SatelliteGuys.US Uplink Activity Report - 01/31/2007 - 441 changes

[digiblur]

Didn't miss the changes on my report.... I cut out the EPG changes/adds

The SatelliteGuys.US Uplink Activity Report - 01/31/2007 - 30 changes

Uplink Comparison Range: 01/25/2007 10:41P - 01/31/2007 11:40P - (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

181 - PAX renamed to ION (A)
196 - CRNTV - EchoStar8 110W TP 19 ConUS beam changed to Available
282 - HISTI EchoStar8 110W TP 01 ConUS beam changed to BRAVO - EchoStar7 119W TP 02 ConUS beam (A)
283 - EWAM EchoStar8 110W TP 01 ConUS beam changed to GAC - EchoStar8 110W TP 11 ConUS beam (A)
284 - REAL EchoStar8 110W TP 05 ConUS beam changed to WE - EchoStar7 119W TP 12 ConUS beam (A)
285 - IMF EchoStar8 110W TP 03 ConUS beam changed to PCLAS - EchoStar8 110W TP 01 ConUS beam (A)
286 - NTGEO 110.0W TP 11 changed to BIOGR 110.0W TP 21
287 - AMC removed from EchoStar8 110W TP 07 ConUS beam
473 - XGAM1 removed from EchoStar8 110W TP 24 ConUS beam
474 - XGAM2 removed from EchoStar8 110W TP 24 ConUS beam
475 - XGAM3 removed from EchoStar8 110W TP 24 ConUS beam
476 - XGAM4 removed from EchoStar8 110W TP 24 ConUS beam
477 - XGAM5 removed from EchoStar8 110W TP 24 ConUS beam
692 - SLNK2 - AMC-16 118.7W TP 23 ConUS beam changed descriptor flag from 01011BD000FDFF....... to
01011BD000FCFF.......
692 - SLNK2 - EchoStar9 121W TP 10 ConUS beam changed descriptor flag from 01011BD000FDFF....... to
01011BD000FCFF.......
693 - SKLNK - AMC-16 118.7W TP 23 ConUS beam changed descriptor flag from 01011BD000FDFF....... to
01011BD000FCFF.......
693 - SKLNK - EchoStar9 121W TP 10 ConUS beam changed descriptor flag from 01011BD000FDFF....... to
01011BD000FCFF.......
875 - BET removed from EchoStar7 119W TP 02 ConUS beam
882 - PAX renamed to ION (A)
7269 - WTWB renamed to WCWG (A)
8674 - KWBP renamed to KRCW (A)
8834 - WBZL renamed to WSFL (A)
9007 - KAZR - EchoStar7 119W TP 05 North California beam changed to Available
9398 - RFDTV moved from EchoStar7 119W TP 11 ConUS beam to EchoStar8 110W TP 19 ConUS beam (A)
9402 - HHS - EchoStar1 148W TP 03 ConUS beam changed to Available
9402 - HHS - EchoStar3 61.5W TP 10 ConUS beam changed to Available
9409 - RFDTV moved from EchoStar7 119W TP 11 ConUS beam to EchoStar8 110W TP 19 ConUS beam (A)
9419 - A&E - EchoStar5 129W TP 27 ConUS beam changed to Available
9419 - A&E - EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam changed to Available
9632 - TTVN removed from EchoStar9 121W TP 25 ConUS beam

Channels in the system: 4071
(A) = Available
(NA) = Not Available

 

[Smith P.]

digiblur, if you could cut redundant numbers in the part "01011BD000FDFF....... to 01011BD000FCFF"; and the 0101 will be same forever - it's DN ProviderID.

 

[digiblur]

digiblur, if you could cut redundant numbers in the part "01011BD000FDFF....... to 01011BD000FCFF"; and the 0101 will be same forever - it's DN ProviderID.

I can bet you it won't be 0101 forever. I smell a new provider ID coming soon for some channels.

 

[Smith P.]

