Extra Olympic Channels?

[shodobe]

On the Olympic/NBC site there are the usual channels listed for the zip code you give such as Universal, MSNBC, Telemundo, etc..... At the bottom of these listed there are two others, NBC basketball and NBC soccer. What's up with these? I couldn't get a good answer from Dish Tech support, she wasn't sure what these were for(good tech though). Anyone have any answers or are these just late night Natl showings? Thanks

 

[garys]

Expect them this week, they were uplinked but with nothing to show on them yet haven't been made available.

 

[shodobe]

Thanks!

 

[ehren]

What exactly are we NOT going to see as far as HD coverage?

 

[dmendenjr]

Perhaps NBC proper. The only HD channels are NBC, Universal HD, and since they were uplinked in HD, once can assume the basketball and soccer channels.

 

[Cyclone]

Dish has carried special NBC Olympic channels in the past. So I'd guess we'd see these when there are extra Basketball and Soccer games to show.

 

[sbsi]

MSNBC, CNBS will carry some games. They are under Universal NBC

 

[kstuart]

The Uplink Center says:

Uplink Comparison Range: 07/30/2008 11:40A - 07/30/2008 12:01P

Channel Additions:
365(99) - OLMPB [MPEG4 HD] added to Echostar12 61.5W TP 21 ConUS beam (NA)
365(99) - OLMPB [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar5 129W TP 03 ConUS beam (NA)
367(98) - OLMPS [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar3 61.5W TP 16 ConUS beam (NA)
367(98) - OLMPS [MPEG4 HD] added to EchoStar5 129W TP 13 ConUS beam (NA)

Presumably B for Basketball and S for Soccer...