New HD Channels Starting 5/12/2008

Wow! All I did was get a nights sleep then I wake up to find all of this!

Yeah I know we already have USA and CNN.

Here is the press release..

Press Release (http://www.primenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=142486)


DISH Network Charges Forward With Another Round of National HD Channel Launches
Sunday May 11, 10:27 pm ET
Satellite Provider Remains On Schedule to Reach Year-End Goal of 100 National HD Channels

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH - News), today announced plans to bolster its rapidly expanding HD programming with the launch of an additional 22 national HD channels beginning Monday, May 12. These additions include:

-- ABC Family HD ( Ch 180)
-- Disney HD East (Ch. 172)
-- ESPNews HD (Ch. 142)
-- Biography HD (Ch. 119)
-- Hallmark Movie Channel HD (Ch 187)
-- Bravo HD (Ch. 129)
-- Cartoon HD (Ch. 176)
-- MGM HD (Ch. 385)
-- Cinemax 5 Star (Ch. 381)
-- Sci Fi HD (Ch. 122)
-- Cinemax HD West (Ch. 380)
-- Smithsonian HD (Ch. 374)
-- Comcast Sports Network Bay Area HD (Ch 419)*
-- Tennis Channel HD (Ch. 400)
-- Toon Disney HD (Ch. 174)
-- Comcast Sports Network New England HD (Ch 435)*
-- Travel Channel HD (Ch. 215)
-- USA HD (Ch. 105)
-- CNBC HD (Ch. 208)
-- Weather Channel HD (Ch. 214)
-- CNN HD (Ch. 200)
-- World Fishing Network HD (Ch. 396)

*Launch Wednesday, May 14

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``We are excited to extend our competitiveness in HD by enhancing our already comprehensive HD lineup with these 22 channels, bringing our total HD lineup to over 95 channels,'' said Eric Sahl, senior vice president of Programming for DISH Network. ``These launches, along with other recent additions such as the New England Sports Network (NESN) HD, reinforce our commitment to offer the best in entertainment.''

DISH Network offers new customers the opportunity to upgrade for free to a dishHD DVR receiver like the ViP722(tm) -- which recently received the top-ranking Editors' Choice awards from both CNET and PC Magazine. The ViP722 is a dual-tuner HD DVR that operates two televisions in separate rooms. The ViP722 can record up to 55 hours of HD and up to 350 hours of standard definition and allows customers to pause, rewind and fast forward their favorite TV programming.

``Our HD services include innovative packages that are aggressively priced,'' said Jessica Insalaco, senior vice president and Chief Marketing Officer for DISH Network. ``That combined with our award-winning HD and DVR technology make DISH Network the clear choice for customers seeking the best value and quality in HD today.''

Qualified new DISH Network customers who sign up with a 24-month commitment will also receive three months of free programming (a $120 value), a free dishDVR like the ViP722 and free installation (a $49.99 value). For more information on DISH Network, visit DISH Network -- Home or call 1-800-333-DISH (3474).

ABOUT DISH NETWORK CORPORATION

DISH Network Corporation (NasdaqGSISH - News) provides more than 13.78 million satellite TV customers with industry-leading customer satisfaction which has surpassed major cable companies for seven years running. DISH Network customers also enjoy access to a premier line of award-winning Digital Video Recorders (DVRs), hundreds of video and audio channels, the most International channels in the U.S., industry-leading Interactive TV applications, Latino programming, and the best sports and movies in HD. DISH Network offers a variety of package and price options including the lowest all-digital price in America, the DishDVR Advantage Package, high-speed Internet service, and a free upgrade to the best HD DVR in the industry. DISH Network is included in the Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) and is a Fortune 300 company. Visit DISH Network or call 1-800-333-DISH (3474) for more information.


Contact:

DISH Network Corporation
Francie Bauer
720-514-5351
press@echostar.com

I assume they will be turned on around 2:00est?

I assume they will be turned on around 2:00est?

Normally you would think so but this is alot! Also notice the official release says "beginning today" so I don't think we will see all of the channels by tonight. The link on the headline page provided sends you to Swanni's page. That says today. This is the real deal.

I knew this was going to be a good week as I stated in another thread as Team Summit starts Thursday. Dish wants to look real good before then.

Wow, that's impressive. The patience pays off! Now we have the channels, the best pricing and the best equipment.

