Simon,
Just a quick glance at the channel chart shows me the following:
At 110°
transponder 5 has Roanoke and Little Rock locals that should go to spot beam
transponder 12 has Lexington and lnoxville locals that should go to spot beam
transponder 14 has Jackson, MS locals and the Denver "DishNets" that are definitely going to spot beam.
Transponder 16 has all the Atlanta locals. Many of these are going to spot beam, but not all.
Transponder 20 has Springfield, MO locals and Chicago Dishnets. So between tp 16 and 20 one could be cleared off completely with Sprfld going to spots. So I count a max of 4 transponders available there once E*10 gets up and running. Also remember that you need to convert some ConUS transponders to Spots as well
At 119° No room at the inn. I see a couple of stations that could be removed to a spot beam if there is room for NYC (WXTV, WNET). But that's it. The spots are full, the ConUS Tps are MORE than full.
121° This is mostly internationals and locals and there's lots of room left, but only one TP truly open.
1 Traverse City (5)
2 Lansing (6)
3 Syracuse (6)
4 International and BTV (10)
5 International (8)
6 International (11)
7 Albany, NY (1) Wausau (5)
8 Ft. Wayne (6)
9 Fargo (6)
10 Boise (6) ½Flint (4)
11 Rochester, NY (5) Lacrosse (5)
12 Missoula (5) ½Flint (3)
13 Madison (6) Rockford (4)
14 Albany, NY (6) Providence (6)
15 International (10)
16 International (9)
17 (EMPTY)
18 Portland, ME (7)
19 Molwaukee (9)
20 International (12)
21 International (9)
22 Green Bay (7)
23 Youngstown (5)
24 Toledo (5)
25 Empty
26 International (8)
27 International (9)
28 Wichita Falls (4)
29 New Orleans (9)
Keep in mind that many of the internationals at 121 are mirrors of 61.5°/148° so Dish can make a ton of room at 61.5°/148° by removing the internatioals form these locations at a later date.
At 148 Dish now owns all 32 transponders.
1 Internationals (14) (all mirrored on 121°)
2 Additional locals for Salt Lake (1), Seattle (2), Tulsa (2). Two test channels
3 PI Channels and other stuff
4 Grand Junction (5) and additional Houston locals (5)
5 HDTV Test transponder 2 channels testing
6 Idaho Falls (5) Additional locals for Sacramento (1) Las Vegas (1)
7 Internationals (9) All mirrored at 121°
Additional locals for Santa Barbara (1), Dallas (2) and (2) testing grand rapids
9 International (9) All mirrored at 121°
10 Medford, OR (6) Amarillo, TX (7)
11 International (10)
12 additional locals for Sioux Falls (1), Little Rock (2)
13 HDTV Transponder (2--KCBS & HDPPV)
14 HDTV Test Transponder (2 testing--4 channels listed)
15 Stuff (7)
16 Empty
17 HDTV Transponder (2--HBO & Showtime)
19 International, PI & EPG (9)
20 Test Transponder (22 channels testing--some data some stills)
21 Cheyenne (5) additional Los Angeles locals (2) & demo channel? (1)
23 Open TV & Wink application Test channels (18)
24 EMPTY
25 Additional LA local (1) Additional Fresno locals (3)
26 EMPTY
27 Additional San Fran locals (9), and Spokanne (1)
28 EMPTY
29 Additional Denver locals (6) Additional Omaha & Sioux Falls local (1)
30 EMPTY
31 HDTV Test Transponder 3 testing
30 EMPTY
Dish owns 157° and is only using 3 transponders now with mirrors of channels available at 119°. So there's a TON of room there for something for the west coast, Alask and Hawaii.
61.5° can also make a lot of room by removing the mirrored international channels. But dish only owns 11 transponders and sub-leases 6 from Sky Angel.
2 Additional locals for Philly (6), Greenville, SC (2) Cleveland (2)
6 Internationals (13)
8 Stuff (8)
10 PI channels and other stuff (11)
12 Additional locals for Tampa (5) Louisville (2) Buffalo (2) and Roanoke (2)
14 International (8)
16 Test Channels most are FTA for MPEG 2 receivers right now (14)
18 International (10)
20 HDTV Transponder (2 -- WCBS & HDTV3)
22 Additional locals for Memphis (1), D.C. (6), Minneapolis (1) Boston (5)
25 (Belongs to Sky Angel)
26 International (12)
27 Additional locals for Chicago (6) Detroit (1) Nashville (2) and St. Louis (2)
29 International (9)
30 Additional locals for Pittsburgh (1), Orlando (6), Atlanta (3), Indianapolis (2)
31 Additional locals for NYC (8) Paducah (1) (two more in the wings)
32 (Belongs to Sky Angel)
Dish is also trying to acquire space on the following locations:
97°
http://www.skyreport.com/viewskyreport.cfm?ReleaseID=1283#Story1
113°
http://www.skyreport.com/viewskyreport.cfm?ReleaseID=1454#Story2
125°
http://www.skyreport.com/viewskyreport.cfm?ReleaseID=1283#Story1
See ya
Tony
I went with dish when I did the dish mover deal I really want to avoid at all costs any further contact with them, unless it's something, really, really, much better.