OK, convert it to "DN" and "APS"

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

The SatelliteGuys.US Uplink Activity Report - 02/01/2007 - 29 changes

Uplink Comparison Range: 01/31/2007 02:48P - 02/01/2007 07:50A -

181 - PAX renamed to ION (A)
196 - CRNTV - EchoStar8 110W TP 19 ConUS beam changed to Available
282 - HISTI renamed to BRAVO (A)
283 - EWAM renamed to GAC (A)
284 - REAL renamed to WE (A)
285 - IMF renamed to PCLAS (A)
**HAND EDIT** 286 - NTGEO [01 01 00 11 00 FC FF .......] 110.0W TP 21 changed to BIOGR [01 01 23 28 00 FC FF ..#
(...] 110.0W TP 21
692 - SLNK2 - 118.0W TP 23 changed descriptor flag from 01 01 1B D0 00 FD FF ....... to 01 01 1B D0 00 FC FF .......
692 - SLNK2 - 121.0W TP 10 changed descriptor flag from 01 01 1B D0 00 FD FF ....... to 01 01 1B D0 00 FC FF .......
693 - SKLNK - 118.0W TP 23 changed descriptor flag from 01 01 1B D0 00 FD FF ....... to 01 01 1B D0 00 FC FF .......
693 - SKLNK - 121.0W TP 10 changed descriptor flag from 01 01 1B D0 00 FD FF ....... to 01 01 1B D0 00 FC FF .......
882 - PAX renamed to ION (A)
7269 - WTWB renamed to WCWG (A)
7667 - WSWG added to EchoStar10 110W TP 25 Spotbeam 03 from Mount Jackson (Not Available)
8674 - KWBP renamed to KRCW (A)
8834 - WBZL renamed to WSFL (A)
9007 - KAZR - EchoStar7 119W TP 05 North California beam changed to Available
9402 - HHS - EchoStar1 148W TP 03 ConUS beam changed to Available
9402 - HHS - EchoStar3 61.5W TP 10 ConUS beam changed to Available
9419 - A&E - EchoStar5 129W TP 27 ConUS beam changed to Available
9419 - A&E - EchoStar3 61.5W TP 20 ConUS beam changed to Available
14341 - KISU2 removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 06 ConUS beam
14342 - KISU5 removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 06 ConUS beam
14343 - KISU3 removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 06 ConUS beam
14344 - KISU4 removed from EchoStar2 148W TP 06 ConUS beam
30201 - VMTRG added to EchoStar8 110W TP 21 ConUS beam (Not Available)
30201 - VMTRG added to EchoStar7 119W TP 19 ConUS beam (Not Available)
30201 - VMTRG added to EchoStar1 148W TP 19 ConUS beam (Not Available)
30201 - VMTRG added to EchoStar3 61.5W TP 29 ConUS beam (Not Available)

Channels in the system: 4076
(A) = Available
(NA) = Not Available

 

[gokamoto]

Dish has 12-13 million subscribers. No way do I believe more than half subscribe to E*'s 2nd highest tier. I'd say the majority in fact subscribe to AT60, then AT120, and so on.

As an interesting data point, Mediaweek provided the following number:

"At issue is EchoStar’s desire to shift Court TV from its most highly penetrated tier, “America’s Top 60,” to the “Top 120” level, a move that would cost the net some 3 million subs."

So, if Dish has 12-13 mil subs, then only 3 mil of them are at the AT60 tier. That sure doesn't sound like a majority to me...

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003540347

 

[MSG]

As an interesting data point, Mediaweek provided the following number:

"At issue is EchoStar’s desire to shift Court TV from its most highly penetrated tier, “America’s Top 60,” to the “Top 120” level, a move that would cost the net some 3 million subs."

So, if Dish has 12-13 mil subs, then only 3 mil of them are at the AT60 tier. That sure doesn't sound like a majority to me...

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003540347

This means that "America Top 60" has 3 mil more than "America Top 120" to me.

 

[Hall]

I read it like MSG. They say it "would cost the net 3 million" viewers by moving to AT120. The "net" is CourTV and I read "cost" to mean "lose". Therefore AT120 has 3 million fewer than AT60.

 

[bowens]

This means that "America Top 60" has 3 mil more than "America Top 120" to me.

But not just AT60 got the channel. It was also in AT120. Say for example AT60 has 6 million subscribers and AT120 has 3 million and 3 million AT180. This would mean, as you said that AT60 has 3 million more subscribers than AT120. Now when the channel was on AT60 there were 12 million total subscribers. If it was moved up to AT120 then there would be 6 million total subscribers. That is a loss of 6 million subscribers. They must mean that AT60 only has 3 million subscribers. That's the only way that statement would make sense.

 

[KwestJones]

I agree with bowens...MSG didn't consider that AT120 gets everything AT60 has.