I'm disappointed to not see WGN in with all those channels. I was hoping for more HD baseball. (Never happy)

:yippee: I have called DISH twice this year asking about opting out of my contract. When they asked why, I told them that Directv had many more HD channels. Boy, I'm glad I stayed right here.

Will these all be available, with the execption of the premium movie channels, to all subscibers?
I currently have the AT100 plus the HD pack.
I think it is called the Bronze package.

:yippee: I have called DISH twice this year asking about opting out of my contract. When they asked why, I told them that Directv had many more HD channels. Boy, I'm glad I stayed right here.

Despite all my complaining, I'm glad I was too lazy to switch as well.

Thanks Yes, as always you da best!!!:yippee:

Thanks Yes, as always you da best!!!:yippee:

Your welcome. :hithere:

NEWSFLASH!!
Channels are now being turned on.. I will report back in a few minutes!

New HD channels now on. Happened about 1:45 CST.

I just rebooted. Yippee.

Yeah its funny, not all listings loaded yet

Confirmed I got them too.

Thanks Dish!!!

Here they are..
BIO - 9443, 119
BRAVO - 9492, 129
ESNWS - 9494, 142
DISE - 9433, 172
TDIS - 9449, 174
TOON - 9463, 176
HMC - 9444, 187
CNBC - 9439, 208
TWC - 9438, 214
TRAV - 9437, 215
MAX-W - 9440, 311
5-MAX - 9441, 314
SMITH - 374
MGM - 385
WFN - 394
TENIS - 9442, 400
ABCFM - 9434, 180

I hope I didn't miss any. I tried to do this fast.

Also, all the HD Only channels have been mapped down to the upper 300's. I will list those in a few minutes but the new ones are shown above.

It looks like the only reason to watch anything in the 9400's are Voom channels. Everything else has been mapped down.

HDNET - 362
HDTHR - 364
UNIHD - 366
MHD - 369
HDNMV - 383
MGM - 385
VS/GF - 398

Yeah its funny, not all listings loaded yet

That always happens, if you want complete program info, do a switch test and force the new info to download.

Congrats guys. All I want on the list of your new channels that Direct currently does not have is the Travel Channel.

Congrats guys. All I want on the list of your new channels that Direct currently does not have is the Travel Channel.

World Fishing Network comes to mind immediately. Check my chart above.

I'm working at home right now, so I had only a few minutes to turn on the TV and breeze through the new HD channels (wow!). As a tennis enthusiast, I noticed that I am not getting the Tennis Channel in HD, so I assume that is an AT250 channel (I have AT200). No problem -- I'll just upgrade if want it that bad. Does anybody know offhand if any of the other new HD channels are for AT250 subs only?

. Does anybody know offhand if any of the other new HD channels are for AT250 subs only?

Can't tell...I had to upgrade to get the NHL Playoffs on VS.:(

World Fishing Network comes to mind immediately. Check my chart above.

I think you misunderstood? I wasn't listing who doesn't and does have what; I was stating of those that Dish currently added that Direct still doesn't have, Travel would be the only one I want. IOW, I don't care if Direct gets WFN or 5-Max.

That always happens, if you want complete program info, do a switch test and force the new info to download.

Forced download three times, the guide info is still not there for Smith, MGM, Tennis, and WFN channels.

I think you misunderstood? I wasn't listing who doesn't and does have what; I was stating of those that Dish currently added that Direct still doesn't have, Travel would be the only one I want. IOW, I don't care if Direct gets WFN or 5-Max.

Oops.. sorry. But in that case you might like some of the Vooms. Monsters and Rave are watched almost everyday around here. I also have a friend who always needs to look at Kung Fu when he stops by. Nobody likes everything on Voom but I would hate to loose these channels. Not all of them anyway.

Forced download three times, the guide info is still not there for Smith, MGM, Tennis, and WFN channels.

I am only seeing about an hour ahead right now too. It happens all the time for me too.

I don't worry about it as I know the whole 9 days will be there in the morning.

didnt dish always have CNN hd and SIFI hd ?????

CNN/SCIFI only went live a few weeks ago. CNN was a bit out of the blue and SciFi/USA appeared when we were promised ESPNHD and CartoonNetworkHD.

Can't wait to get home tomorrow and check them out.

Attached is the latest Dish and Direct comparison chart courtesy of dfergie at satelliteguys

didnt dish always have CNN hd and SIFI hd ?????

