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Archive of changes to the Dish Channel Chart:

12/7/08

• Quite a few changes happened on 12/3, 4 and 5.  See Uplink Activity thread on DBSTalk.com or The Dish Network Uplink Center on Satelliteguys.US for details.
• A few Highlights
  • Golf & Versus HD channel split into two individual HD 24/7 channels.
  • All the MPEG2 HD channels were removed from the system replaced by MPEG4 channels, though it is reported that some channels are still MPEG2 but have an MPEG4 tag making it impossible for MPEG2 Dish receivers to receive these channels.
  • 6 new HD test channels were uplinked to 110° but not available to subscribers.
  • Many new HD local channels became available to exisitng markets and Topeka, KS is the latest addition to EA and HD with one HD local now.

11/25/08

• The sub charts are now up to date.  The package information on internationals and some new channels is still missing, but all the satellite and tp info is up to date.

11/22/08

• The main chart on this page is up to date with the exception of package changes to international channels.  All changes can be found on www.dbstalk.com in "Uplink Activity" threads in the Dish Network area, or www.satelliteguys.us in the "uplink center".
  • Sorry for the slow updates folks.  Personal life and computer issues have conspired to slow updates.

11/7/08

• Foreign language channel RTR (possibly Filipino) added to channel 712 tp 24 at 118°.  Not available to subscribers yet.
• Spanish Language channel CBBIS (Possibly CBeeBies, a children's channel) added to channel 848 tp 19 at 110°.  Not available to subscribers yet.
• The following channels were uplinked on the Alaska spot beam tp 29 spot 46 at 110°. (NOT available to subscribers yet)
  • 5504 TLC HD,
  • 5508 Travel Channel HD,
  • 5509 The Weather Channel HD, 
  • 5513 Cartoon Network HD,
  • 5514 Animal Planet HD,
  • 5517 Versus HD (presumably the split channel with Golf HD),
  • 5518 National Geographic HD (transponder 27)
  • 5519 ESPNews HD (Transponder 27)
• Laredo TX CW and Telemundo affiliates (sub-channels of KGNS) became available to subscribers on channels 8125 and 8128.
• KUDF Azteca America in Tucson AZ is now available to subscribers on channel 8959.
• Another mirror of PBS National channel is now uplinked to channel 8429 for Yuma, AZ which does not have a PBS affiliate.  This is not yet available to subscribers.
• Commercial Sports channels are now available to commercial accounts at 72.7° tp 29 on channels 9800 and 9801.  These channels have been available to commercial subscribers at 110° for some time.
• Free Previews are over for: 577 PFC, 581/680 PHNIX, 582/681 CCTV4, 589 ANTGO, 623 ZGUJ, 663 MUSIK, 679 PHNIN, 681 CCENT,  708 HUNAN, 717 GMAP, 720 GMAL, 722 DZBB, 723 DWLS, 796 K TV
• OBAMA paid programming channel which has been off the air since election day was removed from channel 5890 at 110°.
• SUN TV temporary channel 6160 at 61.5° was removed today.
• NBAHD 9466 was removed from 110° and 72.7°.  This channel remains in the 500 block.
• 9639 AMS was removed from tp 2 at 121°.

11/6/08

• The "Big News" today.  Echostar 8 arrived at its new home at 77° and was turned on today with the following "goodies" (none available to subscribers yet)
  • Lexington ABC, NBC & Fox HD locals (5150-5153), CBS and PBS SD Locals (9206 & 9212) tp 20 at 77°
  • Springfield, MO SD Local channels (7220-7226)
  • WPBO PBS Affiliate in Portsmouth, OH (actually WOSU from Columbus--WPBO is a repeater) (7325) on tp 20 at 77°
  • KVTN PBS Affiliate in Little Rock and services the entire state of AR. (9357) on tp 17 at 77°

11/4/08 (Election Day)

• The OBAMA channel 5890 at 110° (also mapped to channel 73) was hidden to subscribers today and removed from channel 73.
• Renamed channel 9645 (LF1) from "Liquid Fuels" which was what was originally being advertised there, to the true name of the channel "Long-Form" commercial (infomercial) channel 1.  Since the Axe body spray commercial "movie" stopped airing earlier this week, it has been hidden to subscribers.  It sometimes shows up mapped to channel 99 as well.

10/29/08

• USA Network and SciFi Network are now available to Alaska and Hawaii HD pack subscribers on channels 5502 and 5503.  These channels are at 110° tp 17.
• KTLA HD and KWGN HD are now available to local LA and Denver local subscribers respectively.  No, they are not available as Super Stations anywhere else, and probably never will be.
• XETV HD CW affiliate in San Diego was uplinked to channel 6411 at 110°.  It is not yet available to subscribers.
• ION TV (Ch.181) is now mirrored to channel 280.  The guess is that since ION is actually a broadcast network, the channel is being moved to the same range as other broadcast networks.
• WXAX Azteca is now available to local Tampa subscribers on channel 8704 and 26 at 110° and 61.5° for Easter Arc subscribers.
• File this one under "Huh???":
  • Abilene, TX local channels are now duplicated on transponder 1 at 129°.  They remain available at 148° and 61.5° for EA subs.
  • Casper, WY and San Angelo, TX local channels are now duplicated on transponders 28 and 1 respectively at 129°.  They also remain available at 148°
  • And K20BH PBS affiliate in Billings is now uplinked to tp 23 at 148° on channel 5130.
• WHDT DT 44 independent TV station in West Palm Beach, FL is now uplinked, but not available, on channel 8874 at 119° and on MP4 at 61.5°.
• WMAK DT 7 RTN affiliate in Knoxville is now uplinked, but not available on channel 9319 at 110° and at 61.5° for EA.
• The following international channels have been uplinked but not been made available to subscribers today:
  • 575 SAB TV (South Asian) 118°
  • 750 EKSHY (Ekushey Television) (Bengali) (118°)
  • 756 RDSLZ (Radio ???) (???)  (118°)
  • 757 TVSLZ (TV ???) (???) (118°)
  • 834 PSNES (???) (Spanish Language) (110°)
  • 867 BDMAX (???) (Spanish Language) (110°)
  • 755 BVISN (???) (Arabic?) --Replacing ART Sports which was never made available to subscribers.  (118°)
    • ART Sports removed from 61.5°.  This channel was never made available to subscribers.
• Free Preview channel changes!
  • The following channels are available in free preview mode for AT100 subscribers:  113 Fine Living, 187 Hallmark Movie Channel
  • The following channels are no longer available in free preview: 111 DIY, 116 GSN
• HBO and Showtime "Changing to MPEG4" courtesy channels at 6205 and 6207 removed from 110°.  Anyone without an MP4 capable HD receiver can no longer receive HBO or Showtime HD.  HBO and Showtime HD are still in MPEG2, however there is a flag on the channels that prevent the old MP2 HD receivers from receiving them.  This is part of the transition to MP4.
• Sun TV (610), K TV (667/6161) and TEMPM (6199) have been removed from 61.5°.  For some reason SunTV remains on channel 6160 at this time.

10/23/08

• Juneau and Fairbanks, Alaska local channels moved from tp 29 spot 46 at 110° back to to tp 13 at 148°.  Looks like the transition to 110° for these Alaska locals on channel 5631-5651 and 5688-5705 was a total bust!  TP 29s46 was removed from the system tables.  Dish initially moved these locals from 148° to 110° on 10/15/08.  The "temp" channels with the ":moving" EPGs are still mirrored at 148° as well.

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.

10/16/08

• Thanks to emails from two readers the chart has been updated with the following info:
• 8224 KBWB's channel name info was updated to the correct call letters KOFY.  KBWB chaned its call letters in 2007 back to their old name before the WB Network.
• 8231 KTNC dropped its Azteca America affiliation and became a TuVision station.  This happened in July 2007.  Also added a web link to this station's web site.
• 8238 KBWBD is in reality KOFY DT 20.4 and is the Azteca America affiliate in San Francisco.'
• Added web links to other TuVision stations in Houston (KAZH) and Reno (KAZR).

10/15/08

• Juneau and Fairbanks digital locals moved from 148° to 110°.  Temporary channels in the 5000 range were set up at 148° for those who do not yet have a dish pointed at 110°.
• Same thing for  Billings, MT and Rapid City, SD local channels.  They moved from 148° to 110° and temporary channels were set up in the 5000 range for those who do not have a Dish 500 yet.
• RKINO, presumably a radio service of Kino Polska is now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channel 749 tp 27 at 118°.
• TV5 and Israeli TV were removed from 61.5°  Service for these channels is available at 118°.
• USA HD was uplinked to channel 4105 on tp 19 at 61.5°.  It is available to some unknown subscriber group.
• The following channels are now uplinked to 72.7° but not available to subscribers (All these channels are available to subs on other channel numbers)
  • 4122 SciFi  tp 17 (AVAILABLE to an unknown subscriber group)
  • 4138 TNT tp 13
  • 4140 ESPN tp 13
  • 4262 HDNET tp 17
  • 4264 HDTHR tp 13
  • 4283 HDNMV tp 17
• KTLA HD and KWGN HD are now uplinked at 129° right next to their respective city's local HD channels and on the same transponder. (5 channels per TP0  They are not available to subscribers yet.
• WPCH HD was dumped and WPCH TV in SD MPEG for was uplinked but not available on 61.5° for Atlanta's Eastern Arc service.  WPCH SD is available at 110°.  WPCH HD was never made available to subscribers.
• KHQA Quincy, IL was uplinked but is not available on 61.5°.
• Other channels that had their HD channels removed and SD channels uplinked to 61.5° for Eastern Arc service but still not available to subscribers: WWMB Florence SC, WLMT Memphis, KOAM & KFJX HD Joplin.
• WXAX LP Azteca in Tampa was uplinked to 110° and 61.5° but is not available to subscribers on channel 8704
• KUDF LP Azteca in Tucson was uplinked to 119° but is not available to subscribers on channel 8959.
• Temporary channels for the move from 148° to 110° from Lubbock, Cheyenne and Medford were removed from 148°
• KBWBD is now available to SF local subscribers on channel 8238.
• KVDF Azteca is now available to San Antonio local subscribers on channel 8480.

10/9/08

• Lots of channel moves at 61.5° early this morning nearly clearing off tp 27.
  • From tp 12 to 18 - 589 ANTGO, 605  ANTEN, 911 ANTRA
  • From tp 12 to 27 - 6161 K TV (Transitional channel as it is being removed from this location)
  • From tp 18 to 12 - 783 NORST, 913 SSPFM
  • From tp 18 to 27 - 6160 SUNTV (Transitional channel as it is being removed from this location)
  • From tp 27 to 8  - 671 MLODY
  • From tp 27 to 10 - 643 ARTMV
  • From tp 27 to 12 - 617 ZCINE, 619 B4U, 902 GEONW
  • From tp 27 to 14 - 611 ZEETV,
  • From tp 27 to 18 - 642 ART
  • From tp 27 to 31 - 583 ASIFM, 660 RFI, 665 ZIKR
• Fox Sports en Español is now available to some as a free preview on channel 407.  This channel is designed to take over for GolTV which was unceremoniously dumped from Dish's line-up.

10/8/08

The chart is up to date.  All the changes will be logged at a later time. 

9/11/08

• Dish Network and KRCG (CBS) Jefferson City, MO kissed and made up at about 2pm today.  The slate telling Dish network subscribers that this station was not available has been replaced with the actual channel.  Channel 7451 moved from tp 8 to tp 26s19 at 110°

The following changes are from 9/10/08

• Channel 211 RNC was removed from the system.  NOTAX information channel replaced it on tp 10 at 110° and is available to most subscribers.
• Looks like Dish gave up trying to negotiate retransmission consent for HD from some broadcast channels that have been holding out for some time.  The following channels had an SD counterpart uplinked to 61.5° in MPEG4 on their "regular" channel numbers and removed the HD version from the 5100 channel block.. None of these are now nor have ever been available to subscribers at 61.5°
  • 7071 WDJT Milwaukee in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5201 in HD MPEG4
  • 7165 WPTY Memphis in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5170 in HD MPEG4
  • 7343 WPFO Portland, ME in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5153 in HD MPEG4
  • 7531 WEYI Flint, MI TV market in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5162 in HD MPEG4
  • 8711 WMMT Kalamazoo (Grand Rapids TV Market) in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5171 in HD MPEG4
  • 8861 WPEC West Palm Beach in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5181 in HD MPEG4
  • 9125 WKBW Buffalo in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5180 in HD MPEG4
  • 9274 WDBD Jackson, MS in SD MPEG4 added.  Removed from 5153 in HD MPEG4
  • 5162 WPMI was removed from 61.5° in HD MPEG4
  • 5190 WAAY was removed from 61.5° in HD MPEG4
• KGIN 10 (CBS) Grand Island, NE which is mostly a repeater of KOLN 11 Lincoln (same TV market) is now uplinked to channel 7555 tp 29s29 at 110°.  It is not yet available to subscribers.
• KETS 2 was uplinked (mirrored?) to channel 9359 tp 18s15 at 110°.  It is not available to subscribers at this time.
• NHL Network is now available in SD to AT200 and Sports Pack subscribers on channel 403 and to NHL Center Ice subscribers on channel 625.
• The following channels are no longer in free preview: 599 SICNO, 605 ANTEN, 621/746 ARYDI, 650 SPT, 718 STAR1, 726 PRSBN, 7230 LEOWD,  807 TV9, 811 MAATV, 812 MH1, 817 SPT, 818 ATN
• 7910 WBOYD ABC in the Clarksburg WV TV market is now available to subscribers on tp 32 at 129°.
• 6156 ISMOV and 6157 TRACE were finally removed from 61.5°  They are still available at 118° and 148°.  Marker channels telling subscribers these services were leaving 61.5° were removed from channels 590 and 703.

