HD Poll - When will we see additional HD channels?

[ClevelandRob]

Right now they have room for 10 more HD CH's.

I'll take 4 of those for Cleveland Locals, please.

 

[KE4EST]

Vote! - Please note Wednesday 12/9 should be 1/9.

Fixed

 

[mike123abc]

I voted next Wed 1/9 since Dish usually does the uplink work mid week and the last 2 weeks have been holiday weeks.

 

[tigerfan33]

I say by the first of February. The way they seem to be testing things, it could be sooner. It will be before the next sat. launch----or I hope it will.

 

[JohnL]

Vote! - Please note Wednesday 12/9 should be 1/9.

Darrencp,

I vote for Wednesday January 9th as my Birthday is January 10th. I'm hoping Dish provides me with a nice Birthday present of MORE HD CHANNELS.

John

 

[Smitty7831]

I'll take 4 of those for Cleveland Locals, please.

I second the motion!

 

[JohnL]

All you HD people want is more more more. What about us who do not or can not afford HD? We would like to see more good programming too. I have lost Court TV, Lifetime and others over the last 3 years and what did we get in return? more shopping networks. Come on dish us small people would like better programming too!

Papalittle,


How did you lose Channels that Dish continues to carry. Both CourTV and Lifetime are in the Basic Dish packages. Dish did have skirmishes with the owners of both CourTV and Lifetime, but both are back on and in fact Dish now carries Lifetime Movie Network in SD as well, which was NOT the case for Core Packages before this Skirmish with the Channels owner.

Dish really needs more HD channels for ONE BIG reason, and that is WE HD subs pay much more for our packages so us HD SUBS are more profit for Dish so they can have lower rates for smaller packages and offer Loss leading packages as well.

John

 

[yaz96]

All you HD people want is more more more. What about us who do not or can not afford HD? We would like to see more good programming too. I have lost Court TV, Lifetime and others over the last 3 years and what did we get in return? more shopping networks. Come on dish us small people would like better programming too!

What national SD programming are you missing, and what new channels("better programming", you say) have been added elsewhere that DISH does not have?

Are you SURE Nebraska has hills and trees? I've only seen CORN.......huskers (the small people)

 

[darrencp22]

What national SD programming are you missing, and what new channels("better programming", you say) have been added elsewhere that DISH does not have?

Are you SURE Nebraska has hills and trees? I've only seen CORN.......huskers (the small people)

The only case I can think of of Fox Business Network. The regular programming side of things dried up a while ago.

 

[mikelock]

I feel absitively, posolutely that we will see new HD channels added before the end of the year!(maybe)

 

[papalittle]

What national SD programming are you missing, and what new channels("better programming", you say) have been added elsewhere that DISH does not have?

Court TV and lifetime moved from the top 100 to the top 200.

 

[kstuart]

One point in favor of CES - Maria Bartiromo will be there !

 

[Jim5506]

Why all the needless speculation.

It only feeds the angst of the whiners.

 

[kokomogator]

I voted for as "soon" as Firday. We seem to have a lot of pessimists here today. "Not until new sats are launched" is leading.

Pesimists or realists?

 

[Hemi 6.1]

Right now they have room for 10 more HD CH's.

Says who? With the HD war going on they would be launched by now.and they would have launched networks in HD,Not PPV. My guess we may see 1-2 channels added untill the new satellites go up. Thats it.

 

[nlk10010]

That's interesting.

You're saying that you know they can't have capacity because otherwise Charlie would have launched new HD channels? How do you know Charlie's not interested in doing something else with that capacity? Or that Charlie doesn't want to pay for new national HD channels?

 

[Hemi 6.1]

That's interesting.

You're saying that you know they can't have capacity because otherwise Charlie would have launched new HD channels? How do you know Charlie's not interested in doing something else with that capacity? Or that Charlie doesn't want to pay for new national HD channels?

Because when you claim you have the most HD when you really Don't. He would have launched Sci-Fi ,FX, USA,Bravo,Should I keep going ! OH thats right he's waiting untill these HD networks put out HD programming. Nice try!! Dish don't Have squat! Whats interesting is what your going to tell me he's going to do with this So Called capacity if he's not Interested in HD networks.

 

[teachsac]

I hope this man isn't selling callenders on e-Bay.

Just his way of saying never. Quite ingenious I might add :haha

S~

 

[nlk10010]

Because when you claim you have the most HD when you really Don't. He would have launched Sci-Fi ,FX, USA,Bravo,Should I keep going ! OH thats right he's waiting untill these HD networks put out HD programming. Nice try!! Dish don't Have squat! Whats interesting is what your going to tell me he's going to do with this So Called capacity if he's not Interested in HD networks.

I'm not clear on this: are you saying Charlie WANTS to add new national HD or that he DOESN'T want to?

Your last sentence is equivalent to the statement that you can't imagine what Charlie would do with extra capacity if not use it for extra national HD. Well we can start with additional HD LIL, non-HD LIL, SD, lease it, use it for foreign service, use it for business services or decide not to give the national HD providers whatever they want and just leave it empty. Enough for you?

 

[Hemi 6.1]

I'm not clear on this: are you saying Charlie WANTS to add new national HD or that he DOESN'T want to?

Your last sentence is equivalent to the statement that you can't imagine what Charlie would do with extra capacity if not use it for extra national HD. Well we can start with additional HD LIL, non-HD LIL, SD, lease it, use it for foreign service, use it for business services or decide not to give the national HD providers whatever they want and just leave it empty. Enough for you?

Thats just what every Dishnetwork Customer wants. So you agree No new HD untill Satellite launch. Because E* has SD and foreign service to launch, with what he has left, and maybe 1 city with 1or2 HD locals on it. Great we'll be looking forward to that.:up