new spanish channels

[juan ellitinez]

When are those new spanish channels coming on line?I thought it was today(may 28th):confused: :confused:

[Scott Greczkowski]

Look for them to become active at around 5pm. If you don't have them by then do a check switch and you should be happy. :D

[TNGTony]

Juan,

Officially they are not coming until tomorrow the 29th. But as Scott says, look for them about 5pm Eastern.

See ya
Tony

[Steve Mehs]

I was really surprised it was announced for the 29th, Wednesday is typically new channel day

[ElJefe]

They may be available now, I'm now getting channels 827, 833, and 847. Also the Dish Latino music-only channels now appear in my guide on 874 to 879. I can't see 110° so I don't know about the other new spanish channels.

[Steve Mehs]

Yep they're available now

[Steve Mehs]

Dish must be having some kind of problems, just a second ago Telefutura west was blacked out and now it's not listed in the guide.

[MikeW]

I'm getting both Telefutura E & W , but the East Feed is showing "this program has been blacked out in your area...". I see the blackout symbol through the rest of the program guide. Is it East blacked out on West and vice-versa?

[guest]

how many channels did they add at 100?

[Steve Mehs]

Is it East blacked out on West and vice-versa?

That's what I was thinking, but thats kind of a dumb set up. The West coast feed still is gone from my EPG.

[MikeW]

East coast is gone from my guide. They must have required this as part of the contract.

[juan ellitinez]

I have east and west coast feeds

[TNGTony]

Originally posted by guest
how many channels did they add at 100?

Looks like three. Univision West and Telefutura east and west. The rest are just remaps of what is already available

See ya
Tony

[TV2000]

Juan what state do you live in. How did you get both feeds of Telefutura?

[Mark Holtz]

I'm just wondering why Dish is putting them in the 800 block. If they punch in a channel, there will be a delay as the receiver is expecting a fourth digit for locals.

Or, is Dish going to rely exclusively on local channel mapping and phase out the 8xxx channels.

:shrug:

[Darkman]

hehe - interesting angle...

maybe they never thought of that (800 vs 800x)

at the same time - with all the locals coming out - who is to say that Dish will not be using 6000 block (or even 2000 block, etc) sometime in the Near Future :)

[Mark Holtz]

Heres what I'm seeing in AT-150:

827 - UNVSN (East)
828 - UNVSW (Univision West)
831 - FTRAW
833 - Galavision West
847 - Toon Disney (Mirror including descriptions)

I'm surprised they don't mirror the "public interest channel" HITN in the 8xx block.

[juan]

uan what state do you live in. How did you get both feeds of Telefutura?

I get telefutura east on the new york locals..telefutura west in at 100

[TV2000]

I emailed Dish Network about Telefutura. This was there response.

DISH Network customers who live in the Eastern & Central time zones will receive the east coast feed of Telefutura. Customers living in the Pacific and Mountain time zones will receive the west coast feed of Telefutura. Customers will only see the applicable Telefutura channel in their EPG.

[TV2000]

On the subject of Spanish Channels. I emailed Sky Angel about adding Spanish Language Programming. This was their response:

We will be adding FE TV from La Familia this August.

[TNGTony]

I wonder what channel is coming out? Sky Angel's transponders are filled to overflowing!!! 10 video and 8 audio on each.

Maybe Daystar?

See ya
Tony

[FTA Michael]

Originally posted by TV2000
DISH Network customers who live in the Eastern & Central time zones will receive the east coast feed of Telefutura. Customers living in the Pacific and Mountain time zones will receive the west coast feed of Telefutura. Customers will only see the applicable Telefutura channel in their EPG. :confused: Why wouldn't they allow everyone to get both feeds, a la Disney/Nick/HBO? They're both on the same bird, no matter who watches them.

[mindwarp]

Ho many of thise channels will be available in the top 100, or in the top 150?
And how many of those will be available in Puerto Rico?

[telewilly]

Yea, just wait till DirecTV starts offering Telefutura West then you'll see Dish put it on for all. Dish would have done the same with Univision but since DTV has Univsn West there you go.