 

[Hall]

"At issue is EchoStar’s desire to shift Court TV from its most highly penetrated tier, “America’s Top 60,”

Okay, I've bolded the important part.

AT120 does have all the channels that AT60 has. You have more potential viewers on AT60 and that's why Court TV is complaining about Dish moving the channel to AT120. Why would Court TV care if they're being moved to AT120 if it has more viewers ??

 

[Stargazer]

Dish has 12-13 million subscribers. No way do I believe more than half subscribe to E*'s 2nd highest tier. I'd say the majority in fact subscribe to AT60, then AT120, and so on.

I would also think that AT120/200 is the most ordered basic package. AT180/250 is also pretty popular.

 

[bowens]

Okay, I've bolded the important part.

AT120 does have all the channels that AT60 has. You have more potential viewers on AT60 and that's why Court TV is complaining about Dish moving the channel to AT120. Why would Court TV care if they're being moved to AT120 if it has more viewers ??

Exactly. That's not saying that AT60 has 3 million more subscribers than AT120. It is saying that the channels in AT60 have 3 million more subscribers than the channels just in AT120 and up because AT60 has 3 million subscribers (or whatever the original number was).

It does say that AT60 is its most highly penetrated tier but that's because if you subscribe to anything above AT60, you get all of the channels in AT60 plus more not that the there are more customers that subscribe to AT60 than the other packages. It's just that more people get the channels in AT60 than the channels in the higher packs.

 

[Hall]

I'll repeat this part again: If AT120 has more viewers, why would Court TV complain ??

Wait a minute.... If they're in AT60, let's say that's 9 million viewers. By being in AT60, they get 9 million from AT60 plus 3 million from AT120/180/AEP combined. They effectively get ALL Dish customers. D'oh !!! If they're in AT120, they only reach the 3 million who subscribe to AT120 and up.

Heh, my numbers (in theory) add up too with 12 million total, Court TV potentially losing 3 million customers, and so on.

You know what though, I don't watch Court TV and really don't care what package they're in, how many customers they're losing, etc, etc.

 

[gokamoto]

I read it like MSG. They say it "would cost the net 3 million" viewers by moving to AT120. The "net" is CourTV and I read "cost" to mean "lose". Therefore AT120 has 3 million fewer than AT60.

You are both right...I guess I wasn't thinking correctly this morning, as I read it twice.

 

[gokamoto]

I'll repeat this part again: If AT120 has more viewers, why would Court TV complain ??

Wait a minute.... If they're in AT60, let's say that's 9 million viewers. By being in AT60, they get 9 million from AT60 plus 3 million from AT120/180/AEP combined. They effectively get ALL Dish customers. D'oh !!! If they're in AT120, they only reach the 3 million who subscribe to AT120 and up.

Heh, my numbers (in theory) add up too with 12 million total, Court TV potentially losing 3 million customers, and so on.

You know what though, I don't watch Court TV and really don't care what package they're in, how many customers they're losing, etc, etc.

Your numbers don't really add up because with your example CourtTV would be losing *9* million by going from AT60 to AT120. By losing 3 million customers by going from AT60 to AT120, they must have just 3 million customers at the AT60-only level.

CourtTV would complain because that is 3 million less customers, even if more people subscribe to AT120 than AT60, because they would be losing those AT60-only customers.

 

[mattb]

I dont know, if I was court tv I would rather have SOME of E*'s viewers than none...

 

[BlackHitachi]

14771 - KOBI2 added to EchoStar2 148W TP 10 ConUS beam (Not Available)

This is for NBC in Medford OR. It should read KOBI1 not KOBI2. Is there someone i can write about this?

 

[JohnH]

This is for NBC in Medford OR. It should read KOBI1 not KOBI2. Is there someone i can write about this?

Is there a KOBI2?
KOBI1 would normally be a simul of the analog and not need a special. Just suggesting.

 

[JohnH]

Your numbers don't really add up because with your example CourtTV would be losing *9* million by going from AT60 to AT120. By losing 3 million customers by going from AT60 to AT120, they must have just 3 million customers at the AT60-only level.

CourtTV would complain because that is 3 million less customers, even if more people subscribe to AT120 than AT60, because they would be losing those AT60-only customers.

Err, AT120/200 includes all channels in AT60/100. AT120/200 has 3 million less than received the channel when it was terminated.