Encore?

[nogard]

do you have to pay extra if you get the AT180? I'm thinking of switching to Dish from DirecTV

 

[Pepper]

AT180 includes Encore West and the Encore theme channels (Action, Drama, Love, Mysteries, Westerns). Also the west feeds of TMC and TMC Xtra.

 

[TNGTony]

It also includes Encore WAM. It doesn't include Encore East.

See ya
Tony

 

[nogard]

Thank you. I wonder why it doesn't include Encore east. That's a little silly.

 

[TheTony]

You've got a private message, nogard. Hope it helps.

 

[kevlard1]

Thank you. I wonder why it doesn't include Encore east. That's a little silly.

They don't include Encore East because they want you to upgrade to the Starz package which includes that and all Starz channels.

 

[TNGTony]

I am pretty sure it has to do with the way the channels first appeard on Dish. Inertia. Originally Dish added Starz and Encore (just the two channels) and charged $9 a month for them. They later added Encore Westerns and Starz 2 (Which changed its name to Starz theater and now Starz Edge). When they added 110° and AT150 (now AT180) they added the rest of the Encore channels and many of the Starz channels to the line-up. But they kept Encore as part of the Starz package. Encore Westerns continues to be available to Staz/Encore subscribers who have not changed their programming since the April 2000 addition of AT180.

So, due to the way they originally packaged the channels--

Starz Package includes Encore East and all the Starz channels on Dish.
AT180 includes Encore west and the 6 thematic channels.
Encore Movie Pack (available for $4.99 added to any AT package includes Encore West and 5 thematic channels (Not WAM).

See ya
Tony