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DirectTV to add Punch TV

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#27 ·
sigma1914 said:
What's any of that have to do with adding a new SD channel?

Nobody? Really? Again, What's any of that have to do with adding a new SD channel?

PunchTV isn't keeping anyone's HD channel from being added. It may come as a surprise to some of you, but the TV station world doesn't revolve around your wants.
I think if DIRECTV picked the larger fruit on the channel tree, more people would be happy than not. ;)
 
#29 ·
Hutchinshouse said:
I think if DIRECTV picked the larger fruit on the channel tree, more people would be happy than not. ;)
A new channel is added to 19 million subscribers. An HD version of an existing channel would reach what, 9 million users? Statistics say you'll find more happy people in a group of 19 million than 9 million.
 
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And now we bash a channel no one has ever seen. I could hear this forum in 1978. ESPN? What is that? I get all the sports I need from CBS, abc, NBC and TVS. And what is with that name???? Entertainment and Sports Programming? It will never catch on.
 
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tonyd79 said:
And now we bash a channel no one has ever seen. I could hear this forum in 1978. ESPN? What is that? I get all the sports I need from CBS, abc, NBC and TVS. And what is with that name???? Entertainment and Sports Programming? It will never catch on.
+1
 
#39 ·
"joed32" said:
If we get a lot of posters here hoping for Punch to go HD then we'll know how popular it is. ESPN was pretty bad when it first started, lawn bowling?
And college football and basketball you couldn't get anywhere else. A lot of it delayed but it was there.
 
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tonyd79 said:
And now we bash a channel no one has ever seen. I could hear this forum in 1978. ESPN? What is that? I get all the sports I need from CBS, abc, NBC and TVS. And what is with that name???? Entertainment and Sports Programming? It will never catch on.
Not bashing the channel. Simply pointing out that the statistics quoted mean nothing without more information.
Don't always assume the negative
 
#43 ·
"twiseguy" said:
A lot of Raycom owned stations around the country are going to carry this as a subchannel.

http://www.raycommedia.com/news/110505.htm

I wonder why DTV picks this up nationwide, but not THIS TV, Antenna TV, RTV, ME TV, and those others that are on subchannels.

I guess Punch TV must cost nothing to carry.
I would think they are all pretty cheap. Who knows what each is offering. They may not want to do satellite or their deals with locals may prevent them from doing so. Are any on dish?
 
#44 ·
Is this a late April Fools Day joke by D*? Even Centric TV's website is better than what passes for this supposed 90% African American networks website. If this really is supposed to be a serious competitor to BET, Centric, etc. they need to fire their webmaster ASAP and do a major revamp quick before every new potential D* viewer checks it out to find out more about this *NEW* channel and realizes it's just another piece of garbage they'll avoid.
 
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