dish will only add full power stations in hd low power stations we have one in the chicago area WCHU azteca america and they are low power and they do broadcast in hd
Next subchannel you think/hope Dish will add?
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They mostly add subchannels and low power stations that are affiliates of the main networks.
NBC wanted an O&O in Boston, but no other owner was selling. They own their Telemundo affiliate out of New Hampshire, so they decided to put the network there. However, the current affiliate, WHDH, brought up that the signal strength for the Telemundo affiliate was horrible in Boston and points south, when compared to WHDH. So, NBC bought the low power station that translated Telemundo. They decided to put NBC as the DT1 channel on the low power station, but put it on DT2 on the New Hampshire station, leaving Telemundo in tact.
Very interesting. Would that make Boston the only market where one of the "Big 4" puts their affiliate on a LP?
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It seems MeTV is the consensus pick, but I don't think Dish will be adding anything anytime soon.
Perhaps. I know that it is geared as a patch for now. As I stated, NBC wants to buy a station to put this new network affiliate on, but there aren't any sellers. This will be mainly NBC network and NBC owned syndicated programing, with local news from the team at NECN. So, it's up to finding someone who will sell. There has been plenty of speculation, including that they were buying the Ion affiliate, trading with Cox to get Boston's FOX affielate, were holding out for Sumbeam to sell them the current NBC affiliate, but no offical word was ever made, until they bought WBTS-LD and added a subchannel on WNEU.
Comet would be my first choice. Call me lazy, but I'm too used to the channel guide and setting timers. Lots of fun stuff on this channel that I'd like to record and watch.
I'd love the one that's re-running the Johnny Carson show every night.
I have like a 125 episodes of Johnny on dvr. I try to watch them when I have time, which isnt often
Heroes and icons would be my pick. At this point it really doesn't matter....I'm still waiting on the Hopper OTA tuner to go back into production.
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I want all of the sub channels available in my market that I can't watch (and record) because my Hopper3 won't save the channels after a scan with the OTA tuner attached. 
at this point the only one I have some interest and don't have OTA is the Heroes & Icons network.
I considered dropping Dish a while back when I saw Charter Cable's lineup, as they have several Portland sub channels, like METV, The Comet, Get TV (Dish has), Decades, Justice TV (Dish has), COZI (FETV on Dish), Laff (Dish has), Escape. They still do not have Antenna TV. as we do not have access to Antenna any way here. If Charter gets Antenna TV, I may at least add the basic Charter package, and go down to a smaller package on Dish. However, we do have most the above sub channels OTA here now. I would love to have Antenna TV, but I do have the majority of my favorite shows they run, on DVD now. So with their current line up on Antenna TV, it is not as important. But I am very happy Dish has added so many sub channels now. Get TV's old TV specials are so much fun to watch. I love the old variety shows.
I like MeTV and Escape. Some of the subchannels play better quality programming in my opinion than some of the main channels.
You need to keep in mind that for most cable companies, they carry the digital subchannels on your locals, so if no local carries Antenna TV, then Charter won't retransmit the channel.
In my area, we get Antenna TV via WBIN-DT2, but the local calls it WBIN Classic. I had to show people the bumpers at the end of Mr. Ed and such shows to prove that it's actually Antenna TV. Could this be the case in your area?
Could we see Cozi TV going 24/7 and replace FETV in the near future as LAFF replaced BHTV? Did I read somewhere that it extended its hours? Out of the current subchannels which could come to Dish that dont have agreements with local affiliates? Comet maybe what others could/cant?
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