There is quite a bit more that is happening. There seems to have been a rather big uplink recently. It looks like they are clearing off the 129 satellite for the national channels as well. Take a look at the channels that have changed. I am guessing that some of the movie channels like HBO, Starz, that were on 129 etc. have changed as well, but I am not subscribed to confirm.
Not sure why Big10 Network just switched transponders on 129 instead of moving off.
Side note - for anyone who is subscribed to NBA League Pass, I noticed in the past week that there were a lot of the infamous JIP for the HD channels. I haven't seen that since the days when there were part time RSN's on Dish. I know some of it is coupled with MLB, NBA, and NHL all going on at the same time - but looking at this, transponder 14 on the 110 satellite used to be the Fox Sports RSN's and the bandwidth was set aside for the live games once Dish dropped the RSN's. Now that bandwidth is being used for national channels. This makes me wonder if Dish didn't re-use the space on 129, transponders 29 and 32, for the sports package, because if they did, they would have plenty of space to not need games to be JIP for HD channels.
Not sure if anyone has access to a full list of the channels that have changed, but I thought this was interesting to see.
Channel | Network | Was | Now |
114 | E! | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
124 | BET | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
129 | Bravo | 129, TP 23 | 119, TP 20 |
132 | TCM | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
135 | BBC America | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
137 | QVC | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
139 | TBS | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
143 | ESPN2 | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
149 | Fox Sports 2 | 129, TP 26 | 110, TP 13 |
150 | Fox Sports 1 | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
154 | NFL Network | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
162 | VH1 | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
166 | CMT | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
179 | Discovery Family | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
184 | Animal Plante | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
185 | Hallmark Channel | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
192 | ID | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
193 | Science | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
197 | NatGeo | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
208 | CNBC | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
209 | MSNBC | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
216 | Newsmax | 129, TP 28 | 119, TP 20 |
231 | RFD | 129, TP 18 | 110, TP 14 |
232 | Cowboy Network | 129, TP 28 | 110, TP 14 |
241 | Paramount Network | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
242 | TruTV | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
248 | GLIV | 129, TP 28 | 110, TP 14 |
270 | Univision | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
273 | Galavision | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
289 | Comet | 129, TP 28 | 110, TP 14 |
396 | Outdoor Channel | 129, TP 32 | 119, TP 20 |
401 | Golf Channel | 129, TP 29 | 119, TP 18 |
410 | Big 10 | 129, TP 18 | 129, TP 23 |