Do you have a link for documentation, I didn't find anything that said that. Not saying it isn't so, but I couldn't find any documentation to that effect.
Wasn't Newsmax on the list of channels that was supposed to be converted to 8PSK on July 15? I am still getting Newsmax on my 501. I am not complaining, just wondering what is going on?
Sorry I do not have a link. I remember reading this in a Canadian publication on-line with quotes from and pictures of Ciel execs and Canadian Govt. people well before the launch of Ciel-2. The crux of the story was that the deal between Dish and Ciel was very controversial among Canadian members of parliament. Canadian politicians are anti-US to a fair degree; they have their reasons. Some Canadian politicians were vehemently against the Dish/Ceil deal because it would not serve Canadians as they were told it was going to be use for Canadian services for Canada, but would serve USA, as so much of everything in Canada gets "sullied" by USA--their thinking, not mine . However, Ciel was successful in persuading the powers that be that it was a good business deal for Ciel--a CANADIAN company--that it would be making quite a bit of money, MORE money by leasing the sat, and, I believe, the slot than they would serving Canadian demand, which was not very much compared to the US who desperately needed the bandwidth. The only way the opponents were, finally, persuaded to go along was the PROMISE that at the end of--and I think this is at the end the 15 year period lease--not the sat life itself, 129W must CEASE USA operations and revert to Canadian uses--ONLY! While Ciel-2 was made to Dish needs (ConUS and soptbeams), it most likely also has the ability to serve Canada with at least one national beam should that become necessary. I don't think Dish ever saw 129 as more than a temporary situation. By the time the lease ends, we could be looking at tweener sats (reverse band) HEVC,the next MPEG, or Broadcom's compression encoding, or even LESS satellite and more Internet and even SlingTV. It is hard to say what the future of DBS is at this time.
None the less the Canadian Govt., just like the FCC, chooses the winners and losers. One underestimates the Canadian Govt. and it people's desire to see their resources being used for their means at one's peril; it's something of a "USA infiltrates Canada" sort of mindset that is hard for people in this country to wrap their heads around, and their are plenty of politicians in Canada who can't be bought off on this sort of subject because "standing up" to the USA is GOOD for their political careers. Thankfully, I don't think Charlie Ergen is foolish enough to rely on your confidence for anything.
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Wasn't AXS on the list of channels that was supposed to be converted to 8PSK on July 22? I am still getting AXS on my 501. Going through the guide, it looks like none of the other channels were converted, either. I am still not complaining, just wondering what happened?
metoo i thought there was suppose to be a list of channels that were going to be convertted to 8psk?
Yes, the list is in post #1 of this thread. However, Dish seems to be behind schedule this week.
Is there any update about this? It does not look like any of these channels have been converted yet.