9/4/08

• The SD version of NHL Network was uplinked to tp 19 at 110° on channels 403 for AT100 and higher and 625 for NHL Center Ice subscribers on tp 19 at 110° and 72.7°.
• Interestingly enough, the rest of tp 19 at 110° was "cleared" of other channels.  The following channels on tp 19 at 110° were moved: 
  • 103/500 ONPPV to tp 16
  • 199/895 CHILR to tp 1
  • 231/9398 RFD to tp 21
  • 264/9394 KTV to tp 2
  • 343 EACTN to tp 5
  • 345 EDRAM to tp 6
  • 346 ELOVE to tp 16
  • 468/9464 ORDER to tp 10
  • 498 PLBYE to tp 3
  • 840 TVEI to tp 9
  • 865 CINEL to tp 11
  • 872 TR3S to tp 16
  • 5813 SKDL to tp 24
  • 6799 TURBO to tp 10
• 9945 DVRDN and 9946 DVRVR moved from tp 19 to 29 at 72.7°
• MHD officially changed names at the beginning of the month to Palladia.  Dish changed the EPG from MHD to PLDIA on channels 4269, 5320 and 9469.

8/29/08

• SD Channel 211at 110° and 72.7°, and HD channel 9445 at 129° and 61.5° changed names from DNC to RNC for the Republican National Convention next week.  It looked good for having the RNC in HD, but a short time later HD channel 9445 changed its name from RNC back to TMP13 as a "Temporary" channel and it was hidden from subscribers.  At this point it looks like there will be no HD version of the RNC.  We will all find out for sure together next week.

8/28/08

• The Golf Channel (401) is now available in AT200.  It dropped from AT250 to AT200 today.  The free preview to AT100 subscribers is over.  Golf/Versus shared HD channel still requires HD Gold / AT250 + HD

8/27/08

• Echostar 8 was apparently shut down at 110°. The new Echostar 11 has been turned on in E*8's place.  E*8 will be moving east soon.
• The Inspiration Network (INSP) is now available to AT100 and Dish Latino 2 and higher subscribers on channel 259 at 110°
• Gol TV has been removed from 110° and 72.7° satellites.  The channel was replaced with a slate or Fox Español depending on the package on 8/1 to give Dish and Gol TV a little more time to come up with a satisfactory carriage deal.  Unfortunately for Gol TV fans no deal was reached and the channel is apparently gone for ever.
• International channels ZGUJ, PHNIX, CCTV4 and ATV have been removed from 61.5°.  Both the info slates on the original channel numbers and the temporary channels in the 6150 range have been removed.  All these channels are available at 118° and at 148° though new subscribers cannot subscribe to these channels at 148°.
• The Olympics special channels have been removed from the system since the Olympics have concluded.
• WMOR HD is now available to HD locals subscribers in the Tampa area.
• Dish has changed a few call letters in the EPG to reflect the actual local channel, though the actual channel has not changed as far as I can tell.  The stations in question are 100% repeaters of the master stations originally listed.  If local subscribers absolutely know for certain that the signal changed and is now the actual local channel, please e-mail the link below!
  • 7271 WUNC changed to WUNL Winston-Salem/Greensboro, NC
  • 9146 KDIN changed to KBIN Council Bluffs, IA / Omaha, NE
  • 9261 WKPC changed to WKPD Paducah, KY
• FREE PREVIEW CHANGE-OVER TODAY:
  • Channels now in free preview:  119 Biography, 152 CBS College Sports, 185 Hallmark,
  • Channels no longer in free preview:  194 Planet Green, 401 Golf
  • INTERNATIONAL CHANNELS in free preview:  599 SICNO, 605 ANTEN, 621 / 746 ARYDI,  650 SPT, 718 STAR1, 726 PRSBN, 730 LEOWD, 752 / 784 / 900 / 901 Euro News, 807 TV9, 811 MAATV, 812 MH1, 817 SPT, 818 ATN
  • INTERNATIONAL CHANNEL no longer in free preview: 620 / 745 GEOTV

8/25/08

• 9445 TMP13 became DNC08 in High Definition today and became available to all Dish Network subscribers with HD receivers at 61.5° and 148°.  It was also Mapped down to channel 211 to be along side the standard version which is at 110° for all Dish subscribers and 72.7° for Eastern Arc subscribers. (ANON)
• WSJU 30 San Juan became a MEGA TV affiliate today. (Nelson)

8/24/08

• INSP will be coming to Dish Network channel 259 for all subscribers on 8/27/08.  It is already uplinked.  This channel will also be debuting on DirecTV on the same day.  This is according to a Multichannel news story. (Juan)
• All the changes from last Wednesday are in the chart as of last Thursday.  All of the changes dealt with catching up with making nearly all of the 72.7° channels available.  Package info will be added as time allows.
• New designation MP4-EA stands for MPEG 4 - Eastern Arc.  Eastern Arc channels at 72.7° are not available to existing subscribers.  When they are, the EA designation will disappear.  Again Eastern Arc (61.5°, 72.7°, 77°) has exactly the same channels as "Western Arc" (110°, 119° 129°) with the exception of Dish Latino with is currently NOT available on Eastern Arc.  There is no reason for existing subscribers to change to Eastern Arc.

8/20/08

• As Advertised, Eastern Arc Debuted today for NEW SUBSCRIBERS... there is absolutely NOTHING on EA that isn't on the standard service (western Arc).  More details on the changes coming.
• Due to over 600 changes in the charts today, I was unable to complete all the changes tonight.  I will complete the changes as soon as possible.  Nearly ALL of 72.7° channels are available to EASTERN ARC subscribers.  No, you cannot just swing over your dish to pick it up...  It requires a special card and new activation.
• Israeli Global 1 and Telesud are the next two international channels to be mirrored in the 6100 channel range.  They are being removed from 61.5° and are available at 118°.
• INSP (Inspiration Network) was moved from the 9600 channel range to 259 but is still not available to subscribers.
• Channel 211 the DNC channel (Democratic National Convention) is now available to subscribers.  Programming starts Monday.
• ESPN, HDNET, HBO-E, HD Theater, and Showtime HD channels were mirrored on the 6203-6207 channel block.  The "regular" HD channel will be blocked from MPEG 2 receivers a couple at a time.  This is the temporary home until subscribers are updated to MPEG4 receivers.
• ABC sub-channel of WBOY is Clarksburg WV is now uplinked to channel 7910 at 129°
• More inconsequential changes made...

8/15/08

• USA HD is now uplinked to tp 19 at 61.5° as well as tp 17 at 110°.  Subscribers with a dish at 61.5° check your USA timers!!!  This uplink may have screwed up your USA HD timers!  It did for me and a gazillion Olympics timers as well as all other USA programming I had set to record on my DVR!
• SciFi HD is now uplinked to tp 17 at 72.7° as well as tp 17 at 110°.
• To make room for those uplinks, HD PPV channel 531 was removed from 72.7° and TMP E was removed from 61.5°.

8/14/08

• As predicted, TNT HD on channel 9420 and HDNet Movies on channel 9423 along with their map-down to channels 138 and 383 respectively now have a "ViP flag".  Only MPEG-4 capable receivers can get these channels.  HD subscribers without MPEG-4 receivers should call Dish for an upgrade.  In the mean time TNT HD and HDNet Movies are available to subscribers with MPEG-2 receivers on channels 6201 and 6202 temporarily.
• ORDER channel 9464 was uplinked to tp 29 at 72.7°.  This is a PPV Order channel.  It is not available to Dish Network subscribers or any Dish receiver, but it is currently FTA to those with MPEG-4 FTA Receivers.  There is nothing but a Dish logo showing at this time.

8/13/08

• DNC 08 was added to channel 211.  This will be the home of the Democratic National Convention in STANDARD definition.  Some are still saying that an HD channel currently used for the Olympics will be repurposed for the DNC on its opening gavel, but there is no evidence to that effect right now.  Channel 211 was uplinked to tp 10 at 110° and tp 27 at 72.7°.  It is not available to subscribers yet.
• WMOR DT in the Tampa market was uplinked to channel 5154 on tp 7 spot 12 at 61.5°.  It is not available to subscribers yet.
• Test Channel VIDE1 was uplinked but is not available to subscribers on tp 17 at 148°
• INFO4 and INFO5 were uplinked but are not available to subscribers on channels 5998 and 5999 tp 21 at 110°.
• 590 & 703 TRACE & ISMOV are the next in the series of international channels exiting 61.5°.  Both are already available at 118°.  TRACE moved from TP 12 to 14.  Both channels are now showing a slate telling subscribers of the move.  The channels are available to subscribers at 61.5° temporarily on channels 6156 and 6157.
• TNT HD and HDNet Movies are now mirrored on channels 6201 and 6202 tp 7 at 110°.  The guess is that this is the first step in changing the channels in the 9400 bock from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 encoding.  The guess is that the 9400 block channels will change to MPEG-4 and subscribers without an MPEG-4 receiver will call Dish to complain about losing the channels.  Dish will set up an upgrade and direct the subscriber to the "new" locations until they get their upgrade.  This is the way the international moves are working as well.  It is JUST a guess at this point.
• INSP added to the business channels block on channel 9636. No other description or info is available now.  This is most likely the religious channel "The Inspiration Network".  Though there is a miniscule chance it could be an internal channel for INFO SPACE which uses INSP for its stock name.  More info to come.  It is on tp 2 at 110°.
• 712 MABHY, a Filipino TV network which has been showing a slate on Dish for some time has been removed from the system at 118°.
• Muzak channels 974-979, 981 and 983 moved from tp 27 to tp 25 at 72.7°.  These channels are still unavailable to subs at 72.7°.
• QVC channel 137 moved from tp 25 to 27 at 72.7°.  It is not available to subscribers at 72.7° yet.
• 7601 and 9110 WHBF and WOI moved to tp 21 at 110° and now show info slates instead of a video loop telling subscribers that these channels are not available due to retransmission consent issues with the station group owner.
• The EPG name of channel 7882 changed from WDCO to WMUM. 

8/12/08

• Channel 211 (NOTAX) was hidden from all subscribers today at 110°. 
• According to THIS article in the Multichannel news, channel 211 will become the exclusive home for the Democratic Party's National Convention showing the entire convention gavel to gavel live and unedited (presumably commercial free too).  This will be available to all Dish Network subscribers.  The signal will be available to the convention hall and to broadcast outlets in HD, but the article does not state whether channel 211 will be available in HD or not.

8/11/08

• The Echostar Knowledge Base and the Channel Chart moved to its new home at www.dishuser.org.  www.dishchannelchart.com, www.dishchannellist.com, www.dishlist.net (and .org) will all still work and point to this page at dishuser.org/dishlist.htm.  www.echostaruser.com, www.dishnetworkuser.com, www.dishuser.com and www.dishuser.net will all mirror www.dishuser.org.
• This move from the DBSTalk server has nothing to do with DBSTalk.  We here at the EKB want to thank Chris Blount and the DBSTalk staff for all their assistance.  We felt it was time that for the EKB to move to an independent server.

8/8/08

• Just in time for the Olympics.  Florence, SC NBC, CBS and ABC HD local channels became available to subscribers on channels 5170-5172.  The NBC affiliate in Florence is brand new as of today (8/8/08). 
• The new NBC affiliate in Florence, SC is now available to local subscribers in standard definition on channel 7840.

