HD Channel Release Dates

[eyesk8r]

Got this off another site but this seems to be the plan by DTV.

here's a link http://www./showthread.php?t=87235

here's a link to the chart of HD channels by package too http://www./attachment.php?attachmen...7&d=1189317936

Available Now:

70 HBO East
71 SHO East
72 ESPN2
73 ESPN
74 UHD
75 TNT
76 Discovery HD Theater
78 HD Net Movies
79 HD Net

99 HD Pay-Per-View
101 The 101 HD

Depending on service area and equipment:

ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX
CW
MY Network TV

Local Regional Sports Network

*Please Note, a 5LNB Dish and a H20 or HR20 receiver will be needed to view upcoming MPEG4 HD channels*

MPEG4 HD Coming in September:

265 A&E HD
220 Big Ten Network HD (Plus alternates)
296 Cartoon Network HD
512 CineMax East HD
514 CineMax West HD
202 CNN HD
206 ESPN HD
209 ESPN 2 HD
231-1 Food Network HD
501 HBO East HD
504 HBO West HD
229-1 HGTV HD
269 History Channel HD
332 MHD
212 NFL Network HD
537 Showtime East HD
540 Showtime West HD
267 Smithsonian Channel HD
520 Starz! East HD
521 Starz! West HD
522 Starz! Edge HD
519 Starz! Comedy HD
518 Starz! Kids & Family HD
544 The Movie Channel East HD
276 The National Geographic Channel HD
247 TBS HD
245 TNT HD
362 Weather Channel HD
604 Versus/Golf HD


October

282 Animal Planet HD
273 Bravo HD
278 Discovery Channel HD
612 Fuel HD
248 FX HD
255 MGM HD
601-1 NBA TV HD
284 Science Channel HD
244 Sci-Fi HD
538 SHO TOO HD
607 Speed HD
242 USA HD

October 15th:

359 The Fox Business Channel HD


November:

RFD TV


Fall 2007:

Bio
CMT
CNBC
CSTV
Fox News Channel
MTV
Nickelodean East
Spike
VH1


29 Regional Sports Networks:

11 Fulltime, 18 Games Only. Blackout Rules still apply!

Altitude
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
FSN Arizona
FSN Bay Area
FSN Cincinnati
FSN Detroit
FSN Florida
FSN Houston
FSN MidWest
FSN New England
FSN New York
FSN North
FSN Northwest
FSN Ohio
FSN Pittsburgh
FSN Prime Ticket
FSN Rocky Mountain
FSN South
FSN Southwest
FSN West
MASN/Sportstime Ohio
MSG
New England Sports Network
SportsNet New York
SportsSouth
Sun Sports
YES


December 2007:

The Tennis Channel


Spring 2008

BET
Chiller
Comedy Central
Disney Channel
Toon Disney
ABC Family
ESPN News
Hallmark Channel
Sleuth
Travel Channel
HBO2 East
HBO2 West
HBO Family East
HBO Family West
HBO Latino East
HBO Signature East
MoreMax East


Showing up in Engineering Testing: (Not sure if all are HD, some are placeholders)

NHL Network
Outdoor


Announced HD for Fall 2007 but not announced for DirecTV yet:

Trinity Broadcasting Network

Announced HD channel rollouts by Spring 2008 but no carriage announcements for DirecTV yet:

MAV TV, HBO Comedy East/West, HBO Latino West, HBO Signature West, HBO Zone East/West, @Max East, 5 Star Max East, ActionMax East/West, MoreMax West, OuterMax East, ThrillerMax East/West, WMax East

Existing HD that I have no carriage info for:

Lifetime HD, MOJO, Outdoor 2, Playboy, Wealth

[VegasFlyby]

Why would they be testing Discovery channel all weekend it wasn't in the first set to launch?

[eyesk8r]

Originally Posted by VegasFlyby

Why would they be testing Discovery channel all weekend it wasn't in the first set to launch?

I asked the same question...I think it's a misprint, the rest of it seems realistic to me.

Don't shoot the messanger!