Most recent changes to the Dish Channel List

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7/30/08


Five International channels are being removed from 61.5°. They are all available at 148° and 61.5°. 581 PHNIX, 587 ATV, 606 TV5, 623 ZGUJ and 656 ISRLI have all been changed to slates telling subscribers to call Dish for upgrade/re-point information. All these video services are still available to subscribers temporarily at 61.5° on the newly added channel numbers 6150-6155.
Channel 6199 was also added to tp 14 at 61.5° and is presumably the information slate telling subscribers about the international channel moves off of 61.5°.
Olympics HD Basketball and Soccer channels have been uplinked but are not yet available to subscribers (or anyone since the Olympics don't start until 8/8/08) on channels 369 and 367 on transponders 21 and 16 at 61.5°, also on tp 3 and 13 at 129° respectively. They are also mapped to channels 99 and 98 respectively.
Olympics Chinese and Korean language channels are now uplinked, but not available to subscribers yet on channels 655 and 664 respectively. Both channels are on tp 2 at 118°.
Channels 473-477 changed designation to XGAM1-5 from DISH1-5 and channel 478 was added as XGAM6. These channels are now available to subscribers and will be showing 2008 Summer X Games events from Thursday through Sunday.
Info channels 3 and 4 were added to tp 2 and 21 respectively at 110° on channels 5997 and 5998. These channels are not available to subscribers.
FREE PREVIEW SHUFFLE:

Channels on Free Preview now: 119 BIO, , 194 GREEN, 603 ERT, 619/719 B4U, 660/732 RFI, 620 GEOTV, 773/782 IQRAA, 914 NT105, 915 ERA5, 916 ERASP
Channels no longer in free preview: 127 OXYGN, 209 MSNBC, 9427 UNIHD


PBS National channel was removed from channels 8856 and 9346. These were the feeds for Great Falls and Billings, MT. They got their "local" PBS channel last week. PBS National was available to these markets from 7/27/05 until today.
Temp channels 15 and 16 (9447 and 9448) were removed from 61.5° and 129.

7/29/08


"phantom" activity at 72.7°? The following channels show as being uplinked and not available to subscribers on tp 21 at 72.7°, however E*6 has not arrived at this location yet according to Lyngsat.com. This could be just changes in the system tables in preparation for the testing phase: 100 HOME, 166 CMT, 239 WGN, 322 SHOEX, 341 ENCRW, 345 EDRAM, 346 ELOVE, 456 SPORT, 457 SPORT, 494 REAL, 495 PENT, 496 XTSY, 36862 EEPG.
PPV channel 533 has been removed from tps 23 and 9 at 61.5° and 148° respectively.
International Free Preview Channel 573 has been removed from tps 31 and 29 at 61.5° and 148° respectively.
International Info channel 580 has been removed from tps 23 and 9 at 61.5° and 148° respectively
Transponder shuffles:

105 USA from tp 2 to 13 at 119°
127 OXYGN from tp 17 to 13 at 119°
327 TMC-E from tp 10 to 2 at 119°
328 TMCXE from tp 10 to 17 at 119°
406 SETA from tp 18 to 19 at 61.5°....OOOPS... a few hours late, back to tp 18
410 ALTUD from tp 13 to 10 at 119°
455, 472 also moved but they move often and are not tracked in this chart.
578 BRDGS from tp18 to 10 at 61.5°
622 APUNJ from tp 23 to 10 at 61.5°
623 ZGUJ from tp 23 to 10 at 61.5°
702 GLBL1 from tp 10 to 8 at 61.5°
703 ISMOV from tp 10 to 8 at 61.5°
778 NBN from tp 10 to 14 at 61.5°
902 GEONW from tp 10 to 27 at 61.5°
9405 PNTGN from tp 27 to 10 at 61.5°
9418 PAEC from tp 23 to 10 at 61.5°
9421 BTV from 23 to 18 at 61.5°
9902 D61.5 from tp 14 to 10 at 61.5°
9996 ECC from tp 23 to 10 at 61.5°

[NOKIA™]

8/1/08

As advertised the 17 HD channel became available to subscribers today.

To AT250+HD and Turbo Gold: CBS College Sports, Encore Movie Channel is reported available in AT250+HD. This may be a free preview or an outright error. Enjoy it while you have it if it is an error. http://www.nfusionforum.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif
To AT200+HD and Turbo Silver: Planet Green, Lifetime Movie Network
To AT100+HD and Turbo Bronze: Lifetime
To HBO Subscribers: HBO2, HBO West, Comedy,, Zone, Family, Signature, Latino,
To Cinemax Subscribers: Action Max
To Starz subscribers: Starz West, Comedy, Edge, Kids & Family, Encore Movie Channel.


