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  1. DIRECTV Programming
    I always wondered why the Al Jazeera English service wasn't used for the US channel. It was and is superior to the Americanized Al Jazeera America. There are also other great English language world news services out there.... France (France 24) and Germany (DW-Deutsche Welle), to name just two.
  2. DIRECTV Programming
    I have signals in the upper 60s and low 70s on 103ca. Yes, I have b-band converters installed on the receiver. Also noticed tonight that I am getting no signal on BBC-America and Destination America when two scheduled programs failed to record. I guess they're on the same satellite also?
  3. DIRECTV Programming
    Thanks for your quick response! I checked the two channels you mentioned.......204 HLN HD is showing the loss of signal message.....202 CNN HD is OK. So I guess something else has gone awry. What else could be the problem? Guess I may have to call Directv, something I always try to avoid. :(
  4. DIRECTV Programming
    Thanks for the response! I still am unable to see the new BBC World News HD and Sundance HD, always getting the "loss of satellite" message. Can anyone suggest why this is happening and if it is a dish alignment problem, what other channels would be missing? I have tried resetting the receiver...
  5. DIRECTV Programming
    Are BBC World News and Sundance HD on a different satellite than We TV HD? For some reason, I am seeing We TV HD OK but getting a "loss of signal" message on the channels for BBC and Sundance HD. I think some roof repairing I had done a few months ago might have moved the dish slightly out of...
  6. DIRECTV Programming
    Sky International News is also available on Roku in almost HD quality. Also, as I posted before, the Al Jazeera English stream is still available in North America via one of the several VPN apps and is also still on one of the Roku news channels whose name escapes me at the moment. The Roku...
  7. DIRECTV Programming
    Sky looks quite good on Roku with video very close to HD quality. Also, there is a wide-screen, high quality, almost HD Al Jazeera English stream that was blocked to US viewers when AJA began. It still can be viewed here on mobile devices, computers etc. by using a VPN app. Personally, I...
  8. DIRECTV Programming
    I second that! They are now also blocking USA residents from seeing their HD internet stream of Al Jazeera English. For shame, Al Jazeera!
  9. DIRECTV Programming
    I'm pleased to learn that Al Jazeera America will be on Directv. However, I was very unhappy to learn that they will be blocking the internet stream of Al Jazeera English for US viewers once AJA begins on 8/20 and that there will be no internet stream of AJA available. The AJE stream has had...
  10. DIRECTV Programming
    ....And SD could be widescreen and in much higher resolution than the over-compressed mess that is supplied by Directv. They've made a lot of progress with their HD additions but their SD still stinks.
  11. DIRECTV Programming
    Ovation, BBC World News, Logo would be much appreciated. I think we already have more than enough sport channels, IMO. I'm 72 and have never yet figured out why they appeal to people. You see one silly ballgame, you've seen them all.
  12. DIRECTV Programming
    There has been a BBC News HD channel feed available since last December according to Multichannel News. http://multichannel.com/cable-operators/time-warner-cable-adds-bbc-world-news/140936 I posted this many weeks ago. They are in both SD and HD on the NYC TWC system. ....Or am I...
  13. DIRECTV General Discussion
    It also looks so much better when it isn't so over-compressed as it is when Directv gets hold of it and stuffs it on the 101 satellite.
  14. DIRECTV Programming
    Apparently FMC HD/FXM HD is carried on some smaller TWC, Comcast and privately owned cable systems but at this point it's hard to determine just how many. I know that they are on Massillon Cable near here and the Comcast system(s) in certain parts of east-central Ohio.
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    Apparently TWC in NYC has it in HD. (See this link that I posted 12/31/12.. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/491047-Time_Warner_Cable_Adds_BBC_World_News.php) Also, when you filter out all channels except HD using the TWC Manhattan on line schedule, it shows up as channel " 698 BBC...
  16. DIRECTV Programming
    I second that.....and add BBC World News HD. Directv is still very weak where world news coverage is concerned. Even a good SD (not compressed to hell) feed of BBC, Al Jazeera, DW or France 24 English would be much appreciated by those of us who wish to know what's going on in the rest of the...
  17. DIRECTV Programming
    There's already way too much "drama" in this thread. :)
  18. DIRECTV Programming
    For those who desire Chiller HD.....you might lobby for a seemingly similar HD channel that is currently being added to several TWC systems...Fearnet HD http://www.fearnet.com/ Has Directv ever considered this one? Apparently several cable companies carry it in SD as a linear channel and...
  19. TV Show Talk
    Most of the news presenters on AJ English are British citizens who formerly worked for UK broadcasters. Others previously worked for CNN International, TVNZ and many others. Beware of those ideas that "are not American based"! You might become a bit more informed and open-minded as a result...
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