New PI channel on E*

[Steve Mehs]

Dish put back channel 9405 today, which was formally California College something or another. The new channel is Health TV and is on 61.5. (and 148, I'm assuming).

[Cyclone]

I wish they'd put the Classic Arts Showcase channel on. My mom has that thing on 24/7 with her Cable. I wouldn't dare mention switching to a DBS at her house if CAS wasn't there.

[TNGTony]

9405 was coming from 110 before. Hmmmm....

See ya
Tony

[Darkman]

hehe - now it is 61.5 and 148...

i think "no biggie" though - cuz same happened before i think with 9413...
Besides - 9408 and 9414 are at same tps of 61.5 and 148 anyhow...

Dish is in charge - they can rearange things as they please to :)

[music_beans]

What is this new Health TV channel?

[Scott Greczkowski]

I thought that Discovery Channel purchased the Health Channel. How does this make it a public interest channel?

I also thought Discovery was going to morph the Health Channel into DIscovery Health?

[Darkman]

I d take a guess that the name "says it all" (more or less) :)

[Darkman]

Originally posted by Scott Greczkowski
I thought that Discovery Channel purchased the Health Channel. How does this make it a public interest channel?

I also thought Discovery was going to morph the Health Channel into DIscovery Health?

Scott,
I do not think it is the same Health Channel that DTV lets say carries...(i compared them).. They are different...

Besides - this one is Health TV :)

[Steve Mehs]

This is not The Health Network, it's Health TV, a completly different channel. When I had it on, it was just like all the other PI channels, some boring talking head.

[Scott Greczkowski]

Ahh well at least it's not another Good Samaratin Channel. :)

[FTA Michael]

Check out the Health TV schedule at http://www.healthtvchannel.org/main/scheduling.php

It's got presentations from the American Institute for Cancer Research, the American Public Health Association, and the Global Health Council. It's also got stuff from the International Society of Hypertension, but I'm scared to watch any of those meetings.

It's not as fun to watch as Classic Arts Showcase, but Health TV looks like it's presenting high-quality information for free. And at least they have a user-friendly online schedule, so normal humans have a chance to pick and choose what programming they want to watch.

Whaddaya want for nothin? A rrrrrrubber biscuit?