8/7/08

• Nearly all of the channels at 110° and 119° have been uplinked to 72.7° but not available to subscribers. All services at 72.7 are in MPEG 4.  Some channels like the PPV range, NASA, Current, CSPAN2 were added to 61.5° in MPEG2.  This is in preparation for the launch of Eastern Arc which is planned for August 20.   THIS DOES NOT AFFECT CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS IN ANY WAY.  IF YOU ALREADY HAVE SERVICE, THIS WILL NOT IMPACT YOU.
  • What is Eastern Arc?  It's essentially a duplication of all main stream Dish services for customers East of the Mississippi.  All standard services available at 110°/119°/129° will be duplicated at 61.5°/72.7°/77° but the Eastern Arc service will REQUIRE an MPEG4 capable receiver.  This will allow customers on the east coast especially to have better "look" angles at the satellites.  At first the service will only be available to new subscribers in 23 markets.
• 5998 INFO4 was deleted from tp 21 at 110°
• Houston HD local channels (6389-6393) were removed from 61.5°.  They were never available to subscribers at that location.  They are still available at their old location at 110°
• All the uplink test channels at 72.7° (6801-6817) have been removed.  Test channel 6800 moved to tp 13s13 at 61.5°
• 239 WGN's MPEG4 channel on tp 21 at 72.7 was moved to tp 23 at 61.5°.  It is not available to subscribers yet.  WGN at 119° in MPEG2 is still available to subscribers.
• Filipino TV channels GMA Pinoy and GMA Life along with radio stations DZBB AM and DWLS FM were uplinked to tp 20 at 118°
• 560 NBATV MPEG4 channel on tp 1 at 772° was moved to tp 5 at 72.7° to be with the rest of the NBA League Pass channels.  It is not available to subscribers.  The MPEG2 channel is still available to subscribers as usual.
• CCTV4 582 at 61.5° has been changed to a slate telling subscribers the service will be moving to 118°  Channel 6152 was added at 61.5° as the temporary home for a few weeks.  CCTV4 is already available at 118°.
• Channels 473 and 474 changed names to OLYM1 and 2 for additional Olympics coverage.
• Channels 475-478 have changed their names to DISH 3-6 and been hidden from subscribers.

8/4/08

• Changed both GolTV channels to red backgrounds because they are not available to subscribers.
  • Due to a disagreement in negotiations, GolTV is temporarily not on Dish Network. GolTV is replaced in both the English language AT250 slot and the Spanish language DishLatino slot with a mirror of Fox Sports Espanol. Thus, there was no change in the channel tables, because Dish is still showing "GolTV" in the channel list and showing the "GolTV" program guide information - perhaps an indication that they expect some resolution soon.  However, Dish has given Dish Latino subscribers a free preview of Setanta Sports, in compensation for the fact that they already get Fox Sports Espanol and so would otherwise be losing a channel. Supposedly, this free preview is for "two months or resolution of the dispute, whichever comes first". (KS)
• The Olympics Soccer and Basketball HD channels 367 (98) and 365  (99)  are now available to subscribers at 61.5° and 129°
• SD Olympics Korean and Chinese channels 664 and 655 are now available to subscribers at 118°. 

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. :)
  • To AT200+HD and Turbo Silver: Planet Green,  Lifetime Movie Network
    • Correction...Planet Green is part of AT250+HD and Turbo Gold.
  • 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 Dish 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 -  Dish 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 Dish 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--- Dish 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.  Dish 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 Dish Latino) on channel 852 at 110°.  It could also be an a la carte location for Dish Latino Subscribers.

7/31/08

• No, it's not August 1 yet. :) No new HD channels yet.
• HIDFF channel 75 moved back to channel 6799 at 110° and is now mapped to channel 75.  It is still listed on ch. 75 on this chart.
• All the New York local "minor"channels are now available to local subscribers with MPEG4 receivers in STANDARD definition on channels 8105-8118 at 61.5°.  ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CW are in HD.  The rest are SD.
• PBS mirror channels 7526, 7866, 8175 and 8448 at 61.5° were switched from MPEG2 to MPEG4.  None are available to subscribers at this time

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.
  • CORRECTION:  Olympics Soccer & Basketball games start on 8/6/08!  (Ken) Sorry for the misinformation.
• 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°

7/23/08

• Florence/MyrtleBeach, SC HD locals on channels 5170-5174 were shuffled to add the new NBC HD channel slated to begin operations on 8/8/08 for the Olympics.  These channels are not yet available to subscribers.
• The NHL Center Ice channels moved from channels 542-559 to 626-639 and were hidden from subscribers for the season.
• The NHL Network was moved to channels 9540 and 9541 from channels 403 and 559.  Channels 403 and 559 are now map-downs of channels 9540 and 9451 respectively.  The map-down numbers will remain in the chart to prevent confusion, but are labeled as mapped channels.  Channels 403 and 559 do not exist in the Dish Network system tables.
• NHL HD channels 9542-9555 were also hidden from subscribers for the season.  9556-9558 were removed from the system
• HD channels Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network were mirrored to channels 4108 and 4109 and remain unavailable until next week.
• JTV channel 227 is now mapped to channel 86.  This channel was added to the chart, but labeled as a mapped-down channel.  Channel 86 does not exist in the Dish Network system tables.
• NBA League Pass SD channels 562-572 and HD channels 9561-9572 are now hidden to subscribers for the season.
• ESPNews was removed from channel 5340.  It was moved to channel 5301 for Dish Latino subscribers two weeks ago.
• Tampa local WMOR was removed form channel 8697 at 61.5°.  As far as subscribers are concerned, nothing happened.  This was a duplication of the channel which was never available to subscribers in MPEG4 format.  WMOR is still available in MPEG2 at 110°.
• RSRCH and HITN 9400 and 9401 were removed from 61.5° in MPEG4 format.  These channels continue to be available at 110° in MPEG2 format.  Subscribers will not see any changes.
• WFTT 8700 moved from tp 7 spot 12 to tp 1 spot 12 at 61.5°.
• WXPX 8703 moved from tp 7 spot 12 to tp 3 spot 12 at 61.5°
• The "MP" test channels have returned to 148° this time on tp 5 on channels 5920-5933, 5937-5942 and 5951-5959.

7/18/08

• The following HD channels were uplinked to 61.5° and 129° but are NOT available to subscribers.  Announced OFFICIAL launch date 8/1/08.  Expected launch, any time between 2pm eastern 7/29 to 4pm eastern 8/1.
  • 9451 HBO Comedy uplinked to tp 20 at 61.5° and 23 at 129°
  • 9452 HBO Zone uplinked to tp 24 at 61.5° and 22 at 129°
  • 9453 HBO Family  uplinked to tp 24 at 61.5° and 22 at 129°
  • 9454 HBO Signature  uplinked to tp 24 at 61.5° and 22 at 129°
  • 9455 HBO 2 (east)  uplinked to tp 20 at 61.5° and 23 at 129°
  • 9457 Planet Green  uplinked to tp 21 at 61.5° and 3 at 129° (mirrored from 4194 uplinked yesterday)
  • 9459 HBO Latino  uplinked to tp 24 at 61.5° and 22 at 129°
  • 9470 Lifetime  uplinked to tp 20 at 61.5° and 23 at 129°
  • 9471 LMN (Lifetime Movie Network)  uplinked to tp 20 at 61.5° and 23 at 129°
  • 9478 HBO (West)  uplinked to tp 24 at 61.5° and 22 at 129°
  • 9486 Starz Comedy  uplinked to tp 24 at 61.5° and 22 at 129°
  • 9496 Starz Edge  uplinked to tp 21 at 61.5° and 24 at 129°
  • 9497 Starz Kids & Family  uplinked to tp 24 at 61.5° and 22 at 129°
  • 9495 CBS College Sports  uplinked to tp 21 at 61.5° and 3 at 129° ("TMP T" changed to CBS C)
  • 9498 Starz (West)  uplinked to tp 21 at 61.5° and 3 at 129°
  • 9505 Encore  uplinked to tp 21 at 61.5° and 3 at 129°
• TMP A-T HD test channels were removed from the system or converted to one of the channels above. (9428, 9430, 9459, 9471, 9473-9477, 9480, 9481, 9483-9485 and 9493.
• The following test channels were removed from the system tables today.  These channels stopped being broadcast when Echostar 2 failed on the 15th:  5854 HDTS5; "MP" channels 5920-5933, 5936-5942, 5951-5954, 5956-5959, 5964-5989; "MT" test channels 6915-6924.

7/17/08

• 4194 Planet Green HD was uplinked but is not yet available to subscribers on tp 21 at 61.5° and  tp 3 at 129°.  Expected launch date any time between 2pm eastern 7/29 to 4pm 8-1.  Announced official launch date 8/1.
• 9479 Action Max HD was uplinked but is not yet available to subscribers on tp 32 at 61.5° and  tp 7 at 129°.  Expected launch date any time between 2pm eastern 7/29 to 4pm 8-1.  Announced official launch date 8/1.
• Beaumont, TX ABC & Fox HD local channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 5190 & 5193
• Bozeman, PBS station KUSM is now available to Helena, MT local subscribers on channel 8748 and Great Falls, MT local subscribers on channel 8855.  KUSM repeater K20HB is now available to Billings, MT local subscribers on channel 9345.
• 6799 HIDEF channel presumably telling subscribers about the discontinuation of MPEG2 HD broadcasts making the 921 and 6000 receivers useless moved to channel 75.
• 5910-5913 SD "TEST" channels added to tp 3 at 148°
• The following channels are no longer in free preview to selected subscribers: 581/680 PHNIX, 679 PHNIN, 681 CCTV4, 697 CCENT, 708 HUNAN
• TMP5 HD channel which reportedly was testing MOJO HD on channels 376 and 5370 was removed from the system today.

7/15/08

• Echostar 2 has "done blowed up!"  Echostar 2 which provided all the even numbered transponders at 148° had a catastrophic failure today and was deemed a total loss.  This 12 year-old satellite was nearing the end of its usable lifespan.  The following changes were made today to keep customer services on line:
  • From tp 12 to tp 23
    • Rapid City, SD local channels 7978-7981, 7984
    • San Angelo, TX local channels 7991-7994
  • From tp 14 to tp 13
    • Fairbanks digital local channels 5631, 5631, 5639, 5643, 5646, 5647, 5651
    • Juneau digital local channels 5688, 5689, 5704, 5705
  • From tp 16 to tp 31
    • Lubbock, TX local channels 7938-7945
    • Abilene, TX local channels 8171-8174, 8177-8179
  • From tp 18 to tp 15
    • Medford, OR local channels 7644-7651
  • From tp 18 tp tp 23
    • Billings, MT local channels 9340-9343, 9345
  • From tp 23 to tp 19
    • Test and data channels 5750, 5751, 5752, 5754, 5757, 5761-5765, 5769, 5848, 5855, 5862-5864
• 9405 Pentagon Channel, 9406 Classic Arts Showcase and 9418 PEAC (FCC mandated public interest channels) that were on tp 24 and 26 at 148° have not been moved in the system tables and are now unavailable to subscribers at 148°!  These channels continue to be available at 61.5°.
  • CORRECTION/UPDATE:  PEAC was moved to tp 29, ATRS and Pentagon were moved to transponder 25 at 148° at some point in the past and not updated on the chart.  Sorry for the misinformation.  Thanks to Wade for sending the correct info!
• Several test channels remain in the system tables on even numbered transponders.  These channels are no longer being transmitted.

7/9/08

• Nashville, TN local HD channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 6340-6343.  They have been and continue to be available at 129°.
• Minneapolis, MN local HD channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 6347-6350.  They have been and continue to be available at 129°.
• Atlanta, GA local HD channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 6365-6368.  They have been and continue to be available at 129°.  No word yet on the availablility of WPCH HD on channel 6369.
• Birmingham, AL local HD channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 6495-6498.  They have been and continue to be available at 119°.
• ESPNews replaced ESPN2 on channel 5301 at 61.5° and 129°.  5301 ESPNews is available to Dish Latino subscribers.  ESPN2 was moved to channel 5302 and ESPNews will be removed from its old location on channel 5340 shortly.
•  "MP" test channels added to channels 5964-5989 on tp 8 at 148°
• Channel 6799 HIDEF is now available to selected subscribers.  It is presumably about the discontinuation of MPEG2 HD broadcasts making the 921 and the 6000 receivers truly obsolete (i.e. door stops).

7/8/08

• 109 Lifetime Movie Network moved from the AT250 package to the AT200 package today. 
  • A little history:  LMN became part of the then AT100 (now AT200) package on 10/6/2000 when Dish Network was trying to get two local channels (Cincinnati and Greenville, SC NBC) owned by the same company on the satellite system.  The local channels went up on 9/29 and LMN went up a week later.  On New Years Day 2006 Dish and Lifetime had reached an impasse in negotiations for the service.  Lifetime and LMN were yanked from the satellite system. After the month-long feud with each company pointing to the other as the cause of the problem, Dish added Oxygen on 1/16/06 on the middle teir AT120 (now AT200) to replace LMN and Lifetime . Two weeks later, Dish and Lifetime came to an agreement.  Lifetime returned to its AT50 (now AT100) slot but when LMN returned to the line-up on, Oxygen had taken its place on AT120 (now AT200).  LMN was put on AT180 (now AT250) until today when it returned to its place in the middle tier.
• Channel 501 ORDER moved to channel 469 and remains on tp 11 at 119°.
• VODSV (Video on demand service?) moved to channel 501 from channel 541 and remains on tp 21 at 110° and tp 29 at 61.5°

7/3/08

• KRCG TV 13 (CBS) Jefferson City, MO on channel 7451at 110° was replaced with a slate telling subscribers that Dish and this channel could not reach a retransmission consent agreement. 7451 moved from tp 26 s 19 to tp 8 at 110°.

