SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Discussion - Week Ending 09/15/2007

[digiblur]

Today's uplink report should answer several questions about Big Ten Network HD.

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Highlights:
Fox Ohio? RSN added to 129 transponder 8

HD Pay Per Views are now available. Can anyone comment on the prices?

BIG TEN HD added along with HD "overflow" channels but are not available yet.

Possible DRM testing added for HDNet Movies.

 

[kennya]

Man, still no Tulsa Locals in HD...

 

[digiblur]

Man, still no Tulsa Locals in HD...

I wouldn't hold your breath on new HD locals soon. OTA or "Move" to OKC

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Thats 9 HDPPVs and a whole slew of Alternative 10 channels for B10. Pretty sweet.

Now, how about some more national HDs... maybe next week.

At first I got confused, not seeing that there were 129 and 61.5 listings.

 

[kennya]

I wouldn't hold your breath on new HD locals soon. OTA or "Move" to OKC

I would have to do the "move", but to used to the Tulsa locals now and they cover where I live during the weather broadcasts.

 

[peepoop]

Do people really watch that much PPV?

 

[pdxsam]

SLTV? Another religious channel? I did a quick search and SLTV comes back as a religious deal out of Sacramento.

 

[RandallA]

SLTV? Another religious channel? I did a quick search and SLTV comes back as a religious deal out of Sacramento.

Street Level TV

It's from San Francisco.

 

[pdxsam]

Gotcha thanks.

Now we have to start the chant for TBS-HD by Oct. 1.

 

[JayPSU]

Another RSN in HD (FoxOH) uplinked that is not available? Can someone tell me what that's about? Why do they have all of those uplinked HD RSN's but leave them unavailable? Are they used for the sports packages like NHL CI?

 

[digiblur]

Another RSN in HD (FoxOH) uplinked that is not available? Can someone tell me what that's about? Why do they have all of those uplinked HD RSN's but leave them unavailable? Are they used for the sports packages like NHL CI?

It's all about legal/price negotiations. "We've got your channel setup in our system? When will you be ready to agree and sign on our price?"

 

[kstuart]

Street Level TV

It's from San Francisco.

No, that's a program that airs on Dish Channel 9415.

SLTV is going to be Channel 220, which is right in the middle of the Shopping Channels, so:

Shopping Life TV

Simple Living TV

are two wild guesses...

 

[stone phillips420]

hmm bigten plus alternates now in hd, but all not available, do you think theyll turn them on for saturdays only?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Was QVC really removed?

 

[abricko]

<sarcasm>Dreams can come true! HDPPV BABY! WOO HOO Watch out D*!!!</sarcasm>

 

[digiblur]

Was QVC really removed?

137 - QVC is still there.

137 - QVC [MPEG2 SD] - EchoStar7 119W TP 11 ConUS beam - Available

 

[digiblur]

hmm bigten plus alternates now in hd, but all not available, do you think theyll turn them on for saturdays only?

They are on the same TP's as the RSN's so I'd expect them to be slates when they are not needed.

 

[JayPSU]

<sarcasm>Dreams can come true! HDPPV BABY! WOO HOO Watch out D*!!!</sarcasm>

I dunno, with the fact that you can now save your HD Movie onto your external hard drive and in effect add it to your library, I kind of like having the extra HDPPV channels. Cheaper than buying a blu-ray player.

 

[dfergie]

I ordered a HD PPV for the first time yesterday... seemed to have better PQ than the premiums... beats driving 20 miles roundtrip to rent a HD DVD for the same price...(and it is archivable )

 

[Cyclone]

Do people really watch that much PPV?

Well they can now.

I think that the reason for the 9 HD PPV channels is flexibility. When needed, they can use this TP space for say the Big10 HD games on Saturday afternoon, or NHL:CI or NBA:LP games. Maybe even multiple Olympic HD feeds. That kind of stuff.

And when those events are not taking place (which is a vast majority of the time), they just run HD PPV in its place.