBA [MPEG4 SD] added to Echostar12 61.5W TP 13 ConUS beam (Available)
565 - NBA EchoStar8 110W TP 24 ConUS beam mapdown of 90 added (NA)
565(90) - NBA [MPEG4 SD] added to Echostar12 61.5W TP 13 ConUS beam (Not Available)
568 - NBA EchoStar8 110W TP 16 ConUS beam mapdown of 90 added (NA)
568(90) - NBA [MPEG4 SD] added to Echostar12 61.5W TP 13 ConUS beam (Not Available)
571 - NBA EchoStar8 110W TP 16 ConUS beam mapdown of 90 added (NA)
571(90) - NBA [MPEG4 SD] added to Echostar12 61.5W TP 13 ConUS beam (Not Available)

Transponder Changes:
Echostar12 61.5W TP 13 ConUS beam 8PSK added to tables

Channels in the system: 4690
(A) = Available to subscribers
(NA) = Not Available
 
It just doesn't make sense to make an SD MPEG-4 channel available until the SD subs have MPEG-4 receivers. It's probably more QA testing.
 
Yeah true but for those who want to get on MPEG4 Service when its available they most likely will already have a MPEG4 receiver or upgrade to one.. Or new HD Customers will have MPEG4 Hardware 211,622,722 so forth..
 
It just doesn't make sense to make an SD MPEG-4 channel available until the SD subs have MPEG-4 receivers. It's probably more QA testing.

Is Dish setting up a MPEG4 exclusive service? If they were they could sell off the MPEG2 side with the satellites to, let's just use AT&T as an example. It would create a third provider but would open the door for Dish to move forward without having to spend a lot of money or time bringing all the subs with MPEG2 receivers up to date. Just a thought.

If we had all the channels in MPEG4 format. How many SD channels could fit on one transponder?
 
Is Dish setting up a MPEG4 exclusive service? If they were they could sell off the MPEG2 side with the satellites to, let's just use AT&T as an example. It would create a third provider but would open the door for Dish to move forward without having to spend a lot of money or time bringing all the subs with MPEG2 receivers up to date. Just a thought.

If we had all the channels in MPEG4 format. How many SD channels could fit on one transponder?

It is one possible outcome. When Dish reorganized into 2 companies, Dishnetwork got 110/119/129 and Echostar got 61.5 (leased to Dishnetwork) 77 and 86.5 (plus the other non DBS satellites like 105/121).

It is possible they could become 2 companies, they also might just be organized that way to make it easier to get around some regulations on the transmission of services to AK/HI which cannot be done from the eastern set of satellites.
 
If we had all the channels in MPEG4 format. How many SD channels could fit on one transponder?

Current QPSK 5/6 MPEG-2 gives them 10-12 depending on the TP.

8PSK 2/3 gives them about 30% more bits. It is possible with the new super high powered AMC-14 they could get 3/4 or 5/6 error correction, maybe getting 50% bits.

So MPEG-2 on 8PSK could give them 13-16 channels/TP. Again assuming MPEG-4 can do up to 2x MPEG-2 they could end up with 26-32 channels/TP.

If they play around with error correction they could end up with 35-40 channels reasonably carried (aiming for the same PQ as current ones on old system). It seems like they might want 36 to be the goal to give 3x the capacity.

Also remember a ton of the "channels" on dish are music channels, 109 if I count right. It is unlikely they will compress them, but they will benefit from the higher bit rates of using 8PSK.
 
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