7/2/08

• Chattanooga, TN CBS & Fox HD local channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 5151 & 5153.
• Syracuse, NY NBC & Fox HD local channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 5172-5173.
• Lansing, MI CBS & Fox HD local channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 5181 & 5183.
• Albany, NY ABC & NBC HD local channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 5190 & 5192
• Dallas, TX local HD channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 6383-6386.  They have been and continue to be available at 110°.
• Detroit, MI local HD channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 6459-6462.  They have been and continue to be available at 118°
• Charlotte, NC local HD channels are now available to local subscribers at 61.5° on channels 6483-6486.  They have been and continue to be available at 118°
• International free preview shuffle happened today. The following channel are now in free preview to selected subscribers:  581/680 PHNIX, 679 PHNIN, 681 CCTV4, 697 CCENT, 708 HUNAN
  • Free preview is over for the following channels: 607/733 PLSAT, 769 DREAM, 784/900/901 EURNS
• Ch 211 "Stop Satellite Tax" info channel added to tp 2 at 110°
• "MP" test channels added to 5938-5942 on tp 8 at 148°
• "MP" test channels 5920-5933 changed from MPEG2 to MPEG4 SD channels and continue to be unavailable to subscribers at 148°.
• The Wimbledon channels (WIMB1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 473-477 had their EPG names changed to DISH1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and were hidden from subscribers.

6/25/08

• Memphis HD local CBS, NBC and Fox channels became available to subscribers at 61.5° spot beam on channels 5171-5173.
• Grand Rapids HD local NBC Fox and both ABC channels became available to subscribers at 61.5° spot beam on channel 5170, 5172-5174
• Laredo STANDARD Def local NBC, CBS and Univision channels became available to subscribers at 110° spot beam on channels 8121, 8122 and 8126.  This is Dish's 178th local TV market. For historical reference, Dish added the first local markets on 2/1/1998 (Atlanta, Boston, MA, Chicago, IL, Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX, New York, NY, Washington, D.C.)
• WPCH HD is now uplinked, but not available to subscribers on channel 6369 at 129°.  It has been uplinked to 61.5° for some time as well but not available there either!
• Chicago HD local channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and CW) which have been available at 129° are now also available at 61.5° spot beam on the same channel numbers (6312-6316). 
• Raleigh HD local channels (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) which have been available at 118° are now also available at 61.5° spot beam on the same channel numbers (6465-6468).
  • The Chicago HD locals at 129° and Raleigh HD locals at 118° will eventually be shut off!  Dish will notify subscribers with plenty of time for upgrade/repoint options.  Please do not e-mail me about this.  I have no additional info at this time!  Those affected will probably know before I will!
• Channel 998 now houses a "Smart Card update info".  This channel is available at 61.5°, 119°, 118° and 148°.  It is also mirrored on channel 5961 except at 119°.  This replaced a test channel at these locations.  All the 5961 test channels have been removed.
• Test channel 5960 has been removed from all satellite locations.
•  Bozeman Montana PBS is now duplicated (not mirrored), but not available to the Great Falls, Helena markets on the appropriate spot beams at 110°.  The Billings market has the repeater K20HB uplinked to 148°.
• Several free preview changes today, notably Universal HD is now in free preview.  IT HAS NOT BEEN MADE PART OF THE ESSENTIALS PACK.  There is speculation that Universal HD will remain in Free Preview though the Olympics' coverage, but that has not been verified.
• There was a "Sirius" shuffle of channels today.  Same total number of music channels in the 6000-6116 range but a few channels gone and a few different music channels.
• On Thursday morning at about 4am there was a channel/transponder shuffle at 110°:
  • From tp 1 to 19 - 345 EDRAM, 346 ELOVE
  • From tp 1 to 21 - 347 EWAM
  • From tp 3 to 1 - 157 OVATN, 187 HMC, 196 CURNT
  • From tp 5 to 21 - 207/892 CNBCW, 9264  WSIU
  • From tp 9 to 19 - 498 PLBYE, 840  TVEI, 872  TR3S
  • From tp 11 to 15 - 133/897 FOXMO, 307 HBOCY, 313 ACMAX, 314 5-MAX, 323 SBYND, 354 STZC, 855 FSESP, 870   HTV
  • From tp 15 to 11 - 179/888 DKIDS, 193 SCIEN, 859 CNNES
  • From tp 19 to 3 - 266/9395 ANGL2, 492 XCESS
  • From tp 19 to 9 - 194 GREEN, 439 BIG10, 858 TFMLA, 865 CINEL
  • From tp 21 to 3 - 493 FRESH
  • From tp 21 to 5 - 119 BIO, 195 MLTRY

6/24/08

• The 3 remaining channels that were part of the Dish Network Service at 105° were removed today (Test 5990, "You have a Superdish at 105°" 7000, and the 44 hour EPG).  There were several other 36000 range channel number services that were removed as well.  No Dish Network services remain at 105°.
• 4 more HD MP4xx test channels 5930-5933 were added to tp 8 at 148°.  At the same time the 10 other MP4 channels on that transponder were changed to SD.  That is 10 SD and 4 HD channels on one transponder using MPEG4.
• Channel 211 "NOTAX" was removed from the system today.  This channel had an information slate informing customers in whatever state decided to try to pass a satellite tax.

6/18/08

• Channel 9450 NEWS! was uplinked to tp 2 at 110° and is available to HD subscribers with MPEG2 receivers.  This channel lets them know that the MPEG-2 HD channels will be converting to MPEG4 in August and how to go about upgrading their soon-to-be door stops for new MPEG-4 receivers.
• PBS National channel is now uplinked in SD MPEG4 to 61.5° on channel 249.  It is not available to subscribers and will NOT be available to most.  It will be a duplicate of 119° channel 249 for the new "Eastern Arc" with the same availability restrictions.
• HD Alternate Sports channels added to channels 441-443 at 61.5° and channels 9517-9519 at 129°.  They are not available to subscribers at this time.
• "OPEN" channels 473-477 changed their EPG name to "WIMB" and are now ready for the early rounds of Wimbledon.
• ESPN2 HD is now mirrored on channel 5302 for Dish Latino Max + HD subscribers.  It is also at 5201.  Availability is unknown, however it is guessed that this is a "black-out feed" for certain areas, especially Puerto Rico which has different MLB copyright issues.
• Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Detroit, and Raleigh HD local channels at 61.5° moved from the 5000 range to mirror the available HD local channels at 129°, 110° and 118°.  The 61.5° duplication of these channels are NOT available to subscribers at this time.  These HD markets will be moving to 61.5° "soon".  Affected subscribers will be notified in plenty of time to arrange a repoint or a new dish when the time comes.
• A ton of international channels that were in free preview, aren't any more.  A few others are now in free preview.
• Channels 7515 and 7516 moved from tp 15 to 1 on spot 14 at 61.5°

6/16/08

• The Jewelry Channel plans to cease operations in August. Details HERE.  TJC is in the Dish Shopping Mall on channels 218 and 225 at 110°.

6/12/08

• Quite a few channels moved around at 148° to consolidate and clear off several transponders.  Coupled with yesterday's massive deletion of test channel at 148° this cleared off 6 transponders at that location.  The following channels moved around at 148°
  • from tp 2 to tp 3 - 5865 SPEC4
  • from tp 4 to tp 1 - 5779 INTL1
  • from tp 4 to 21 - 7950-7953, 7956 Casper, WY locals
  • from tp 15 to 1 - 9904 D148
  • from tp 19 to tp 3 - 620 GEOTV
  • from tp 19 to tp 27 - 607 PLSAT, 615 RTPI
  • from tp 24 to tp 25 - 582 CCTV4, 644 LBC, 645 ALJAZ, 670 MBC, 9405 PNTGN, 9406 ARTS
  • from tp 26 to tp 3 - 9621 BTV, 9622 BTV, 9996 ECC
  • from tp 26 to tp 9 - 533 PPV, 580 INFO, 5960 TEST, 5961 TEST
  • from tp 26 to tp 27 - 622 APUNJ, 623 ZGUJ
  • from tp 26 to tp 29 - 472 SPORT, 9418 PAEC
• 5861 CSSM was deleted from tp 2 at 148° as well.  This channel was never available to subscribers.

6/11/09

• WGN America HD is now available to Dish Latino Max + HD Subscribers on channel 5327 and to Dish HD subscribers on channel 9446 on tp 21 at 61.5° and 3 at 129°.
• WGN 9 Chicago local HD CW channel is now available to Chicago area local subscribers with HD enabled receivers on channel 6316 at 129°.
• WPIX 11 New York local HD CW channel is now available to New York City area local subscribers with HD enabled receivers on channel 6304 on tp 15 spot beam 16 at 61.5°.  This channel is not and will not be available nationally... at least not in the foreseeable future.  The SD version is still available as a super station nationally on channel 232 and as a local NYC station.
• WTIC Hartford local HD Fox channel is now available to Hartford area local subscribers with HD enabled receivers on channel 5183 at 61.5°.
• KTXL Sacramento local HD Fox channel is now available to Sacramento area local subscribers with HD enabled receivers on channel 6398 at 110°
• KCPQ Tacoma (Seattle) local HD Fox channel is now available to Seattle area local subscribers with HD enabled receivers on channel 6417 at 110°
• KIDZ Abilene, TX local standard definition MyTV affiliate is now available to Abilene area local subscribers on channel 8177 at 148°
• KUVM Houston local standard definition Azteca America affiliate is now available to Houston area local subscribers on channel 8385 at 110°.
• Many test channel removed from 148° and 61.5°.
• DREAM Arabic language channel's free preview is now over.
• TMP K, TMP L and TMP O HD test channels were removed from 129° and 148° today.  To anyone's knowledge, none of these channels had any active video feeds on them at any time.
• HDSKL source channels for HD RSN channels and league sports packages were added to channel 5780, 5798 and 5799 on tp 30 at 61.5°.

6/9/08

• WGN America, channel 239 will be coming in HD sometime this week (probably in Wednesday).  Announced on 6/9/08 Charlie Chat at 9:15pm Eastern.  It is NOT available yet.

6/7/08 (NO UPDATES TODAY)

• Alright, alright already :-)   I received a total of 43 e-mails and PMs over the last week telling me of WGN Superstation's name change last week to WGN America.   The name has been changed on the chart.  Thank you all for the e-mails and PMs.
• Other housekeeping issues fixed.

6/4/08

• Discovery Home changed its name today to "Planet Green".  The EPG on channel 194 changed from DHOME to GREEN today.
• WGN 9, local Chicago CW (not WGN Superstation) is now uplinked in HD on channel 6316 on tp 12 at 129°,  This channel is not yet available to subscribers.
• VODSV added to channel 541 on tp 29 at 61.5° and 21 at 110°.  This Video on Demand service is not yet available to subscribers.
• TMP14 moved from channel 5379 to 5327 at 61.5° and 129.  It is still not available to subscribers.
• INFO2 added to channel 5996 on tp 8 at 110°.  This channel is not available to subscribers.
• INFO channel 5995 moved from tp 8 to tp 2 at 110°.
• The channel designated as WBRZ, ABC in Baton Rouge (8042) has been showing the same slate that is on channel 5995.  This channel also moved from tp 8 to 2 at 110°.
• Additional mirrors of PBS national feed are now mirrored on channels 7526 and 8448 on tp 23 at 61.5°.  These are not available to subscribers yet.  PBS national is available to subscribers in these markets at 119° on the same channel designations right now.
• Though no changes were made on this chart, the following channels are on some form of free preview.  Some of these are available to all.  Others are only available to international subscribers:  603 ERT, 622 APUNJ, 648/764 FUTUR, 716 STAR+, 737 KINO,  746 ARYDI, 752 EUROCH, 801 KAIRA, 804 NTV
• 4138 TNT, 4140 ESPN, 4262 HDNET, 4264 HDTHR, 4283 HDNMV have been changed so that only VIP receivers can seen them. 6000, 811 and 921 receivers can no longer see these channels.  It is still unknown which subscribers can actually see these channel designations if any.  Reminder that all these channels are available to subscribers at their 3 digit map-down channels and in the 9400 channel range to most HD subscribers, in the 5300 channel range to Dish Latino Max + HD subscribers, and in the 5500 channel range for Alaska subscribers.
• 9373  KCWK CW in Walla, Walla Washington (Yakima TV market) was shut down by Pappas Broadcasting after sucking up all its assets and filing bankruptcy.  Dish removed this channel from the line-up.  Yakima locals subscribers can see CW programming on channel 252 KTLA.

