Prediction on the DISH satellite shuffle
DISH Network has been busy lately shuffling channels around!
With customers in the 2-dish must-carry markets (110 and 61.5 or 110 and 148) getting messages that they'll soon be able to view all their locals via one dish, it looks like the following scenario:
What looks to be going on in the next few months:
Locals (Standard Def): 61.5 for NE US migrating to 110 spot beams and 105 moving to 110 (NE US only) and 129 elsewhere
Locals (High Def): Staying the same - 61.5 for NE US or 129 elsewhere
Significantly Viewed Locals: Staying the same - 119
National pay TV channels: Staying the same - 119
National pay TV channels (Premium, AT180, and etc.): Staying the same - 110
Internationals: Staying the same for now - 121 for select languages
Internationals: New and existing channels migrating to 61.5/148 for bigger markets like Arabic, Korean, and possibly even Hindi (no moves yet but makes sense if Arabic and Korean are moving to the wings)
Business TV: Staying the same for now - 105 (Banks and financial institutions)
Short term (after E10 is in use) Result:
Locals (Standard Def): 110 in spot beams (for big markets that require 2 dishes now) or 129
Locals (High Def): 61.5 for NE US or 129 elsewhere
Significantly Viewed Locals: 119
National pay TV channels: 119
National pay TV channels (Premium, AT180, and etc.): 110
Internationals: 121 for select languages and smaller markets (Chinese being the only big market and exception)
Internationals: 61.5/148 for the bigger channel packages like Arabic, Korean, and possibly even Hindi (no moves yet but makes sense if Arabic and Korean are moving to the wings)
Business TV: 105 (Banks and financial institutions)
So then that asks the question of what's going to happen with 148 once the 148 locals migrate over to 129?
DISH Network has been busy lately shuffling channels around!
With customers in the 2-dish must-carry markets (110 and 61.5 or 110 and 148) getting messages that they'll soon be able to view all their locals via one dish, it looks like the following scenario:
What looks to be going on in the next few months:
Locals (Standard Def): 61.5 for NE US migrating to 110 spot beams and 105 moving to 110 (NE US only) and 129 elsewhere
Locals (High Def): Staying the same - 61.5 for NE US or 129 elsewhere
Significantly Viewed Locals: Staying the same - 119
National pay TV channels: Staying the same - 119
National pay TV channels (Premium, AT180, and etc.): Staying the same - 110
Internationals: Staying the same for now - 121 for select languages
Internationals: New and existing channels migrating to 61.5/148 for bigger markets like Arabic, Korean, and possibly even Hindi (no moves yet but makes sense if Arabic and Korean are moving to the wings)
Business TV: Staying the same for now - 105 (Banks and financial institutions)
Short term (after E10 is in use) Result:
Locals (Standard Def): 110 in spot beams (for big markets that require 2 dishes now) or 129
Locals (High Def): 61.5 for NE US or 129 elsewhere
Significantly Viewed Locals: 119
National pay TV channels: 119
National pay TV channels (Premium, AT180, and etc.): 110
Internationals: 121 for select languages and smaller markets (Chinese being the only big market and exception)
Internationals: 61.5/148 for the bigger channel packages like Arabic, Korean, and possibly even Hindi (no moves yet but makes sense if Arabic and Korean are moving to the wings)
Business TV: 105 (Banks and financial institutions)
So then that asks the question of what's going to happen with 148 once the 148 locals migrate over to 129?
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