Always was a long time. It's been about 3 weeks. ;)

Here is something put together by CNET.

http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5108854-5.html

Decent additions but adding The Speed Channel in HD would have been the icing on the cake. This is the one I want!!! Come on DISH get with it!

Thanks for the update. Loving the new HD channels. Gimme Gimme more..:banana: :banana:

Decent additions but adding The Speed Channel in HD would have been the icing on the cake. This is the one I want!!! Come on DISH get with it!

AMEN! I so want to see a F1 race in HD. Sunday, I tuned my SD tv surround sound on and the picture off, and watched the video feed on my HDTV....... I had the walls shakin' nothing like hearing an 18,000 rpm engine go through the gears in 6 seconds:yippee:

DISH told me weeks ago to ger on their email list so I would know about the new HD channels first hand........I have yet to receive a notice. That's pretty stupid on their part. Thank God for this forum.

Normally you would think so but this is alot! Also notice the official release says "beginning today" so I don't think we will see all of the channels by tonight. The link on the headline page provided sends you to Swanni's page. That says today. This is the real deal.

I knew this was going to be a good week as I stated in another thread as Team Summit starts Thursday. Dish wants to look real good before then.

Well I have a few words to eat tonight. I did not think Dish could pull off the launch of all of these channels. Ku-dos to Dish! All of the announced national HD channels reported to go live, did go live! WOW!!

You gotta be impressed with Dish tonight.

Going to watch the Tech Forum now.. see ya later

Here is a current list (to the best of my knowledge) of HD channels provided by each provider. This is a list of everyday HD channels - no PPV or sports packages like Center Ice or Sunday Ticket. I have only included one regional sports network because that is all you get unless you subscribe to all of them. It's a chart we use for customers to make an informed decision. Count the channels - you might be surprised.

Carried by BOTH providers in Black
DirecTV ONLY in Blue
Dish Network ONLY in RED
The 101
A&E
ABC Family
Animal Planet
Big Ten Network
Biography Channel
Bravo
Cartoon Network
CNBC
CNN
CMT
Disney East
Discovery
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNEWS
Food Network
FOX Business
FOX Sports Midwest
FUEL TV
FX
Hallmark Channel
HD Net
HD Theatre
History Channel
HGTV
MHD
National Geographic
NFL Network
NHL Network
Nickelodeon (East)
Science Channel
SciFi
Speed Channel
Spike TV
TBS
Tennis Channel
TLC
TNT
Toon Disney
USA
VH1
Weather Channel
World Fishing Netwok
Versus/Golf Channel
HDNet Movies
MGM
Simthsonian Channel
NBC Universal
HD News
Rush – Extreme Sports
Rave – 24/7 Concerts
Gallery
Monsters
World Sport – International Sports like soccer, tennis, etc.
NBA TV
Treasure - Dedicated to what people treasure in life, from antiques to adventures
ULTRA – Fashion
Animania – Cartoons and Adult animation programming
Film Fest – Commercial free classic and indie films
FU – 24/7 martial arts movies
Equator - Intriguing people and places with intelligent travel, nature and cultural programs
Family Room - Family safe programming
GamePlay – Latest in gaming industry including reviews, game tips, tournaments, etc


If you subscribe to the following premium channels you will receive the following HD channels:
HBO East
HBO West
Starz! East
Starz! West
Starz! Comedy
Starz! Edge
Starz! Kids
Showtime East
Showtime West
Showtime 2
Movie Channel East
Cinemax East
Cinemax West
Cinemax 5 Star

DISH Network has also announced the addition of these HD channels (plus more) by the end of the year at the latest. DISH will not give a timeline, but many believe that most of these channels will be up by the end of May. Hopefully some sort of timeline will be presented at team summit.

AMC
BET
CMT
HBO2
IFC
MTV
Nick
StarzEdge
VH1
WGN

On the Dish side of things, it's only missing the Voom Movie Channel.

A D* subscriber will hopefully confirm that side of things.

Somebody else will please count these and tell us the score. :thumbsup:

On the Dish side of things, it's only missing the Voom Movie Channel.

A D* subscriber will hopefully confirm that side of things.

