9/23/2009 1:00pm - Uplink Activity Report - 28 changes

[DigiDish Uplink Report]

SatelliteGuys.US DishNetwork Uplink Activity Report - 9/23/2009 1:00pm - 28 changes

Uplink Comparison Range: 09/23/2009 12:40P - 09/23/2009 01:00P

Channel Additions:
9180(3) - KLEW [MPEG2 SD] added to EchoStar10 110W TP 18 Spotbeam 40 (NA)(Lewiston, ID-CBS)
230 - ICTV [MPEG4 SD] added to EchoStar8 77W TP 12 ConUS beam (NA)
9405 - PNTGN [MPEG2 SD] added to Ciel-2 129W TP 21 ConUS beam (NA)
9406 - ARTS [MPEG2 SD] added to Ciel-2 129W TP 21 ConUS beam (NA)

Channel Removals:
5101 - KOTA (A) (H) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 10 ConUS beam(Rapid City, SD-ABC)
5102 - KCLO (A) (H) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 10 ConUS beam(Rapid City, SD-CBS)
5132 - KTWO (A) (H) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 10 ConUS beam(Casper, WY-ABC)
5133 - KGWC (A) (H) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 10 ConUS beam(Casper, WY-CBS)
218 - MERC (A) removed from EchoStar8 77W TP 12 ConUS beam
5816 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 04 ConUS beam
5817 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 06 ConUS beam
5818 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 08 ConUS beam
5819 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 06 ConUS beam
5820 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 08 ConUS beam
5821 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 16 ConUS beam
5822 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 06 ConUS beam
5823 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 16 ConUS beam
5824 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 02 ConUS beam
5825 - VOD (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 06 ConUS beam
5828 - SOON3 (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 10 ConUS beam
5829 - SOON4 (NA) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 16 ConUS beam
5830 - SOON (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 10 ConUS beam
5831 - SOON (NA) removed from EchoStar11 110W TP 10 ConUS beam
5832 - SOON2 (NA) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 16 ConUS beam
5833 - SOON2 (NA) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 16 ConUS beam
8874 - WHDTD (NA) removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 01 Spotbeam 15
8874 - WHDTD (NA) removed from Echostar12 61.5W TP 01 Spotbeam 9
9647 - MERC (A) removed from EchoStar8 77W TP 12 ConUS beam

Channels in the system: 6603
(A) = Available to subscribers
(NA) = Not Available
(H) = Hidden from non-subscribers

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Waiting for the other shoe to drop....

 

[stone phillips420]

hmm still no bbc or id hd. when?

 

[r10fret]

Oh gee, it only took dish how long to finally get two western arc public info channels PNTG and ARTS up on 129 after 148 was removed from service in July.

 

[Mr Tony]

cool that they moved 2 of the PI channels that were on 148 (until that sat blew up) over to 129

Lots of folks were wanting Pentagon on 129

 

[ncramer]

how appropriate they removed channels named SOON.

 

[digiblur]

The couple of PI channels on 129 will make a few folks happy that had 61.5 for those channels.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Oh gee, it only took dish how long to finally get two western arc public info channels PNTG and ARTS up on 129 after 148 was removed from service in July.

They dont need to carry them at 129 as that license does not have Public Interest rules on it. Same goes for Eastern Arc (except 61.5)

 

[Mr Tony]

The couple of PI channels on 129 will make a few folks happy that had 61.5 for those channels.

you mean 148 right?

 

[digiblur]

you mean 148 right?

No, I've seen a few posts before where people had a Dish 500 (110/119) w/ wing setup for 61.5, then they were switched over to a Dish 1000 and ended up putting the 61.5 back up again since they lost those PI channels in 61.5.

But that also stands true for the people that had 148.

 

[r424chevy48II]

hmm still no bbc or id hd. when?

When or after Directv adds them!!!!

 

[stone phillips420]

doubtful as dtv wont have any new hd til around march 2010

 

[Benhath]

Way out here in the Pacific Northwest I had a dish installed for 148 so that I could see ARTS. Now I have a dish that points that way, but no satellite. I'm happy they chose to add it to 129 since I don't think I would be able to receive 61.5 reliably here.

No, I've seen a few posts before where people had a Dish 500 (110/119) w/ wing setup for 61.5, then they were switched over to a Dish 1000 and ended up putting the 61.5 back up again since they lost those PI channels in 61.5.

But that also stands true for the people that had 148.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

doubtful as dtv wont have any new hd til around march 2010

I would not surprise me to see them add some new HD in January once the NFL season is over.

They are so hurting for bandwidth now that when the Sunday Ticket is on they need take away the MLB GameMix channel from the MLB Extra Innings package just so they can show the NFL.

 

[tigerfan33]

I would say that alot is riding on the next sat. lanch for Direct then. If something were to fail with that lanch it would be a MAJOR set back.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Whats going to hurt DirecTV is when Dish flips all the SD channels on the Western Arc to 8PSK and almost doubles its bandwidth without launching new satellites.

That is going to hurt DirecTV greatly.

 

[digiblur]

Not necessarily double... consider it about a 25% gain, but combined with all those transponders and spotbeams. That's a big gain!

 

[--sexy-warlock--]

When can they make that switch?

 

[digiblur]

When can they make that switch?

As soon as all the non 8PSK receivers are gone. It might be a while...but they could start with the premium channels first. I may not be totally correct but I think any non HD receiver before the 311 did not have 8PSK capabilities.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

From what I am hearing the way it is going to work is areas will have its locals converted to 8PSK and those customers who need 8PSK equipment will get upgraded.

Its almost the same way they did the smart card swap, where one tier of programming changed first and then trickled down.