6/3/08 -  Due to work and personal commitments (attending 7 separate graduations of family members in the last week along with all the family comitments that go along with this milestone, and some computer trouble on top of that, this list has not been updated in a couple of weeks.  Today's update includes all the changes that happened since 5/22)

• From 6/2 (ANON)
  • All of the HD channels in the HD Pack were mirrored to channel 4xxx.  "xxx" equals the SD counterpart or if it's an HD Only channel, the lower number mapped or placement.  These channels are available to some one... but at the moment no one knows whom.
    • This is EXACTLY what I have been asking for these last couple of months.  Especially now with all the newer HD channels and more to come, it is a whole lot easier for those of us who LOATHE to block out channels, map-downs or setting up special guides to easily find the HD channel we are looking for.  I initially said 1+SD version, but 4+SD Version works just fine.  Now hopefully they will make it available to all of us with HD and remove the Dish Latino and 9400 HD mirrors to prevent confusion!
• From 5/28 (ANON)
  • BUFFALO HD LOCAL CHANNELS CBS, NBC and Fox became available to subscribers at 61.5° on channels 5180-5183.  ABC and CW are not available though they are still uplinked.
    • Correction: WNLO CW affiliate in Buffalo did become available on 5/28.  ABC is still not available.
  • Big 10 Alternate channels moved from channel 440-443 to 5440-5443.
  • Test channels 5960 and 5961 added to 61.5°, 110°, 118°, 119°, 129° and 148°.  The existing "info" channel on 105° on 5960 changed to TEST as well.
  • 769 DREAM became available to the Arabic Language package at 61.5° and 118°.
  • 105° was cleared of ALL channels except TEST 5990, D105 7000 and EPG 36861.  All the local markets that were at 105° are now only available at 129°.
  • 121° was cleared of ALL LOCAL channels.  Only two international channels, on Public Interest channel, business TV and a few test channels remain at this location.
  • Austin MPEG4 SD locals at 61.5° (8254-8258) were removed from the system.  They were never made available to subscribers.
  • Houston MPEG 4 SD locals at 61.5° (8375-8384) were removed from the system.  They were never made available to subscribers.
  • HD channels 9470 and 9486 (not really HD channels, but only an SD channel looping info about all the "new" HD channels) were removed from the system at 129° and 61.5°.
     
• From 5/26 (KR)
  • KCWK (KAZW) channel 9373 and 9 show a slate saying roughly "KCWK has ceased operations for CW programming turn to channel 252."
    • This has to do with Pappas Broadcasting's bankruptcy filing this week. other stations possibly affected:
      • 1. KMPH-TV, Fox, Fresno-Visalia, California
      • 2. KFRE-TV, CW, Fresno-Visalia, California
      • 3. KPTM-TV, Fox, Omaha, Nebraska
      • 4. KXVO-TV, CW, Omaha, Nebraska
      • 5. WCWG-TV, CW, Greensboro / Winston-Salem / Highpoint, North Carolina
      • 6. KPTH-TV, Fox, Sioux City, Iowa
      • 7. KMEG-TV, CBS, Sioux City, Iowa
      • 8. KTNC-TV, TuVisión, San Francisco / Oakland / San Jose, California
      • 9. KAZH-TV, TuVisión, Houston, Texas
      • 10. KDBC-TV, CBS, El Paso, Texas
      • 11. KREN-TV, CW, Reno, Nevada
      • 12. KAZR-TV, TuVisión, Reno, Nevada
      • 13. KCWK-TV, CW, Yakima / Pasco / Richland / Kennewick, Washington
• From 5/23 (KR)
  • Channel 252, KTLA became available to Yakima, WA local Subscribers.
• From 5/22. -
  • HD TEMP channels A through T were uplinked to 61.5° tp 19, 20, 21, 24 and 129° tp 3, 19, 22, 23 on channels 9428, 9430, 9459, 9471-9485, 9493 and 9495
  • French Open Tennis channels 473-477(described in 5/21 entry) became available to subscribers.

5/21/08

• Ft. Myers, FL HD CBS and Fox are now available to subscribers from 61.5° on channels 5181 and 5183.
• Test channel 5960 was removed from 61.5° and 148°
• "OPEN" 1-5 channels have been added for this weekend's French Open Tennis Championships on channels 473-477 at 119° and 110°.  The early rounds will be shown on these channels live.  Remember there is a 5 hour time difference so games starting at noon there will start at 7am here.  The channel are not yet available to subscribers, but they will pop up on the EPGs some time before the first round starts.
• Scranton, PA HD locals ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox have been uplinked to channels 5150-5153 on tp 7 spot 16 at 61.5°. They are NOT available to subscribers yet.
• KIDZ-CA a MyTV affiliate in Abilene, TX is now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channel 8177 in standard MPEG2 on tp 16 at 148 and in MPEG4 on tp 7 spot 13 at 61.5°.
• Research Channel is now uplinked in MPEG4 on tp 21 at 61.5° on channel 9400 but is NOT available to subscribers yet.  This is the second attempt to do a side-by-side MPEG4/MPEG2 broadcast on the same channel from two different satellites.
• HITN channel 9401 is now uplinked AND AVAILABLE to subscribers in MPEG4 on tp 21 at 61.5°. 
  • As mentioned in the previous note, this is the second attempt at having both MPEG4 and MPEG2 on the same channel from different satellites available to subscribers at the same time.  My MPEG4 receiver (622) happily tunes to 61.5° tp 21 while my MPEG2 receivers (501 & 1000) happily tune to 110° tp 3.  When you do a "point dish" command on the receivers, there is no "lock-up" delay or any problem what-so-ever on my personal receivers.
• The international channel free preview (577, 713, 714, 719, 721, 729, 752, 773, 782 and 903) is over today.
• Azteca America local channels in Brownsville (7664) and Las Vegas (9040) are now available in their respective markets to local subscribers.
• ETC10 channel 9990 now shows as being available to "some one" at 129°.  If anyone sees the content of this channel LEGALLY, please e-mail the link just below.
• The following channels have been removed from the system:
  • 108 LIFE from tp 15 at 148°.  This channel is still available on its normal 119° slot.
  • 541 & 9541 NHL channels
  • 574 FPCHN international free preview at 61.5°
  • 5571 INFO channel that told Puerto Rico Dish Latino subscribers that Telemundo West was not available to PR subscribers.
• More local channels from 105° were moved to tp 2 which houses a slate telling subscribers that their local channels are now at 129° and to call Dish for a repoint.  Some markets at 105° now only have 1 channel active.  The rest are slates.  The 105° move is nearly complete.
• 190 Fox Reality Channel changed the name on the EPG from "REAL" to "RLTY".  The new Realty channel? :-) 
  • (the :-) means it's a JOKE.  No need to correct me or to ask what the "Realty Channel" is all about.)

5/14/08

• Comcast Sports Bay Area HD is now available to subscribers as a PART TIME channel on 5419 at 129°.
• Comcast Sports Net New England is now available to subscribers as a PART TIME channel on 5435 at 61.5°
• The Following PART-TIME HD Regional Sports Networks became available to subscribers today at 61.5 (These channels show a slate "check back often to see if your favorite team is playing" when not in use.).  All these channel were previously available at 129°, but not at 61.5°:
  • 5416 - Fox Sports Southwest
  • 5420 - Fox Sports South
  • 5427 - Fox Sports Cincinnati (the Reds SUCK-- I'd rather have FilmFest, thanks. ed)
  • 5429 - Comcast Sports Net Chicago
  • 5430 - Fox Sports Detroit
  • 5431 - SportsTime Ohio
  • 5436 - Fox Sports North
  • 5437 - SportSouth
• Yuma, AZ/El Centro, CA standard definition local channels are now available to subscribers on channels 8420-8428 from tp 31 spot 39 at 110°.
• Helena, MT standard definition local channels are now available to subscribers on channels 8743-8747 from tp 4 spot 36 at 110°
• The PBS National channel mirror at 8748 on 119° intended for Helena locals was removed and never made available to subscribers.
• More local channels at 105° and 121° disappeared and were replaced by slates telling subscribers that the channels will be removed very soon and to call Dish for new equipment to receive them at 129° (61.5° for Providence).
• "DREAM" is now uplinked to tp 27 at 61.5° and tp 2 at 118° on channel 769.  By the channel positioning, the guess is this is "Dreams TV" from Egypt.  It is not available to subscribers yet.
• ETC10 test channel added to tp 17 at 129° channel 9990 and it is not available to subscribers.

5/13/08

• Voom is now history on Dish.  As of about midnight Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, the 5 remaining Voom channels Rave, Equator, Kung Fu, and Monsters HD are all gone!  A big FU to Dish Network for this one!  Channel 9470 now has a channel labeled HD touting all the new part time (at best) commercial-ridden with just as many repeats channels they added to take the place of 15 24/7 commercial-free HD channels including 4 movie channels.  What a great trade... NOT!
• The count now...17 channels added yesterday morning.  10 channels removed last night.  Another 5 removed tonight.  Net gain 2 channels HOWEVER, two of the "new" channels required Cinemax subscription.  So to most subs, net gain ZERO.  Add to this that no HD has been spotted on 5 Star Max and Cartoon Network is 100% stretch-o-vision....  It's a NET LOSS of HD channel.  Thanks again Dish.

5/12/08   (HD EXPLOSION DAY! - and some shrapnel blown away.  Net addition of 12 HD channels.)

DISH GIVETH AND DISH TAKETH AWAY!!!!  BOOOOOOOO  HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... What a dirty freaking underhanded trick to play!  You DID NOT add 22 channels, you added 12 net channels.  I WANT MY FILM FEST AND VOOM MOVIES BACK!!!  I WANT MY TREASURE HD!!!  VERY LOW CLASS MOVE DISH!

• The following Voom channels (which many of us watched regularly) were removed by Dish Network!
  • Gallery  9472 (Currently showing a slate touting the 22 new channels with a crawl saying they removed the less popular channels because of this (THAT IS A LIE.  The channels were on different transponders.  They removed them to same a freaking nickel off of OUR subscriptions!  --can you tell I am very upset over this?)
  • Treasure 9473
  • Aniamania 9474
  • Voom Movies 9475
  • World Sport 9477
  • ULTRA  9478
  • Film Fest 9480  -  The only place to watch great movies from all over the world, GONE.  I'll give back 21 of the 22 new channels for this one back!
  • HD News Channel 9482 - the only REAL news channel on TV (not a political analyst or talk show in sight!).  Remember CNN HN when they were headline news, that is what was removed here.  Gee.  Thanks again, Dish!
  • Game Play 9485
  • Family Room 9486
• The following channels became available in HD today.
  • Smithsonian HD
    • 5371  Dish Latino Max + HD Ultimate
    • 374 AT100 and up + HD Ultimate or Dish HD Pack
  • MGM HD
    • 5369  Dish Latino Max + HD Ultimate
    • 385 AT100 and up + HD Ultimate or Dish HD Pack
  • World Fishing Network HD (no joke...people love this stuff...really.)
    • 5372  Dish Latino Max + HD Ultimate
    • 394 AT100 and up + HD Ultimate or Dish HD Pack
  • Travel Channel HD
    • 5366  Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9437 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch.215)
  • The Weather Channel HD
    • 5367  Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9438 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch.214)
  • CNBC HD
    • 5368  Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9439 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch. 208)
  • Tennis Channel
    • 9442 AT250 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch. 400)
  • Biography Channel
    • 9443 AT250 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch. 119)
  • Hallmark Movie Channel
    • 9444 AT250 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch. 187)
  • Toon Disney
    • 5341 Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9449 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch. 174)
  • Bravo HD
    • 5309 Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9492 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch 129)
  • Cartoon Network  
    • 5335 Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9463 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch 176)
  • Disney Channel (East)
    • 5339 Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9433 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch 172)
  • ESPN News
    • 5340 Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9494 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch 142)
  • ABC Family
    • 5342 Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials
    • 9434 AT100 and up + HD Essentials or Dish HD Pack (mapped to ch 180)
  • Cinemax West
    • 9440 Cinemax + HD Enabling Fee or any HD package.
  • 5 Star Max
    • 9441 Cinemax + HD Enabling Fee or any HD package.
• The following existing HD channels are now mapped to lower channel numbers:
  • 9421 HD Theater is now mapped to channel 364
  • 9422 HD Net is now mapped to channel 362
  • 9423 HD Net Movies is now mapped to channel 383
  • 9427 Universal HD is now mapped to channel 366
  • 9468 Golf/Versus is now mapped to channel 398
  • 9469 MHD is now mapped to channel 369
• 5373 & 5374 TMP 8 & 9 (Cinemax West & 5 Star Max) deleted from the system.
• 9484 (the original placement of Toon Disney which is now on 9449) has been removed from the system.
• 5797 HDSKD channel uplinked to tp 30 at 61.5°
• 5798 INFO channel uplinked to tp 17 at 129° and 10 at 61.5°
• 9500 BIG10 HD moved from tp 30 to 2 at 61.5°