As listed above, new packages were released today. NOTHING CHANGES FOR EXISTING SUBSCRIBERS. The D**h HD Absolute for $29.99 is no longer available to new subscribers. Existing subscribers may keep Dish Absolute for the time being (probably next February if not longer).
The Turbo HD Gold, Silver and Bronze (metallic packages) add the HD counterparts to AT100/200/250 for $10. Or the Turbo Packages may be purchased separately and ONLY the available HD channels are provided for a small savings.

The metallic packages can ONLY be bundled with the corresponding AT package for $10. Bronze can only be bundled with AT100, Silver can only be bundled with AT200, Gold with AT250 and America's Everything.


And to add another layer of complexity, Turbo HD Platinum is another $10 Add-on to any other Turbo HD pack (you cannot just get Turbo Platinum).

Discontinued package - D**h Absolute (All HD Channels except premiums only) $29.99.
New package- Turbo HD Gold $39.99 + Turbo HD Platinum (All HD channels except premiums) $49.99


7190 KCAU, 7550 KLKN, 7601 WHBF, 9110 WOI were all replaced by slates or a video of Eric Saul from D**h Network telling subscribers that these local channels are no longer available to subscribers due to a retransmission consent dispute. According to the video, the station group owner wants a 300% increase in the price.

(Just as an example of what this could mean--- D**h is paying 5 cents and the stations want 15 cents per subscriber. --- That was just an example and should not be taken as what is actually happening or even a hint of any inside knowledge.)


MP test channels added to tp 17 at 148° on channels 5960 and 5961-5972
Channel 6799 changed EPG name to "TURBO" from HIDEF
San Diego stations XETV and KSWB swapped affiliations today. XETV became a CW and KSWB became a Fox station. D**h swapped the two stations' transponder locations (XETV to tp 20 at 119° and KSWB to tp 27 spot 29). The designation of KSWB remains on channel 251 but it is really the XETV video stream available to certain subscribers at that location.
A mirror of Setanta Sports was added and made available to some subscribers (possibly D**h Latino) on channel 852 at 110°. It could also be an a la carte location for Dish Latino Subscribers.

[NOKIA™]

10/22/08


8 shiny new HD channels were uplinked today, all labeled HDPPV on channels 541-548 at 61.5° and 129°
USA HD and SciFi HD were both mirrored to channels 5502 and 5503 respectively. (tp 17 at 110°) They are not available to subscribers on the new channel numbers. However it is possible that when they do become available at those locations it will be for the Hawaii/Alaska HD packs.
KQFX was removed from the HD channels range (5183) and added to the SD channel range (7453) at 61.5°. Makes sense since this Fox channel doesn't broadcast in HD yet.
HD Temp channels TMP13 (5378/9445) and TPM16 (5381) were removed from 61.5° and 129°
Channel 809 "JUS" became available to subscribers at 118°.
TNT HD, ESPN HD, HDNET, HDTHR, HDNMV all became available to subscribers in the 4000 channel range. It is still unknown which subscribers can actually "see" this channel range.
Quite a few Eastern Arc cities were turned on today including some new HD markets. (All channels mpeg4 at 61.5°) All additions SD "minor locals" unless otherwise noted below:

Des Moines (HD ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox) + "Minor" locals in SD
Lincoln, NE (HD ABC) + all other locals SD
Quincy, IL (HD ABC) + all other locals SD
Columbia, MO (HD ABC, CBS, NBC) + all other locals SD
Omaha, NE (HD ABC, CBS, NBC) + all other locals SD
Waco, TX (HD NBC) + all other locals SD
South Bend, IN (Including SD Major Nets)
Mempnis, TN
Chattanooga
Mobile, AL
Topeka, KS (Including SD Major Nets)
Sherman, TX (SD Major nets)
Florence, SC
Joplin, MO
Burmingham, AL
Abilene, TX (including SD Major Nets)
Atlanta, GA
St. Louis (HD locals which were only at 118° are now also at 61.5°. Minor locals also made available at 61.5°)
Huntsville, AL
Ft. Myers
Jackson, MS


Dish changed the EPG of KBWBD to KOFYD. The call letters of this San Francisco station have been KOFY for some time.