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E! HD will be available on DTV starting April 25th:)
 
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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.
 
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"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... :)
I have you beat. I haven't watched E since they were airing reruns of Alice & WKRP in Cincinnati..
 
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"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.
HLN might get a few more to care but outside of that you're most likely right.
 
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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.)
The only channels that my wife cares about that are not already HD are DIY and WE.
 
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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.
 
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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.
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?
 
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Does it make a difference on the type of content that a HD channel displays on wheter or not it is a good candidiate to load a transponder with 6HD channels instead of 5? For example, E! HD might not be as intensive and take up less bandwith as a channel with lots of motion like ESPN. Or do they use the same bandwith regarless?
 
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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?
hope so but also hope pq doesn't erode either.
 
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