New HD Channels Starting 5/12/2008

[geneinnc]

Originally Posted by atoyota4x4

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

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.

[Yes616]

Originally Posted by Yes616

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

[Digital Blue]

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

[Yes616]

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.

[DodgerKing]

Originally Posted by Yes616

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.

82 Dish to 91 Direct, counting everything except locals

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

[spokybob]

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.

[Yes616]

Originally Posted by DodgerKing

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.

[DodgerKing]

Originally Posted by Yes616

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

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

[DodgerKing]

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.

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Seems Dish is also having bandwidth issues.

[DodgerKing]

Originally Posted by DodgerKing

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.

[Iain1974]

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.

[Hokoo]

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

[Digital Blue]

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

[Digital Blue]

Originally Posted by DodgerKing

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.

[DodgerKing]

Originally Posted by Digital Blue

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.