the wife doesn't even care anymore, she figures it'll be after BSG is over.. she already missed tim man in hd.. so she's had it with dish..
Honestly, does anyone know the real holdup for SciFi-HD?
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I checked the UniHD schedule on their website. It goes 2 or 3 months into the future (to June I think). It showed various reruns, then the two 30 minute BSG teaser shows being aired over and over. But then after April 4, NOTHING for BSG - not even any old episodes.
I was actually thinking of posting that here, and asking how set in stone Uni's schedule tends to be. Any chance that will change? If not, looks like NO BSG on UniHD for at least 2 or 3 months maybe more.
I can all but guarantee that new BSG episodes will not air on Universal until quite some time after the premiere. I'd bet not until the season is over.
I was hoping last season would air on Universal HD, but it didn't then either. Now they have even less of a reason to do so.
I was hoping last season would air on Universal HD, but it didn't then either. Now they have even less of a reason to do so.
Why does Universal HD even still exist? I thought it was started so they wouldn't need 20 HD channels to cover all the universal networks.
ESPN unfortunately has far better ratings than SciFi. I watch SciFi more than ESPN, but I am in the minority. Dish will please ESPN/Disney before they please NBC. They know where the larger market is.
My personal speculation is that they are hung up on AMC-14 and do not want to commit to the space usage until they know if AMC-14 is likely to get into position. If they do not get AMC-14 they will have to move internationals pronto to make more space on 61.5, but that takes months. They really need to start this process anyways, but I wonder how much they make on internationals vs HD...
My personal speculation is that they are hung up on AMC-14 and do not want to commit to the space usage until they know if AMC-14 is likely to get into position. If they do not get AMC-14 they will have to move internationals pronto to make more space on 61.5, but that takes months. They really need to start this process anyways, but I wonder how much they make on internationals vs HD...
Actually, Here are the cable rankings
1. USA Network (NBCU) 12 Weeks in a Row!
2. Disney Channel (ABC Family Networks)
12. ABC Family (ABC Family Networks)
15. SCI-FI (NBCU)
19. ESPN (ABC Family Networks)
28. MSNBC (NBCU)
29. Bravo (NBCU)
31. ESPN2 (ABC Family Networks)
Nielsen TV Ratings Top Cable Networks, March 17-23, 2008; including USA, Nickelodeon, Disney
1. USA Network (NBCU) 12 Weeks in a Row!
2. Disney Channel (ABC Family Networks)
12. ABC Family (ABC Family Networks)
15. SCI-FI (NBCU)
19. ESPN (ABC Family Networks)
28. MSNBC (NBCU)
29. Bravo (NBCU)
31. ESPN2 (ABC Family Networks)
Nielsen TV Ratings Top Cable Networks, March 17-23, 2008; including USA, Nickelodeon, Disney
Just saw the perfect comercial for this thread..
it was a Direct commercial...
Ceo's sitting around a table.. one of them says, "Apparently Direct is doing extremely well with customer satisfaction, how are we doing??"
Second CEO looks up and just starts busting out laughing(underscoring Dish has no customer satisfaction)
As evident by the rankings.. You know you have a problem when you can't even bring your customers the #1 cable network in HD when even smaller Cable companies are supplying it....(My local cable company covers a whole 3 counties and they are getting ready to offer it and sci-fi as wellas several other nation HD channels that Dish doesn't consider important ..(They are more concerned with getting large city locals on spot beam, for people to ignore cause they can get the channels OTA with better resolution and bandwidth)
no, I saw it.. figured they couldn't out and out say dish, so they threw in the cable company thing...
Irregardless, it is still extremely fitting...
Heck..My local cable company was always more customer freindly and would try to get ANY channle you requested, and if they couldn't they would tell you flat out WHY...wasn't any of this "Soon" crap or beat around the bush and not activate sci-fi/usa even though they keep leading customers on to believe they will go live at any time....
The previous week, ESPN beat SCI-FI, and the week before that SCI-FI wasn't even on the chart.
Ted
Yup go to the pub and you'll know why I say this. I just didnt pull this out of my ass.
If some one in the PUB had any "inside" information, it would get posted here.
If for no other reason to make up for all the "inside" information that WAS posted here and never happened.
