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Jim S. said:
If what I read quite a while ago on AVSForum is true, I can't imagine Dish ever carrying Epix.

What I read was that Epix repeats as much as Voom or Smithsonian.
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Digiblur seems to think the fact that the EPIX HD channel (TMP65) was assigned a Dish Latino number in a previous uplink means the contracts have been signed as he says they usually don't do that unless negotiations are complete.

On the Scotty Chat audio podcast last night (around 55:25) Scott mentioned the holdup was about getting authentication for E* customers to use the EPIX website and some problems they were having.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/satelliteguys/2010/02/09/scotty-chat.mp3?localembed=download (Mp3 link)
 
Jim S. said:
If what I read quite a while ago on AVSForum is true, I can't imagine Dish ever carrying Epix.

What I read was that Epix repeats as much as Voom or Smithsonian.
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If you think Dish dropped Voom or Smithsonian due to repeats then you believe press releases too much. Dish dropped both due to disagreements over carriage fees.
 
allargon said:
If you think Dish dropped Voom or Smithsonian due to repeats then you believe press releases too much. Dish dropped both due to disagreements over carriage fees.
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Which of course hinges on the value of the channel to the customer, where endless repeats are definitely not worth as much as a channel that has a lot of different content.
 
Nominal said:
Digiblur seems to think the fact that the EPIX HD channel (TMP65) was assigned a Dish Latino number in a previous uplink means the contracts have been signed as he says they usually don't do that unless negotiations are complete.

On the Scotty Chat audio podcast last night (around 55:25) Scott mentioned the holdup was about getting authentication for E* customers to use the EPIX website and some problems they were having.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/satelliteguys/2010/02/09/scotty-chat.mp3?localembed=download (Mp3 link)
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EPIX website has been around for 4 months and they can not
handle Dish customers coming in and using their website
when Dish adds the channel?
 
space86 said:
EPIX website has been around for 4 months and they can not
handle Dish customers coming in and using their website
when Dish adds the channel?
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As Scott said in the podcast the EPIX authentication scheme is designed for people who have their email/internet service and video services from the same company (Verizon FIOS, cable and telco providers, etc.), but Dish customers have emails from a variety of sources. They are supposedly trying to merge the databases and ran into some issues, which I can believe because just yesterday I tried to use my Dish login (as I was prompted) to register for the NBC Olympics live online streaming and I got an error message. :confused:
 
Jim S. said:
If what I read quite a while ago on AVSForum is true, I can't imagine Dish ever carrying Epix.
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I actually got to watch some of EPIX HD a few weeks ago as Dish was broadcasting it in the clear so that FTA receivers could pick the channel up... it looked amazing. :)

Although not many movies I would watch on it.
 
Scott Greczkowski said:
I actually got to watch some of EPIX HD a few weeks ago as Dish was broadcasting it in the clear so that FTA receivers could pick the channel up... it looked amazing. :)

Although not many movies I would watch on it.
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you give it a soso channel then:D:)i now you said you dont know anymore but i bet charlie is loving the station lol
 
janko said:
Do you think Epix will be in the "second wave" of HD channels?
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Anything is possible.

People PLEASE stop PMing me asking me about EPIX and "Phase 2" of new HD. I have no info other then what I have already said. PMing me and asking me the same question over and over again is not going to change my answer.

When I know more you guys will know more. :)

Thanks!
 
But Scooooooooooooooooooooottttttttttttttttttttttttt, when will we get it??????????????????????????

ON the internets, no one can hear you whine. :p

Are you on twitter so everyone can tweet you there also? :)
 
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How many more months until Epix gets the email problem fixed?

Epix has been around since October of last year so they have had 4 months to fix the problem
 
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