Originally Posted by grasshopper
3/8/08
* Cox Sports New Orleans became available to New Orleans area AT100 Plus and higher subscribers on channel 421. Since this channel is on tp 23 spot 12 at 110° is is unavailable to the rest of the country and therefore not available in the "Sports Pack". (ANON)
3/7/08 (Changes from 3/5)
* Raleigh, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando, Ft. Myers and West Palm Beach HD local network channels are now testing on spot beams at 61.5°. These channels are not available to subscribers. Raleigh, Philly and DC locals are still available to subscribers on their old locations.
* The continued migration off of 121° continues. The following channels were switched to a slate or completely removed from 121°: 679 PHNIN, 680 PHNIX, 682 ETDRA, 683 ETGLB, 685 ETCHI, 687 YOYO, 688 JET, 690 CTV, 693 SKLNK, 708 HUNAN, 759 ART Movies, 760 LBC, 762 ESC-1, 772 ALARA, 787 ZEETV, 788 TVASA, 789 SET, 790 ZCINE, 791 B4U, 794 AAJTK.
* Star Plus and Star One were uplinked but not yet made available to subscribers on channels 716 and 718 on tp 8 at 61.5° and tp 17 at 118°.
* Charleston locals WCHS and WSAZ were changed to slates telling subscribers that the channels are moving off of 105°. New temporary channels are on channel 5982 and 5983
* Providence local WPRI is now mirrored on channel 5975. The current thinking is that providence locals will only be available with new MPEG4 capable receivers.
* MPEG 4 Test channels 413-421 were added on channels 5923-5931 on tp 8 at 148°
3/2/08 (Changes from 2/27)
* The Jewelry Channel is now uplinked and available on channel 225. TJC has been on Dish on other channels but now has a permanent home.
Cox Sports TV New Orleans is uplinked but not available on channel 421 tp 23 spot 12 at 110°.
* PPV channels 513, 514, 517, 520, 523; NBA channels 560, 561, 563, 564, 566, 567, 569, 570, 572; and source SKDL/EPSK channels 5800-5815 have been duplicated on transponder 13 at 61.5° as MPEG4 test channels. They are not available to subscribers.
* A new channels called "EURCH" (Euro-Channel?) is now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channel 752 tp 7 at 118°.
* International free preview channel 574 has been removed from both 61.5° and 148°.
* International free preview channel 575 moved from tp 12 to 31 at 61.5° and from tp 9 to 29 at 148°.
* RAI International 601 and Ariarang 653 and their "we're moving" channels in the 5000 block have been completely removed from 61.5° and 148°
* More international channels moving off of 121°. This week 681 CCTV4, 684 ETNEW, 763 NILE, 765 DUBAI, 768 ABUDA.
* 902 GEONW moved from tp 32 to 10 at 61.5°
* 903 AAGTV moved from tp 32 to 31 at 61.5°
* Columbus and Dayton channels mirrored at 105° telling subscribers the channels are moving off of that satellite location soon. These channels are at 129° already.
Mirrors of locals at 121° removed for now. The migration of customers for these channels is nearly completed. Providence locals are at 61.5°, the rest are at 129°.
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