5/9/08

• Another "Friday Surprise" only this time no channel became available to subscribers, but things are looking good!
  • Bravo HD, Cartoon Network (no)HD, Disney HD, ESPN News HD, Toon Disney HD and ABC Family HD were mirrored to the Dish Latino slots in the 5300 channel range.
  • 16 "TMP" channels (presumably temporary HD test channels) were uplinked to both 129° and 61.5° (5300 range = Dish Latino Max.  9400 range = America's Top __ and Dish HD subscribers.)
    • TMP1 was uplinked to channels 5366, 9437 tp 32 at 61.5° and tp 7 at 129° (Reported as The Travel Channel HD)
    • TMP2 was uplinked to channels 5367, 9438  tp 32 at 61.5° and tp 7 at 129° (Reported as The Weather Channel HD)
    • TMP3 was uplinked to channels 5368, 9439 tp 32 at 61.5° and tp 7 at 129° (Reported as CNBC HD)
    • TMP4 was uplinked to channels 385, 5369 tp 32 at 61.5° and tp 7 at 129° (Reported as MGM HD)
    • TMP5 was uplinked to channels 376, 5370 tp 32 at 61.5° and tp 7 at 129° (Reported as Mojo HD)
    • TMP6 was uplinked to channels 374, 5371 tp 32 at 61.5° and tp 7 at 129° (Reported as Smithsonian HD)
    • TMP7 was uplinked to channels 394, 5372 tp 32 at 61.5° and tp 7 at 129° (Reported as World Fishing Network HD)
    • TMP8 was uplinked to channels 5373, 9440 tp 16 at 61.5° and tp 13 at 129° (Reported as Cinemax West HD)
    • TMP9 was uplinked to channels 5374, 9441 tp 16 at 61.5° and tp 13 at 129° (Reported as 5-Star Max HD)
    • TMP10 was uplinked to channels 5375, 9442 tp 16 at 61.5° and tp 13 at 129° (Reported as The Tennis Channel HD))
    • TMP11 was uplinked to channels 5376, 9443 tp 16 at 61.5° and tp 13 at 129° (Reported as Biography Channel HD)
    • TMP12 was uplinked to channels 5377, 9444 tp 16 at 61.5° and tp 13 at 129° (Reported as Hallmark Movie Channel HD)
    • TMP13 was uplinked to channels 5378, 9445 tp 16 at 61.5° and tp 13 at 129° (Reported as Showtime 2 HD)
    • TMP14 was uplinked to channels 5379, 9446 tp 21 at 61.5° and tp 3 at 129° (Reported as  Showtime West)
    • TMP15 was uplinked to channels 5380, 9447 tp 21 at 61.5° and tp 3 at 129° (Reported as WGN HD)
    • TMP16 was uplinked to channels 5381, 9448 tp 16 at 61.5° and tp 13 at 129° (Reported as TMC East)
• HDSKD channels 5797 and 5798 were removed from tp 16 at 61.5°
• All the HD RSNs that were recently uplinked to tp 16 at 61.5° moved to tp 30.  These were: 5416 FOXSW, 5420 FOX S, 5427 FOXCN, 5430 FOXD, 5431 STO,  5436 FOXN, 5437 SPSOU, and HDSKD channel 5796.

5/8/08

• Dish cleared off tp 32 and 21at 61.5°.  They had a grand total of 69 channel numbers attached to it!  So the following channels were removed from 61.5° tp32 and 21 today (No Subscriber services were affected.  All these channels are still available to subscribers on their regular satellite locations.  Some of them are still at 61.5° on different transponders already):  100. 140, 142, 143, 144, 148, 200, 214, 444-454, 517, 518, 5409-5411, 5414, 5415, 5417-5419, 5424-5426, 5428, 5781-5783, 5800-5815,  9400, 9401, 9419-9424, 9427, 9429, 9456 and 9460.  Data channels 19000, 19007, 19030, 19067 and 19075 which are not listed on this chart were also removed from tp 32 and 21 at 61.5°.

5/7/08

• Well, the rumor of two new national HD channels (namely Bravo and ESPN News) being turned on today did not come to pass.  But there was a ton of uplink activity today.  Thanks to John H for keeping everyone abreast of the uplink sutuation!
• Portland, ME HD local ABC, CBS, NBC are now available to subscribers on channels 5150-5152 at 61.5°
• Hartford, CT HD Local ABC CBS, NBC are now available to subscribers on channels 5180-5182 at 61.5°
• Azteca America sd local channels uplinked in Harlingen, TX ch 7664 (tp 29s17 at110°), Houston TX ch 8385 (tp 13 s 16 at 110°), Dallas, TX ch 8417 (tp 1 spot 13 at 61.5° and tp 29 spot 21 at 110°), Las Vegas, NV ch 9040 (tp 12s38 at 110°).  All these channels are LP or CA stations owned by "Una Vez Mas. LLC"  (One more time).
• Disney Channel HD is now uplinked, but not available to subscribers on channel 9433 on tp 25 at 61.5° and tp 11 at 129°
• ABC Family HD is now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channel 9434 on tp 25 at 61.5° and tp 11 at 129°
• Several temp HD channels which were testing all sorts of other channels but never listed on the EPG were changed and the EPG actually now reflects the channels on these channels.  When they are released to customers, the may move channel number.  Here is what the channels now show in the EPG when viewed with an FTA receiver-- Regular Dish network receivers will NOT show these channels in the EPG yet.  They are still NOT available to subscribers:
  • 9463 is now TOON (Cartoon Network HD --or truth in advertising, Cartoon Network SD upconvert in Stretch-o-Vision™ (Turner Networks))
  • 9484 is now TDIS (Toon Disney HD)
  • 9492 is now Bravo HD
  • 9494 is now ESNWS (ESPN News HD)
• 9475 changed names from WORLD (Voom World Cinema) to VMOV (Voom Movies).  From movies from all over the world, to another Hollywood rerun channel.  The actual program change happened at the beginning of May.
• Many locals at 121° and 105° changed over to slates letting subscribers know that these channels will be leaving these satellite locations and telling subscribers to call Dish for a repoint to 129° (61.5° in Providence).  Channels affected are 741 WJET, 7047 WQLN, 7195 KISN, 7196 KXNE, 7210 WAOW, 7216 WHRM, 7319 WQCW, 7321 WPBY, 7325 WPBO, 7770 WLNE, 7775 WLWC, 7776 WSBE, 7860 KSWO, 7865 KKTM, 7929 WVAW, 7933 WHTJ.
• 72.7° came to life today with test channels on tp 3, 6 and odd tps 7-31.  Each transponder has one HD test "up" channel in the 6800-6817 channel range.  Added a new page to list the 72.7 channels.
• The following HD RSNs moved from tp 32 to 16 at 61.5° (NONE OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS AT 61.5° YET) : 5416 FOXSW, 5420 FOXS, 5427 FOXCN, 5429 CSNCH, 5430 FOXD, 5431 STO, 5436 FOXN, 5437 SPSOU.
• Channels 9400 and 9401 (Research Channel and HITN) became available at 61.5° in MPEG4 while at the same time remaining available at 110° in MPEG2.  (Personal note:  When I did a "point Dish" screen on channel 9400 my 622 aimed at both 110° and 61.5° locked up.--hopefully more to come)
  • UPDATE:  After about 10 minutes of letting the receiver sit locked up, the 622 finally came back to life and finally showed the "point dish" screen and revealed it was receiving tp 32 at 61.5° therefore, the MPEG4 receiver was defaulting to the MPEG4 stream and not the old 110° MPEG2 stream)

5/6/08

• Lots and lots of rumors about half the world being lit up on Wednesday (again).  Two rumored channels added to the chart with (9) (RUMOR ONLY).  Check out channels 9437 and 9438!.   We'll see how accurate these rumors are on Wednesday.  Ahhh, reminds me of the old days (8 years ago) when rumors of new channels were constantly flowing... (3 anonymous e-mains)

5/2/08

• 7801 KWGN and 7850 WCNF are now back on Dish Network.  As of 11:30pm eastern these channels were switched back to their regular transponder locations undoing yesterday's changes.  8042 WBRZ is still showing a slate telling subscribers of a retransmission consent issue preventing Dish from showing the channel.

5/1/08

• 7801 KGWN moved from tp 21 to 15 at 148°.  This channel is now showing a slate telling subscribers the channel and Dish could not reach a retransmission consent deal.
• 7850 WCNF moved from tp 31 apot 11 to tp 2 at 110°.  This channel is now showing a slate telling subscribers the channel and Dish could not reach a retransmission consent deal.
• 8042 WBRZ moved from tp 25 spot 12 to tp 8 at 110°.  This channel is now showing a slate telling subscribers the channel and Dish could not reach a retransmission consent deal.

4/30/08

• Radio France International (RFI) has returned to Dish on its old channel numbers (660 at 61.5° and 148° and 732 at 118°) replacing Couleur Radio which inhabited those channels form 12/26/07until 4/30/08.
• Helena, MT standard definition locals (ABC, CBS, NBC, CW and national PBS) are now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channels on channels 8743-8758 on tp 4 apot 36 at 110°.
• El Centro, CA/Yuma, AZ standard definition locals (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CW, Univision, Telemundo, Telefutura and LATV) are now uplinked, but not available to subscribers on channels 8420-8428
• Laredo, TX standard definition locals (CBS, NBC, Fox, CW, Univision, Telefutura, LATV and a mystery station -KNGS DT3 (Weather PLUS?  Telemundo?)) are now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channels 8122-8129.
• Newport, VA HD local ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox are now available to local subscribers on channels 5180-5183 at 61.5°.
• KUNP TV (Univision) is now available to local subscribers in the Portland, OR area on channel 8678 at 110°.
• Info channels telling subscribers about the impending move of local channels from 121° and 105° were uplinked and made available on channels 7045, 7189, 7199, 7209, 7314, 7424, 7774, 7859, 7910 and 7928.
• 108 Lifetime is now uplinked to tp 15 at 148° but not available to subscribers.  Why?  I have no idea!
• Chiller is now mirrored on channel 895 for Dish Latino Max subscribers.
• Info channel 5995 was added to tp 8 at 110°
• The Research Channel and HITN (9400 and 9401) are now uplinked in MPEG-4 format on tp 32 at 61.5° but not available to subscribers yet.
• GAME, BIO, HISTI, BRAVO, TCM, REAL are now all in free preview mode.  Anyone with AT100 can get these channels as a free preview!
• 572 EURCH is now available to subscribers at 118°
• Info channel 837, 5753, 5755, 5758 and 5760 have all been deleted from the system.

4/24/08

• Providence, RI ABC, CBS NBC and Fox are now available in HD at the 61.5° location
• New York ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox HD local channels 6300-6303 moved from tp 17 to tp 15 spot 16 at 61.5°
• Boston ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox HD local channels 6318-6321 moved from tp  21 to tp 5 spot 16 at 61.5°
  • The net result to subscribers in the northeast is nothing.  Anyone who "moved" to New York to get HD local channels will find a big fat "No Signal" when they try to tune in.  Time to "rent" your u-hauls and "move" back to where you came from!
• Providence RI Standard Def local channels at 61.5° moved from tp 16 to 11 spot 16.
• Later the same day...
• The following channels were uplinked but not available to subscribers on tp 21 at 61.5° in MPEG4 HD format: 9420 TNT, 9421 HDTHR, 9422 HDNET, 9423 HDNMV, 9424 ESPN, 9456 HBO and 9460 SHO-E.
  • All these channels are currently available as MPEG2 HD channels at 110°.
• Test Channel 5960 became available to some subscribers somewhere at 61.5° and 148°.
• This could be old news, but while searching for info on 5960, I stumbled across a new channel/service (to me).  STVOD on channel 5747 is AVAILABLE.  This is Starz on demand.  It is an SD service which allows you to play movies when you want.  My menu right now has 3 Disney titles:  Meet the Robinsons, Head Case, and The Santa Clause 3.  HOWEVER... those of you with HD receivers will be thrilled to know that the MORONS who programmed this service seemed to have disabled the aspect button on the remote...therefore S T R E T C H - O - V I S I O N for everyone!  YUCK!

4/23/04

• Chiller is now available to AT250 and higher subscribers on channel 199.
• USA HD and SciFi HD are now mirrored to channels 5328 and 5329 and available to Dish Latino Max + HD Essentials subscribers.
• Local HD ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox locals are now available to local subscribers in the following TV markets from 61.5°:
  • Jackson, MS (no Fox)
  • Burlington, VT
    • Update... Burlington did launch with all 4 major networks.  Sorry for the misinformation!
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Mobile, AL (No NBC)
  • Greenville SC
  • Greensboro, NC
  • Huntsville, AL (No ABC)
• Info channels added to channel 5990 tp 2 at 105° and 5991 tp 13 at 121°.  These channels are not available to subscribers yet but will probably contain slates about the impending move of all DBS service off of those satellites soon.