Somebody else will please count these and tell us the score. :thumbsup:

82 Dish to 91 Direct, counting everything except locals

Excluding PPV's, RSN's, Sports packages, & Locals, it is 59 Dish to 61 Direct

Thanks to all you guys for the channel listings. A friend came by today just as the channels went up. We watched the Smithsonian program about English Castles. How beautiful. :)

82 Dish to 91 Direct, counting everything except locals

Excluding PPV's, RSN's, Locals it is 46 Dish to 54 Direct

Sounds like a championship basketball game going on. The game still continues. It ends when it ends. :hithere:

Sounds like a championship basketball game going on. The game still continues. It ends when it ends. :hithere:

This is a good thing. Hopefully this will continue into non stop overtime.

Look's like Dish did not gain as much HD channels as previously thought? They added 17 channels today and yet removed 10 VOOM channels for a total of 7 gained.

http://www.dishnetwork.com/hdupdate/

DISH Network continues to be the leader in providing the best movies, sports and entertainment in High Definition. In order to provide you with top quality entertainment, DISH Network continually evaluates and at times, makes changes to our channel line-up. We are excited to announce the addition of over 22 new high definition channels which will provide our customers with top rated programming. As of result of these additions, we removed some channels that are less popular with our customers. These channels are not available with any other satellite provider. Watch for even more high definition channels over the upcoming weeks as DISH Network grows to over 100 of the best national HD channels by end of year.

----------------------------------------------

Seems Dish is also having bandwidth issues.

82 Dish to 91 Direct, counting everything except locals

Excluding PPV's, RSN's, Sports packages, & Locals, it is 59 Dish to 61 Direct

Looks like we have to remove 10 VOOM channels of Dish's list. That will give Dish 49 National HD and Direct 61, excluding RSN's, PPV, Sports Packs, and Locals.

So does that give Dish more bandwidth to play with is this a swop?

I didn't watch Voom that much but I'm sure Dish knows exactly how many people watch each channel and acted accordingly.

Still, a net 7 gain (incl Smithsonian and Weather channels) it still counts as a good week.

I don't watch a lot of the voom programming but curious which channel's got removed, anybody know?

They must of taken off some of the Voom channels after they added the update, because they were all there at one point. Did not notice that.

I show the count (including RSN if you have one in your area in HD) at 52 everyday HD channels to DTV's 61. Eliminate the duplicate East/West movie channels and the totals are 51 DISH and 57 DTV. I could be off 1 or 2.

Still lagging - but much improved. I will miss the Voom Movie Channel, Gallery, World Cinema, Animania.

Should make room for the other 10 channels they have on their hot list.

AMC
BET
CMT
HBO2
IFC
MTV
Nick
StarzEdge
VH1
WGN

This is a good thing. Hopefully this will continue into non stop overtime.


It will. Since we sell both it is a win/win for us since the local cable company here has been, and continues to be, very slow at adding HD.

Hopefully we can expect some more news after Team Summit.

They must of taken off some of the Voom channels after they added the update, because they were all there at one point. Did not notice that.

I show the count (including RSN if you have one in your area in HD) at 52 everyday HD channels to DTV's 61. Eliminate the duplicate East/West movie channels and the totals are 51 DISH and 57 DTV. I could be off 1 or 2.

Still lagging - but much improved. I will miss the Voom Movie Channel, Gallery, World Cinema, Animania.

Should make room for the other 10 channels they have on their hot list.

AMC
BET
CMT
HBO2
IFC
MTV
Nick
StarzEdge
VH1
WGN
That is good. It is better to be closer than lagging. Better for both providers.

A quote from MultiChannel News columnist Scott Greczkowski: "The channels removed from the Dish Network lineup are HDNews, UltraHD, Treasures HD, WorldSport HD, The new VOOM HD Movies channel, Filmfest HD, Gameplay HD, Animania HD and Family Room HD....

Plus this .. "There has to be more to this story, Dish had more then enough bandwidth to carry all the new channels plus all 15 VOOM channels, after all their aired all day together without an issue. On the HD announcement channel on Dish Network it mentions that new HD channels will be coming to Dish in weeks. I am wondering if the VOOM channels were removed because of the problem with the AMC14 satellite and this is Dish Networks way of reclaiming bandwidth to launch more nationally know HD channels? If this is the case then why were the VOOM channels removed last night."

Will most likely be a hot topic at Team Summit. I wonder if this is part of a power play on DISH's part to force Voom to drop their lawsuit. Interesting to say the least.

