DishNetwork Uplink Activity Report - 5/28/2008 1:34pm - 138 changes

[stevvot]

And once again Dish breaks their promise. The GR locals were to have been available in the second quarter of 2008.

Knowing how they operate I purchased two OTA antennas. I am glad I did. The picture quality is stunning from the OTA antennas!

Unfortunately, the picture from Dish used to be stunning up to December 2005 when all the hd-lite began.

The second quarter runs through June 30, 2008.

 

[fz5j2r]

The second quarter runs through June 30, 2008.

Oops! Sorry, senior moment!

 

[NoCenterIceNoDishNetwork]

Looking forward to seein how the Red Wings look on NBC.

Yeah the timing couldnt have been more perfect. . The first Stanley cup game on NBC and Dish gives it to us that day wow unbelievable. Still kinda bummed that the info for the Buffalo HD locals arent up yet. I keep having to have to reference to see whats on the SD channel. Any idea when the info will be up?

 

[lakebum431]

Yeah the timing couldnt have been more perfect. . The first Stanley cup game on NBC and Dish gives it to us that day wow unbelievable. Still kinda bummed that the info for the Buffalo HD locals arent up yet. I keep having to have to reference to see whats on the SD channel. Any idea when the info will be up?

Have you tried running a check switch to update the guide data?

 

[NoCenterIceNoDishNetwork]

Have you tried running a check switch to update the guide data?

Nope how do i do that?

 

[LER]

Nope how do i do that?

Menu-6-1-1 check switch-test.

 

[Islandguy43]

Can the Buffalo, NY 61.5 folks confirm? Not sure if this is right... PC acting a little funny today.

Ok four of the five buffalo channels uplinked are active.

5181 wivb cbs
5182 wgrz nbc
5183 wutv fox
5184 wnlo cw

wkbw abc is not active. I wonder why, it was uplinked.

 

[wkomorow]

They are making more than the big4 (5184 wnlo cw) available in HD? Is this new?

 

[JohnH]

The first 6 are probably the new free preview channels for june
Channel Package Flag Changes:
116 - GAME - EchoStar7 119W TP 08 ConUS beam changed channel package flags
128 - WE - EchoStar7 119W TP 12 ConUS beam changed channel package flags
129 - BRAVO - EchoStar7 119W TP 02 ConUS beam changed channel package flags
132 - TCM - EchoStar7 119W TP 13 ConUS beam changed channel package flags
185 - HLMRK - EchoStar8 110W TP 11 ConUS beam changed channel package flags
191 - G4 - EchoStar8 110W TP 05 ConUS beam changed channel package flags

GAME, BRAVO and TCM were May previews. They left the preview status. The other 3 and DREAMs became previews.

 

[Cyclone]

Gosh Darn no new HD Dish got some pretty explaining to do---well at least they did not take down some HD channels.

Its not midnight yet.

 

[kstuart]

Its not midnight yet.

It's not Friday yet.

 

[digiblur]

Ok four of the five buffalo channels uplinked are active.

5181 wivb cbs
5182 wgrz nbc
5183 wutv fox
5184 wnlo cw

wkbw abc is not active. I wonder why, it was uplinked.

Nice. CW HD up on a market!

The engineers are just doing their job and get everything ready. It's up to contracts when they are turned on or off. I'm betting the actual station content is being uplinked but is simply set to unavailable due to the retransmission disagreement.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Is the station owned by Tribune?

 

[Islandguy43]

Nice. CW HD up on a market!

The engineers are just doing their job and get everything ready. It's up to contracts when they are turned on or off. I'm betting the actual station content is being uplinked but is simply set to unavailable due to the retransmission disagreement.

Considering the abc affiliate in buffalo is in a sad state of affairs, I wonder why they would play hardball with Dish. Anyways, finally a chance to watch nbc and the hockey game tonight in hd, rather than hoping the ota for the channel would hold out with interference.

Now if they would only add the MSG family of rsn's in hd and Dish would stop me from ever considering D*.

 

[gdarwin]

Is the station owned by Tribune?

Dosen't look like it:
Tribune Company :: Web Guide

 

[Islandguy43]

Is the station owned by Tribune?

Lin TV owns both the cbs and cw stations in buffalo.

 

[digiblur]

Dosen't look like it:
Tribune Company :: Web Guide

WKBW-TV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[jerryez]

HD-Soon!

 

[msherr2]

msherr2,

Just curious. Did you live in Cheektowaga at one time?

Nope - I'm a southtowns guy

 

[NoCenterIceNoDishNetwork]

Nice. CW HD up on a market!

The engineers are just doing their job and get everything ready. It's up to contracts when they are turned on or off. I'm betting the actual station content is being uplinked but is simply set to unavailable due to the retransmission disagreement.

Its always something new to worry about...