Cricket World Cup 2007 : what satellite?

[cbubacz]

Does anybody know what satellite(s) the Cricket World Cup 2007 will be broadcast on? If I were a beting man, I'd say 110/119...but I'm not, so I need to ask.

Thanks if you know.

 

[yapagaldil]

my guess is it would run on channels 455 or 471.

 

[dishcomm]

Unless E* adds the channels, it looks like the cricket matches will be bounced off the 61.5..This seems logical because in the past when our company has gotten orders for E* installs from people wanting to see these cricket matches I usually had to install a d-500 and a 61.5 wing..Also, most cricket fans I encounter are from India or Pakistan...Most of these people get South Asian programming which ironically requires a 61.5 wing dish..Accroding to the www.dishchannelchart.com site the only PPV sports channels(471,472) are on 61.5...as is the only "international PPV channel"...which is 533..That one also is bounced off the 61.5

 

[marathon_1]

Unless E* adds the channels, it looks like the cricket matches will be bounced off the 61.5..This seems logical because in the past when our company has gotten orders for E* installs from people wanting to see these cricket matches I usually had to install a d-500 and a 61.5 wing..Also, most cricket fans I encounter are from India or Pakistan...Most of these people get South Asian programming which ironically requires a 61.5 wing dish..Accroding to the www.dishchannelchart.com site the only PPV sports channels(471,472) are on 61.5...as is the only "international PPV channel"...which is 533..That one also is bounced off the 61.5

So west coasters are out of luck. If memory serves me right I got the Word Cup cricket package in 2003 and it was not from 61.5, in 2003 I only had a dish 500 at 110 and 119.

 

[cbubacz]

OK. I got the answers.

The games will be on channels 457 and 471.

457 is on sat 110.
471 is on sats 61.5 and 148.

Thanks for your help, guys.

 

[S5687]

Has anyone been able to sign up for the Dish World Cup Package yet. The last couple of times I tried the CSRs were not able to add that programming to my account.

 

[EvilEuro]

They've been running commercials for it all over the place. It is also available for purchase online via the Dish website for $199.99 for the entire tournament. That's a marked improvement over the last one, which cost $399.99.

The link on the Dish website is www.disnetwork.com/cricket

 

[quizzer]

OK. I got the answers.

The games will be on channels 457 and 471.

457 is on sat 110.
471 is on sats 61.5 and 148.

Thanks for your help, guys.

There are 2 matches on a single day .. i suppose they will be shown on 457,458 and 471 and 472.

In this way they will cover people who have just 110/119 or just 61.5/148.

Iam still deciding between dish and direct for the CWC.

 

[HDTVFanAtic]

Hmmm.....D* gets MLB......E* gets Cricket