4/22/04

• HD Local network channels (ABC, CBS, NBC. Fox) have been uplinked but are NOT AVAILABLE to subscribers yet at 61.5° in the following markets:
  • Portland ME on channels 5150-5153 on tp 9 spot 16.
  • Memphis, TN (including CW) on channels 5170-5174 on tp 5 spot 19.
  • Buffalo, NY (Including CW) on channels 5180-5184 on tp 13 spot 15
  • Norfolk, VA on channels 5180-5183 on tp 15 spot 15.
• A TEST channel on tp 1 at 129° took the place of the CSNCH which was testing on channel 5713 on tp 8.  CSNCH was never available to subs on that channel number.
• The following local markets now have the "minor" local channels uplinked to 61.5° in SD MPEG4 format to comply with the "1 Dish for locals rule" when it begins to apply to digital OTA channels.  NONE of these channels are available at these locations.  All but one are available on the same channel numbers at 110° or 119°.
  • Memphis, TN - tp 5 spot 19
  • Greensboro, NC - tp 9 spot 17 (WUNC tp 3s15)
  • Portland, ME - tp 9 spot 16
  • Hartford, CT - tp 1spot 16
  • Lancing, MI - tp 7 spot 15
  • Greenville, NC - (WUNC tp 3s15)
  • Syracuse, NY - tp 7 spot 16
  • Florence, SC -  (tp 9 spot 17 WUNC)
  • Birmingham, AL - tp 9 spot 19
  • Washington, DC - tp 5 & 9 spot 15
  • New York, NY - tp 15, 1 & 7 spot 16
  • Philadelphia, PA - tp 11, 13 & 15 spot 15
  • Beaumont, TX - tp 9 spot 13
  • Minneapolis, MN - tp 3 spot 11
  • Charlotte, NC - tp 11 spot 17  (tp 9 spot 17 WUNC)
  • Tampa, FL - tp 7 & 1 spot 12
  • Raleigh, NC - tp 3 spot 15 (including WUNC)
  • Waco, TX - tp 11 spot 13
  • Buffalo, NY - tp 13 spot 15
  • Huntsville, AL - tp 11 spot 19 (tp 9 spot 19 APT)
  • Scranton, PA - tp 7 spot 16
  • Jackson, MS - tp 1 spot 19
  • Green Bay, WI - tp 13 spot 14
  • Richmond, VA - tp 1 spot 15

4/21/08

• Info channel added to 837 on Puerto Rico Spot Beam (49) transponder 25.  This channel is located directly below Telemundo. 
• UPDATE.  Message on channel 837 says "Telemundo Oeste no disponible en Puerto Rico." (Telemundo West not Available in Puerto Rico).

4/20/08 (news only)

• The excrement struck the oscillating air handler on Friday.   Dish Network has been ordered to turn off DVR functionality to many DVR receivers.  The list includes DP-501, DP-508, DP-510, DP-522, DP-625, DP-721, DP-921, DP-942, and HZ1022.  Click on the ""NEWS MONITOR" HERE

4/18/08

• USA Network and SciFi channel are now available on channels 9431 and 9432 at 110°.  The switch was flipped early this afternoon much to everyone's surprise.
• A little house keeping.  Removed footnote 6 specifying which HD channels required MPEG4 receivers and added a note that nearly all the HD channels were MPEG 4 channels.  Also removed the (DD) from all local channels and included a note that all HD channels have a DD soundtrack (Dolby Digital) whether its used for 5.1 or not.
• Removed notes dealing with Sky Angel channels since the service has been removed from the Dish system.

4/17/08

• Columbia, SC HD locals are now available to local subscribers subscribers on channels 5150-5153
• Dish has added 9 MPEG 4 Standard Def "SKDL" channels to tp 32 at 61.5° on channel numbers 5807-5815.  They are not available to subscribers.

4/16/08

• Green Bay, WI HD locals are now available to local subscribers subscribers on channels 5160-5163
• Baltimore, MD HD locals are now available to local subscribers subscribers on channels 5160-5163
• CNN HD is now available to Dish HD, HD Essentials and HD Ultimate Packages on channel 9436 (mapped to Ch 200), and mirrored on channel 5314 for Dish Latino Max + HD Essential or Dish Latino Max + HD Ultimate subscribers.  It is on tp 25 at 61.5° and tp 11 at 129° and is an MPEG4 channel.  CNN was hiding on test channel  9483 which was at one time testing MGM HD.  It may have changed in the last few days without anyone noticing.  Speaking of which...
• TEMP channel 9483 was removed from tp 25 at 61.5° and 11 at 61.5°.
• KUNP TV 16 (or more likely KUNP LP 47 Portland in lieu of La Grande Oregon 16), a Univision affiliate in Oregon is now uplinked, but not available to subscribers on tp 27 spot 44 at 110°.
• The local HD network channels (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) were uplinked, but NOT AVAILABLE in the following cities today at 61.5°.
  • 5170-5173 Syracuse, NY on tp3 spot 16
  • 5180-5183 Lansing, MI on tp 7 spot 14
  • 5180-5183 Hartford, CT on tp 1 spot 16
• MPEG2 SD test channel "TEST" was added to tp 23 at 61.5° and tp 26 at 148° on channel 5960.

4/9/08

• Tampa, FL HD locals are now available to local subscribers subscribers on channels 5150-5153
• Richmond, VA HD locals are now available to local subscribers on channel 5150-5153
• Cleveland, OH HD locals are now available to local subscribers on channels 5200-5203
• Milwaukee, WI HD locals are now available to local subscribers on channels 5200-5203
• The local HD network channels (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) were uplinked, but NOT AVAILABLE in the following cities today at 61.5°.
  • 5150-5153 Chattanooga, TN on tp3 spot 17
  • 5160-5163 Baltimore, MD on tp 9 spot 15
  • 5160-5163 Burlington, VT on tp 13 spot 15
  • 5160-5163 Knoxville, TN on tp 7 spot 17
  • 5160-5164 Mobile, AL on tp 3 spot 19 (including WJTC, ind. out of Pensacola, FL)
  • 5190-5193 Albany, NY on tp 3 spot 16
  • 5190-5193 Greenville, SC (et al) on tp 1 spot 17
  • 5190-5193 Huntsville, AL on tp 11 spot 19
  • 5220-5223 Waco, TX on tp 11 spot 13
• The following HD local network channels were added on 61.5° to cities that already have HD locals available on the same channel numbers as the new uplinks.  The "new" channels are not available to subscribers.
  • 6300-6304 New York, NY on tp 15 spot 16 (including WPIX) --these were listed as SD MPEG 4 additions, not HD
  • 6318-6321 Boston, MA on tp 5 spot 16 -- these are also listed as SD MPEG 4 additions, not HD
  • 6483-6486 Charlotte, NC on tp 11 spot 17
• The following local markets had their "minor" local channels uplinked to 61.5° spot beams in MPEG 4.  All these channels are currently available on the same channel numbers, but tat different locations or transponders in MPEG 2)
  • 7074-7081 Milwawkee, WI on tp 11 spot 14
  • 7284 & 7286 Madison, WI on tp 5 spot 14
  • 7293-7296 Norfolk, VA on tp 15 spot 15
  • 7334-7335 Chattanooga, TN on tp 3 spot 17.  7336 on tp 15 spot 17.
  • 7354-7358 Mobile, AL on tp 3 spot 19
  • 8034-8037 Detroit, MI on tp 7 spot 14
  • 8184-8192 Greenville, SC on tp 1 spot 17
  • 8254-8258 Austin, TX on tp 5 spot 13
  • 8304-306 Atlanta, GA on tp 15 spot 17 (8307-8310 on tp 7 spot 17)
  • 8375-8377 Houston, TX on tp 13 spot 13 (8378-8384 on tp 9 spot 13)
  • 8404-8416 Dallas, TX on tp 15 spot 13 (8404 & 8405 on tp 1 spot 13)
  • 8514-8521 Cleveland, OH on tp 1 spot 14
  • 8716-8721 Grand Rapids, MI on tp 15 spot 14
  • 8774-8780 Boston, MA on tp 5 spot 16 -- 8781-8785 on tp 9 spot 16
  • 8941-8943 Burlington, VT on tp 13 spot 16 -- 8944 on tp 9 spot 16
• EPG channel 36861 is now uplinked to another unknown location (possibly 72°)
• UP5 test channel was added to an unspecified location (possibly 72°)
• International Free Preview channel 574 has returned to tp 10 at 61.5°.  It is available to specific subscribers.
• Adult Showcase channel 486 is now apparently available to some subscribers as a PPV order channel.
• 624 SHARA has been removed from tp 25 at 148°.  This channel is still available at 118°
• The Sky Angel channels 9701-9709 and 9711-9732 have been removed from the system.  Sky Angel ceased satellite operations at the end of March.

4/3/08

• Caught up with yesterday's changes.  The chart was up to date as of 4am today.  At 11:40pm the change log was updated for yesterday.  Nothing new today.

