E! HD will be available on DTV starting April 25th
Source?"saucony" said:E! HD will be available on DTV starting April 25th
http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?p=2997730#post2997730TheRatPatrol said:Source?
+1......While not a fan of E! I'm happy for those who are.Drew2k said:I think the only times I watched E! was for some award ceremony red-carpet shows, and I hated dropping to SD those few times.
It's good to have a new HD channel joining the fold, even if it's not a channel I watch all the time...
Aren't that popular? :lol: E! and TruTV were 32nd & 18th in ratings, respectively in 2011. TCM & DIY didn't make the list, however TVLand was 25th.jameskelly said:Why does DTV always pick channels that aren't that popular? E, Tru TV, what about TCM, TV Land, DIY, etc? I would even take QVC over Tru TV....
I have you beat. I haven't watched E since they were airing reruns of Alice & WKRP in Cincinnati.."Drew2k" said:I think the only times I watched E! was for some award ceremony red-carpet shows, and I hated dropping to SD those few times.
It's good to have a new HD channel joining the fold, even if it's not a channel I watch all the time...
HLN might get a few more to care but outside of that you're most likely right."fleckrj" said:The reality is that we are getting to the bottom of the barrel when it comes to channels that are not already in HD, so no one new channel is going to appeal to a large number of people. I have personally never watched E!, but it is another channel that increases the total of HD offerings. I am sure it appeals to someone.
I realize E! HD is now in the satellite data stream in test mode, but where does the April 25th launch date come from posted by the OP?Sixto said:
The only channels that my wife cares about that are not already HD are DIY and WE.dpeters11 said:I also wonder if adding E! is for the female demographic. Those of us that are men may not watch much on it, but more women might, and adding a channel for them is always a good thing if it's your wife that likes the channel (mine is not one of them.)
Good point! We who want TCM, BBCA, DIY, etc., do not necessarily fit the profile of the typical Directv customer. As Satelliteracer has pointed out there is more coming. However, until D14 shows up bandwidth will continue to be somewhat scarce and Directv needs to be somewhat selective in what they add, irrespective of any negotiation difficulties with the individual channels.dpeters11 said:I also wonder if adding E! is for the female demographic. Those of us that are men may not watch much on it, but more women might, and adding a channel for them is always a good thing if it's your wife that likes the channel (mine is not one of them.)
But starting with truTV HD and now the upcoming E! HD, if DIRECTV is going to make this their new standard of loading six HD channels per Ka-band transponder instead of 5, won't that make for a fair amount of new available channel space for national HD on D10, 11, and 12 even before D14 is launched?bobnielsen said:Good point! We who want TCM, BBCA, DIY, etc., do not necessarily fit the profile of the typical Directv customer. As Satelliteracer has pointed out there is more coming. However, until D14 shows up bandwidth will continue to be somewhat scarce and Directv needs to be somewhat selective in what they add, irrespective of any negotiation difficulties with the individual channels.
hope so but also hope pq doesn't erode either.HoTat2 said:But starting with truTV HD and now the upcoming E! HD, if DIRECTV is going to make this their new standard of loading six HD channels per Ka-band transponder instead of 5, won't that make for a fair amount of new available channel space for national HD on D10, 11, and 12 even before D14 is launched?