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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on October 22nd, 2007
HDNET TO BROADCAST LAUNCH OF SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY
Historic mission set for launch Tuesday, October 23 at 11:38 a.m. ET
DALLAS (October 22) The space shuttle Discovery mission STS-120 is scheduled for lift-off this Tuesday, October 23 at 11:38 a.m. ET and HDNet will be there to witness history as the launch marks the first time two [...]
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on October 22nd, 2007
Daniel writes:
When will DISH NETWORK have local HD channels available in Tulsa??? (channels 2, 8, 6, 23, 41, etc) I see several posts about DirectTV and Oklahoma City but no mention of Tulsa.
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Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on October 15th, 2007
Mike Kelley writes:
DirecTV added 10 more HD channels today including Fox Business News and Fox Sports Southwest.
Wow. I guess those commercials are right…
DirecTV added these HD channels today.
Cartoon Network (Channel 296)
Fox Business (Channel 359) (Also now available in SD)
Fuel TV (Channel 612)
FX (Channel 248)
HGTV (Channel 229-1)
Speed (Channel 607)
Regional Sports Networks:
FSN Detroit (Channel 636)
FSN Southwest (Channel [...]
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on October 10th, 2007
DirecTV added these channels today in HD. You must have an MPEG4 recevier to view them.
Food Network (Channel 231-1)
MGM (Channel 255)
National Geographic (Channel 276)
CNBC (Channel 355)
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on October 3rd, 2007
DirecTV has added 11 new HD channels this morning. You need an MPEG4 DirecTV receiver and 5 LNB dish on order to have the equipment necessary to pick up these channels.
Comcast SportsNet Chicago HD (Channel 640)
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic HD (Channel 629)
New England Sports Network/NESN HD(Channel 623)
SportsNet New York HD (Channel 625)
YES HD (Channel 622)
Cinemax East [...]
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on August 11th, 2007
DirecTV is claiming to 70 national HD channels by the end of the of Q3 and to have a 100 in a few months.
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Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on July 10th, 2007
Dallas (July 10, 2007) - According to TNS Media Research of set top box data in a major market, HDNet’s two all high definition networks, HDNet and HDNet Movies achieved a record share of the high definition viewing audience.
Read the entire press release…
Read: Some Nice News For HDNet - Blog Maverick »
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on July 10th, 2007
DISH Network Expands Nation’s Largest HD Package
More National HD Channels, More HD Regional Sports Networks
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 10, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) — EchoStar Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:DISH) and its DISH Network(tm) satellite TV service today announced exciting enhancements to its industry-leading DishHD programming package.
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on July 6th, 2007
ILS will launch DirecTV 10 tonight at 7:55 CDT tonight. This satellite will increase DirecTV’s bandwidth for more national HD channels. You can watch the launch on channel 570.
Update D10 Successfully Launched!
DirecTV Press Release
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on July 3rd, 2007
Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis, which is being globally distributed in HD starts July 7th at around 3 AM Central Time on Universal HD. Intelsat will uplink 8 stages around the world over a 22 hour period.
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on June 24th, 2007
HBO announced they will have 26 new HD channels by Q2 2008 a few days ago. A few details have emerged that all the channels will be MPEG4 at 8 Mbps. HBO has mandated that the provider not reduce the bit-rate of the new channels. So if your provider is not doing MPEG-4 then the [...]
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Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on June 19th, 2007
Mike Kelley writes:
For the first time I had a chance to really watch one of my new HD local channels. I was watching the U.S. Open golf on KJRH (Channel 2) Tulsa. I quickly noticed the picture was very poor. I still had my roof top antenna so I was [...]
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Posted by: Dennis Whiteman on June 14th, 2007
I received voice mail today from Dish saying that my HD programming was changing and that I would need a new receiver after August 15th to continue to receive the Voom channels I’ve had for a few years. SatelliteGuys.US has more details in a thread that’s about two dozen pages long.
The short of it [...]
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Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on May 23rd, 2007
Paul writes:
Dishnetwork has started turning on the HD channels for OKC. Fox and ABC as of 12:30, it looks like you will need a mpeg4 receiver and have sat 119 available
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Categorized as: Oklahoma City, Programming, Satellite | 6 Comments »
Posted by: Kevin Sherrard on May 18th, 2007
In the Echostar investors call this week Echostar CEO Charlie Ergen said they might add roughly 6 more HD channels this year.
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