CSTV is testing on E*

[JohnH]

Channel 152 from the 110w satellite location. It is not available at this time.

 

[Mr Tony]

CSTV...WOOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BFG]

wow another channel anyone without at 180 or higher can get...

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Very cool John, thanks for the update!

 

[mwgiii]

For those who will ask "what is CSTV".

It is College Sports TV.

http://www.collegesports.com/cstv/

BTW, Woo Hoo! Dish added a real channel.

 

[rjruby]

What's CSTV?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I am hearing that has been added because of something to do with Sirius. (In other word Sirius had a hand in bringing CSTV to Dish)

 

[Mr Tony]

hopefully they put it in At120 (hell, Id be happy with At60)

 

[Bobby]

They'll probably put it in the sports pak....

 

[Mr Tony]

its at 152, so I doubt it (hoping)

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I just spoke with one of my contacts, it appears it will part of the Top 180 Package.

 

[Mr Tony]

damn it damn it damn it

so instead of 39.99, I have to jump to 49.99 from 5.99 (locals to a package).....

 

[jrrdy1380]

I wonder if CSTV is going to be a factor since ESPN announced that they are starting a 24 hr college sports channel, ESPNU? CSTV may have a real difficult time competing with the resources that ESPN has available.

 

[hancox]

nope - I would guess it has more to do with the Mountain West Conf getting football and basketball on CSTV (they just switched from ESPN). MWC has a bunch of teams around Littleton - coincedence? I think not...

 

[rtt2]

INHD and CSTV: College Sports Television Announce Exclusive High-Definition Agreement

Co-produced Weekly College Sports Coverage
Kicks-Off With BYU @ Stanford Football

NEW YORK, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- INHD, cable's most widely distributed
all high-definition network, has teamed up with CSTV: College Sports
Television, (http://www.collegesports.com) to broadcast numerous top
collegiate sports telecasts live, in high definition, starting with the
Brigham Young at Stanford college football match-up Saturday, September 11,
2004 from Palo Alto, CA (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). The announcement was made by
Senior Vice President of Programming of iN DEMAND Networks, David Asch and Co-
Founder and Executive Vice President of CSTV, Chris Bevilacqua.
The agreement provides INHD the right to air the events in high
definition, while CSTV will simultaneously carry the standard definition
broadcasts. The co-produced telecasts will include regular season football,
basketball, ice hockey, baseball, volleyball, soccer, water polo and swimming
events, as well select conference tournaments and NCAA National Championships.
Under the agreement, INHD has also acquired rights for encore presentations.
This is the second consecutive year INHD will produce live college sports with
CSTV.

The following INHD and CSTV co-produced telecasts will be a part of the
2004-2005 season:
* 9/11 - (Football) BYU @ Stanford
* 10/8 - (Men's Ice Hockey) North Dakota @ Maine
* 11/12 - (Men's Ice Hockey) Yale @ Harvard
* 11/14 - (Soccer) Big Ten Men's Championship
* 11/19 - (Men's Basketball) 2004 Pete Newell Challenge:
* North Carolina vs. Santa Clara
* Stanford vs. San Francisco
* 11/20 - (Football) Rutgers @ Navy
* 12/5 - (Water Polo) NCAA Division I Men's Water Polo Championships

"Our relationship with CSTV helps us bring some of college's most exciting
match-ups to the growing audience for high definition television," said Asch.
"Presenting these matches in high definition gives college sports fans the
best possible viewing experience available on television."
"High-definition telecasts enhance the intensity, energy and pageantry of
college sports, making for a more compelling viewing experience for fans,"
said Bevilacqua. "Our partnership with iN DEMAND is consistent with CSTV's
mission of using the latest technologies to connect college sports fans with
college sports anytime, anywhere, anyplace. These telecasts will bring
viewers closer than ever to the action."
CSTV is a multi-media company that consists of the first-ever 24-hour
college sports television network, College Sports TV; the leading college
sports online network, CollegeSports.com; and the first ever 24-hour college
sports radio network, SIRIUS College Sports Radio. Through its numerous
platforms, CSTV provides more live college sports games, events, news,
information, analysis and broadband content, and reaches more college sports
fans, than any other company.
College Sports TV, voted the #1 emerging cable network in the 2003 Beta
research study, televises regular season and championship event coverage from
over 35 men's and women's sports across every major collegiate athletic
conference as well as many select NCAA Championships. CSTV and the Mountain
West Conference recently announced a fully integrated multi-media partnership,
beginning in Fall 2006 that will deliver more games to more people in more
homes across more sports than any other Conference partnership. College Sports
TV currently has agreements with the top three national distributors --
Comcast, DirecTV and Time Warner Cable, among others.
INHD and INHD2 comprise a suite of 24/7 high definition networks that
features commercial-free movies, professional and college sports and general
interest programming which maximize the HD television experience. INHD
provides superior images and sound and more native HD programming than any
other network.
INHD is owned and operated by iN DEMAND Networks. Company shareholders are
Comcast iN DEMAND Holdings, Inc., Cox Communications, Inc. and Time Warner
Entertainment -- Advance/Newhouse Partnership. INHD and INHD2 are available on
Adelphia, Bright House, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox, and Time Warner cable
systems. Further information about INHD can be found on the Internet at
http://www.inhd.com.

 

[jrbdmb]

Not to be a wet towel on this celebration, but let's wait until the channel is announced and available. I still remember how we were *sure* to be getting YES Network back in March or April ...

 

[JohnH]

Not to be a wet towel on this celebration, but let's wait until the channel is announced and available. I still remember how we were *sure* to be getting YES Network back in March or April ...

I somewhat agree with what you are saying, but YES Network was never in the testing stage as CSTV is. There is even EPG data in the stream.

 

[nhs510]

here's the Sirius connection...

http://www.sirius.com/servlet/Conte.../CachedPage&c=PresReleAsset&cid=1093551682719

 

[TNGTony]

I somewhat agree with what you are saying, but YES Network was never in the testing stage as CSTV is. There is even EPG data in the stream.

YES network was uplinked on channel 411 back when it first launched for a few weeks. It obviously never came to pass. But that doesn't happen very often.

See ya
Tony

 

[BillH]

When Will It be Available?

When will CSTV be available for us to subscribe to??????????