4/2/08

• The following channels are now mirrored at 61.5° tp 32 in MPEG-4 format.  They are not available to subscribers at this time:
  • Standard definition: 100 HOME, 140 ESPN, 142 ESNWS, 143 ESPCL, 144 ESPN2, 148 ESPNU, 200 CNN, 214 TWC, 444-453 ALT, 454 SPORT, (517, 518 PPV)
  • Part-time HD RSN channels 5409 CSNWS, 5410 ALTUD, 5411 PRIME, 5414 FOXRM, 5415 FOXAZ. 5416 FOXSW, 5417 FOXW, 5418 FOXMW, 5419 FOXBA(CSNBA), 5420 FOXS, 5424 CSNMA, 5425 FOXOH, 5426 FOXNW, 5427 FOXCN, 5428 FOXPT, 5429 CSNCH, 5430 FOXD, 5431 STO, 5436 FOXN, 5437 SPSOU.
  • 5781-5783 HDRSN (presumably altenate channels for the RSNs above.)
  • 5800-5806 SKDL (Source channels for all the RSNs listed above.  Essentially only 7 RSN channels can be active at any one time) - these channels were moved from tp 13 at 61.5°
  • HD: 9419 A&E, 9427 UNIHD, 9429 NTGEO
• The following channels were removed from tp 13 at 61.5°. (this transponder became a spot beam transponder today)
  • (513, 514, 517, 520, 523 PPV), 560 NBA TV, 561-572 NBA
  • 5800-5813 SKDL (5800-5806 were moved to tp 32)
  • 5814, 5815 EPSK1 & 2.
• 499 Playboy is now available to subscribers on tp 4 at 119°.  This is a mirror of channel 497 but it gives those with newer receivers that are hooked up to broadband or phone line the ability to subscribe to the channel by using the remote control.
• Channels 717 LEOWD (61.5°/148°), 728 RAI & 796 K TV (121°) were removed from the system today.  These channels have been unavailable for some time and have moved to different channel numbers at 118°.
• Due to the re-use of channel numbers, the uplink reports on the DBS discussion boards were confusing.  For this reason all the locals in the channel ranges will be listed.  Some of the following local markets have been uplinked for a while.  NONE WERE REMOVED.  This was just a "glitch" in the programs JohnH and DigiBlur use to automate their reports.
• The following MPEG 4 - HD local channel markets (ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox) were either uplinked or moved to channels 5150-5153.  NONE are available to subscribers yet.
  • Fargo, ND - tp 1 spot 11
  • Richmond, VA - tp 1 spot 15
  • Jackson, MS - tp 1 spot 19
  • Wichita Falls, TX - tp 3 spot 13
  • Madison, WI - tp 5 spot 14
  • Columbia, SC - tp 5 spot 17
  • (Tampa, FL - tp 7 spot 12 was in the previous weeks but is still not available.  Uplink reports could be misread to show these channels were remover.  They were not. )
• The following MPEG 4 HD local channel markets (ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox) were uplinked to channels 5160-5163.
  • Sherman, OK (no ABC) - tp  1 spot 13  (not available to subscribers)
  • Green Bay - tp 13 spot 14 (not available to subscribers)
  • FLINT HD LOCALS BECAME AVAILABLE 5160-5163 tp 3 spot 12
  • Orland HD locals are still available tp 3 spot 14
• The following MPEG 4 HD local channel markets (ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox) were uplinked or moved around to channel 5170-5173.  NONE are available to subscribers yet.
  • Abilene/Sweetwater, TX - tp 7 spot 13
  • Providence, RI - tp 11 & 13 spot 16
  • Florence, SC - tp 13 spot 17 (ABC, CBS, Fox & CW)
  • Ft. Myers, FL - Tp 15 spot 12 (previously uplinked)
  • Grand Rapids - tp 15 spot 14 (Previously uplinked
• The following MPEG 4 HD local channel markets (ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox) were uplinked to or moved around on channel 5180-5183.
  • West Palm Beach, FL - tp 1 spot 12 (ABC, NBC & Fox available to subscribers.  No CBS due to retrans consent)
  • Austin, TX - tp 5 spot 13 - Available to subscribers
• The following MPEG 4 HD local channel markets (ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox) were uplinked to or moved around on channel 5190-5193.  NONE are available to subscribers yet.
  • South Bend, IN - tp 5 spot 14
  • Beaumont, TX - tp 9 spot 13 (this was preciously uplinked)
  • Greensboro, NC - tp 9 spot 17
• The following MPEG 4 HD local channel markets (ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox) were uplinked to or moved around on channel 5190-5193.  NONE are available to subscribers yet.
  • Cleveland, OH - tp 1 spot 14
  • Milwaukee, WI - tp 9 spot 14
• The following local HD market (ABC, CBS, NBC & Fox) were mirrored to spot beams at 61.5° and are NOT available to subscribers.  The original locations ARE available to subscribers.
  • 6340-6343 - Nashville, TN - tp 13 spot 19 (available to subs at 129°)
  • 6347-6350 - Minneapolis, MN - tp 3 spot 11 (available to subs at 129°)
  • 6365-6369 - Atlanta, GA (Including WPCH) - tp 15 spot 17 (available to subs at 129° minus WPCH)
  • 6495-6498 - Birmingham, AL - tp 9 spot 19 (available to subs at 119°)
• INFO channels 7189, 7197, 7777 warning subscribers about local channels moving from 121° and 61.5° were removed from the system.
• "MTS" channels 5550-5561 were removed from tp 13 at 148°
• 5974 and 5975 Providence RI "warning" channels (XWJAR & XWPRI) were removed from the system tp 16 at 61.5°
• 6799 HIDEF channel was added to tp 19 at 110° and appears to be an informational slate.  This channel is NOT available to subscribers yet.
• The following local channels were mirrored added to 61.5° in STANDARD Definition MPEG 4.  This is to comply with the FCC "all locals must be receivable on one Dish" rule.  NONE OF THESE CHANNELS ARE AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS YET!
  • 7094-7097 South Bend, IN (WCWW, ESBT, WNIT, WHME) - tp 9 spot 14
  • 7109-7112 Albany, NY (WEWB, WMHT, WNYA) tp 7 spot 16
  • 7254-5256 Columbia, SC (WKTC, WZRB, WELK) tp 5 spot 17
  • 7418 & 7420 Fargo, ND (WFME, WDAZ) tp 1 spot 11
  • 5734-5739 Flint, MI (WBSF, WFUM, WAQP, WDCQ)  tp 7 & 15 spot 14
  • 7735-7736 Greenville, NC (WNCTD, GTCI) tp 7 spot 15
  • 7770-7776 Providence, RI (WLNE, WPRI, WJAR,WNAC,WLWC, WSBW) tp 11 spot 16
  • 7843 Florence, SC (WJPM) tp 13 spot 17
  • 7865 Whichita Falls, TX (KKTM) tp 3 spot 13
  • 7866 PBS national channel for Wichita tp 23 ConUS. (Continental US or "Contiguous US")
  • 8175 PBS national channel for Abilene, TX tp 23 (mirror of last listing, no additional bandwidth used)
  • 8274-8286 Orlando, FL (WRBW, WMFE, WRDQ, WVEN, WTMO, WOTF, WCEU, WBCC, WHLV, WTGL,WACX, W21AU) tp 3 & 15 spot 12
  • 8495-8905 Chicago, IL (WPWR. WTTW, WCIU, WGBO, WSNS, WXFT, WYCC, WYIN, WJYS, WOCK, WWME) tp 9 spot 14
  • 8554-8561 Nashville, TN (WNAB, WUXP, WNPT, WHTN, WJFB, WCTE) tp 13 spot 19
  • 8734-8736 Baltimore, MD (WNUV, WUTB, WMPT) tp 9 spot 15
  • 8865-8871 West Palm Beach (WTVX, WXEL, WFGC, WPXP) tp 1 spot 12.  (8873 WJAN was NOT part if this uplink)
  • 9219-9223 Ft. Myers, FL (WXCW, WEVU, WGCU, WRXY, WWDT) tp 15 spot 12
  • 9314-9318 Knoxville, TN (WBXX, WKOP, WVLR) tp 7 spot 17)
• "Temp" HD channels 9463, 9483, 9484, 9492 and 9494 were moved from tp 9 to 25 at 61.5°.  These channels reportedly hold the following gems: Tennis HD, MGM HD, MOJO HD, Smithsonian HD and World Fishing Network HD (no joke).  Don't get excited now.  These channels have been hanging around and UNAVAILABLE to subscribers for months.
• 9701-9732 (except 9710) were moved from tps 25 and 32 to tp 14 at 61.5°.  They are all mirrors of one channel showing the same slate telling subscribers that Sky Angel via satellite is history as of 3/31/08
• 9750-9781, the Sky Angel audio channels which have been silent since yesterday have been removed from tp 25 at 61.5°.
• ---Now you see why it took me so long to list the changes yesterday? :-)

4/1/08 (The EKB is a prank free zone this year)

• Channels 419 and 5419 Fox Sports Bay Area were transformed into Comcast Sports Bay Area today.  The EPG name was changed from FOXBA to CSNBA.  The HD channel 5419 is still not available to subscribers.
• Penthouse TV seems to have replaced TEN on channels 489 and 495 at 119°.
• The Sky Angel channels (9700 range except 9710) are all showing slates telling former Sky Angel subscribers that Sky Angel no longer provides satellite service and several former Sky Angel channels are available through Dish Network.
  • Angel One -- Available channel 261 (Family Package, AT100 and up)
  • Angel 2 -- Available channel 264 (Family Package, AT100 and up)
  • KTV & Spirit TV -- Available channel 266 (Family Package, Free PI Pack, AT100 and up)
  • Guardian Television Network (WSFJ TV 51 Newark/Columbus, OH) (Columbus Local package ONLY)
  • Trinity Broadcasting Network  -- Available channel 260 (Free PI Pack, Family Pack, AT100 and up)
  • Cornerstone TV (WPCB TV 40 Pittsburgh, PA) Available Pittsburgh and Johnstown/Altoona local packages ONLY
  • Home & Garden Television (AT100/Family Pack channel 112)
  • The Hallmark Channel (AT250/Family Pack  ch 185, DLMax 896)
  • Hallmark Movie Channel (AT250/Family Pack ch 187)
  • Fox News Channel (AT200/Family Pack channel 205)
• Channel 717 LEOWD was removed from subscribers' receivers today at 61.5° and 148°.  LEOWD is now only available at 118°.

3/30/08 (From the last week)

• From 3/27 - The following channels were removed from subscribers' receivers.  They have been showing slates telling subscribers the channels have moved from 121° and 105°  for some time now:  728 RAI, 796 KTV, and INFO channels 7039, 7048, 7189, 7197, 7777.
• From 3/26
• Angel 2 and KTV channels 266 and 264 are now available to subscribers at 110°.  These channels are set to be removed from 61.5° on 3/31.
• 486 JENNA was renamed ASHOW and made a mirror of channel 485 tp 10 at 110°.  It is still unavailable to subscribers.
• 499 FHESH was made a mirror of PLBY channel on to tp 4 at 119°.  Channel 499 is still not available to subscribers.
• The following channels were removed from the system (most were showing a slate telling subscribers these channels would be removed from 121°: 574 FPCHN (61.5° and 148°), 611 WOW, 668 JSTV, 676 JIC, 677 DRAGN, 679 PHNIN, 680 PHNIX, 681 CCTV4, 682 ETDRA,  683 ETGLB, 684 ETNEW, 685 ETCHI, 686 BEJTV, 687 YOYO, 688 JET, 689 TTV, 690 CTV, 691 CTS, 692 SLNK2, 693 SKLNK, 694 CCTV9, 695 CCTVE, 696 CCMOV, 697 CCENT, 698 ATV, 699 CCOPR, 700 GUAND, 701 FUJTV, 704 KBS, 706 CYRTV, 707 PACVI, 708 HUNAN, 709 SETI, 710, 734 TVN24, 736  ITVN, 737  KINO, 738  RTVI, 741  TVCI, 742 GLBL1, 746 ARYDI, 756 RADIT, 807 APUNJ, 809  ZGUJ
• 719 STARC, 721 STARM and 729 CHNLV are now available to subscribers as part of the Taiwanese Mega Pack at 118°
• SHARA was added to channel 748 on tp 27 at 148° and is available to subscribers.
• WJRT, WNEM, WEYQ and WSMH were removed from channels 5073-5076 where they were unavailable to subscribers and added to channels 5160-5163 and made available to local subscribers on tp 3 spot 14 at 61.5°
• KVUE, KEYE, KXAN and KTBC were removed from channels 5090-5093 where they were unavailable to subscribers and added to channels 5180-5183 and made available to local subscribers on tp 5 spot 13 at 61.5°.
• WFTS, WTSP, WFLA and WTVT were added from channels 5150-5153 on tp 7 s12 at 61.5°.  They are not available to subscribers.

3/22/08

(Changes from 3/21 - ANON)

• Washington DC HD (6359-6362) and Philadelphia HD (6353-6356)local channels were moved to spot beams from 61.5° (Tp 5 and 11 respectively on spot 15).  To local subscribers this will have no effect.  To those who "moved" and live outside the spot beam area it means you lost your HD "local" channels.  The "test" channels uplinked on 3/7/08 on 5054-5061 were removed.
• The following local HD channels are now uplinked but not yet available to subscribers on 61.5°
  • Richmond, VA--Channels 5150-5153 tp 1 spot 15 at 61.5°
  • Green Bay -- Channels 5160-5163 tp 13 spot 14 at 61.5°
    • There are two sets of locals on the same channel numbers with different spots and transponders
  • Grand Rapids -- Channels 5170-5173 tp 15 spot 14 at 61.5°
    • There are two sets of locals on the same channel numbers with different spots and transponders
  • Beaumont, TX channels 5190-5193 tp 9 spot 13 at 61.5°
• Updated or added hyperlinks to channels 406, 656/711, 607/733, 595/741, 702/742, 753 and 754. (NK)

(Changes from 3/19 - ANON)

• The Big 10 Network (ch 439 SD and ch 9500 mapped to 439 HD) ended it's national "free preview" on AT100.  It is now only available as part of AT100 PLUS in Iowa, Indiana (Except counties considered part of the Louisville TV market), Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania (Except counties considered part of the Pittsburgh TV market), and Wisconsin.
  • Some have stated this channel is also available in the "Sports" package, however the Dish web site makes no mention of this.
•  Club Jenna adult PPV channel moved from ch 486 tp 16 to ch 491 tp 16 at 119°
• Fresh adult channel moved from ch 499 to channel 493 at 110°.
• The following channels at 121° were changed to a slate that tells subscribers these channels are moving to 118°:  677 DRAGN, 686 BEJTV, 697 CCENT, 707 PACVI.
  • It appears that all the "Chinese" channels are now showing a slate at 121° telling subs the channels are moving.
• Channels 716 and 718, Star Plus and Star One, are now available to South Asian "Mega Pack" subscribers. at 118° and 61.5°.
• NESN HD is now apparently uplinked, but not available to subscribers on channel 5434 on tp 30 at 61.5°.  This is a part-time event only channel.  It is also mapped down to 434.
• Sioux City is the next local market to be "warned" about the removal of all local channels from 105°.  KTIV and KCAU are now mirrored on channels 5964 and 5965 tp 23 at 105°.  Channels 7190 and 7192 these channels regular homes are now on tp 2 at 105° showing a slate telling subscribers of the move.
• Columbus channels 7200 and 7201 were returned to showing the local channels WSYX and WBNS. at 105° for now.
• Clarksburg channels 7929 and 7930 were returned to showing the local channels WBOY and WVAW at 105° for now.

3/13/08

• Content from Chiller TV is now reported uplinked on channel 199.  It is still not available to subscribers.
  • Fixed typo.  Chiller TV was mistakenly listed as channel 198 (Yes)
• The guess on channel 729 was way off!  Channel 729 on tp 7 at 118° is Channel [V].  This is a music video channel from Taiwan and part of the StarTV deal.  It is NOT Canale 5 from Italy.  Channel [V] is still not available to subscribers. (Raymie)
• Kansas City local HD channels moved at 129°.  KMBC and KCTV moved from tp 1 to 4.  KSHB and KDAF moved from tp 1 to 12. (ANON)
• Channel 9645 LF1 was briefly available to subscribers with a paid interactive channel paid for by Shell Oil telling us how much they have done to get a new type of fossil fuel on the market (Natural Gas to Liquid--[diesel substitute]).  It is no longer available to subscribers.

3/12/08 (all changes by ANON unless otherwise noted)

• Albuquerque CBS KQRE is now available to local subscribers in HD on channel 6325.
• 152 College Sports TV renamed CBS College Sports.  The EPG changed from CSTV to CBSCS
• Chiller TV is now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channel 199 tp 19 at 110°.