I was surprised they dropped some VOOM. I liked the HD News. I see now I have 9472 & 9486 showing a 30 second looped video telling me all about the new HD channels. It is broadcast in SD.

I will not miss the Voom channels, but the channels they added do not interest me much. My wife likes Bravo and my son likes Disney, so the good thing that will come out of this is that these were the only channels keeping me from getting the all HD package.

My big question is, do these new channels have any HD programming? Bravo, Disney, Travel, TWC, WFN and Toon Disney did not have anything on in HD when I had them on last night. CN was in stretch-o-vision. Smithsonian had a show about tigers that was SD 16:9. I have never heard of any of the movies on MGM channel. I did not check ESPNnews, ABCFam or CNBC because I REALLY don't care about these.

It's great that they added new HD channels, but where is the HD programming?

I'm not complaining, I just don't see what is so exciting about these channels.

Well I think we're all aware that slapping 'HD' on the end of a channels name doesn't always mean there will be a lot of HD content.

I think it's an exciting move by Dish because they're not just laying down and are actually trying to compete with Direct.

Over time these channels, like all others, will fill up with HD content. Except of course material more than 4 or 5 years old.

AMEN! I so want to see a F1 race in HD. Sunday, I tuned my SD tv surround sound on and the picture off, and watched the video feed on my HDTV....... I had the walls shakin' nothing like hearing an 18,000 rpm engine go through the gears in 6 seconds:yippee:

DISH told me weeks ago to ger on their email list so I would know about the new HD channels first hand........I have yet to receive a notice. That's pretty stupid on their part. Thank God for this forum.


F1 is not broadcast in HD, this year anyway.

My big question is, do these new channels have any HD programming?

CNBC and TWC are nice in HD because the have so much info. on the screen at once. A couple of Cinemax were added. Bravo shows movies. Although most Disney daily programming is SD, their movies should look good.
Considering what we gave up, I think its a good trade. I would still like the dispute with Fox get settled so we can get Speed, Fox News, and Fox Movie Channels.

CNBC and TWC are nice in HD because the have so much info. on the screen at once. A couple of Cinemax were added. Bravo shows movies. Although most Disney daily programming is SD, their movies should look good.
Considering what we gave up, I think its a good trade. I would still like the dispute with Fox get settled so we can get Speed, Fox News, and Fox Movie Channels.

Am I missing something? I watched the weather on TWC HD last night in 4:3 SD and "Major League" was on Bravo HD in 4:3 SD. I'm not saying that "Major League" should look like HD quality, but they could at least find the Widescreen version.

I will say that the SD quality on the HD channels was way better than the normal channels.

Once again, I am not complaining about the new HD channels. I just don't see what all the excitement is about if there isn't much HD content. I did not turn on all of the new HD channels last night, but I turned on most of them at some point and the best I got was some stretch-o-vision and some SD widescreen.

CNBC and TWC are nice in HD because the have so much info. on the screen at once. A couple of Cinemax were added. Bravo shows movies. Although most Disney daily programming is SD, their movies should look good.
Considering what we gave up, I think its a good trade. I would still like the dispute with Fox get settled so we can get Speed, Fox News, and Fox Movie Channels.

TWC gets alot of info on the screen during our "Nationals on the 8's". That will look alot better after their official HD launch on June 2nd.

On that day they move into their new studios with all HD cameras.

I don't see all of this as a good trade as many of the new channels are not real 16x9 HD. They do however look better.

I will talk more about the Voom removals in that thread.

looks like hdnews is one of the vooms that is gone. i would watch it sometimes for a quick news fix but since it repeated about every 10 minutes i guess it was pretty lame. wonder if that main anchor guy was wearing a wig?

A quote from April 2007 I found while searching for release info.


The channels discussed for 2007 launch include:

Cartoon Network
CNN
FX
Lifetime Movie HD (just launched)
SciFi Channel
Speed
TBS
The History Channel
The Weather Channel
USA Network



I'm seeing that Lifetime Movie HD was launched prior?? Was it removed? I dont see it in the HD lineups.. anywhere. My wife needs that channel almost as much as I dont.. and thats a lot. Seeing as a few of those channels did just go live, I'm wondering where LMN is.

Also curious as to if and when MTV will go HD.. I read somewhere that it was slated for this roll-out, or sooner than later, however much weight that carries with rumored releases.

Thanks!
Brian