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DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other
media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Smarty wrote:
Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:44:49 -0400, "Smarty"
wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty How can he? There isn't 150 channels worth of HD content unless he has a hell of a lot of the channels showing the same 20 programs. Thumper |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:25 GMT, Marlin Singer
wrote: Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. You mean 3 in each market for instance? Thumper |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
I bet that Marlin offers the correct explanation, and that 3 or 4 HD
channels in each of maybe 50 major U.S. cities would account for the new 150 channel HD content Murdoch refers to. It answers my original concern about where all this new HD content would come from. I am still surprised that they have (or will have) the transponder capacity to add another 150 HD channels. I guess that this is exactly what satellite has to do in order to offer a true alternative to cable customers in their local markets. Smarty "Thumper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:25 GMT, Marlin Singer wrote: Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. You mean 3 in each market for instance? Thumper |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
"Smarty" wrote in message ... Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty They will continue to slowly roll out HD locals on the new KA band satellites, so 150 by years end sounds right. The change over needs to be spread out over a long period because of the cost associated with the replacement of receivers and Dishes. The KA satellites make adding new channels awkward until more of the new equipment is in place. Anybody remember last summers commercials and wasn't it 1500 HD channels they were adding? They have been good about saying things in a way to create interest. |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
I agree. I think he is using the number of HD locals to pump up the
numbers, not disclosing that almost all of these channels are from the same big four networks. OTOH, the rumor is that DirecTV is looking to buy Dish. Maybe that is how they will add more HD channels. A merger is a VERY bad idea in my opinion as it will kill competition for all those rural subscribers who don't have access to cable. From what I have read, we are getting a slow but steady stream of new HD channels this year and next. MTV-HD, Food channel, National Geographic HD, with A&E-HD this fall (?) and History channel in HD in the works for example. The killer is to get the cable systems to add them, given their bandwidth problems largely due to all the legacy analog channels they have to support. Alan F Smarty wrote: I bet that Marlin offers the correct explanation, and that 3 or 4 HD channels in each of maybe 50 major U.S. cities would account for the new 150 channel HD content Murdoch refers to. It answers my original concern about where all this new HD content would come from. I am still surprised that they have (or will have) the transponder capacity to add another 150 HD channels. I guess that this is exactly what satellite has to do in order to offer a true alternative to cable customers in their local markets. Smarty "Thumper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:25 GMT, Marlin Singer wrote: Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. You mean 3 in each market for instance? Thumper |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Thumper wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:25 GMT, Marlin Singer wrote: Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. You mean 3 in each market for instance? Thumper Some areas will have more than 3. I had the DC local HD stations for about a week until they switched my are to Baltimore locals. If I remember correctly there were 4 HD stations in the group. All 4 main networks. Also with the HD package, you get the New York Fox HD channel. Right after they switched me to the Baltimore channels, I canceled both the locals and the HD package. Baltimore stations suck. And I had kept the HD package in the hopes they would be expanding it. But being they only seem to be expanding the local HD channels, it wasn't worth the price for the 6 or 7 channels you get. They are going to have to do a lot better to make it worth the $10 a month. Fortunately I get the local OTA. I had them on the satellite for convenience. |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Alan Figgatt wrote:
I agree. I think he is using the number of HD locals to pump up the numbers, not disclosing that almost all of these channels are from the same big four networks. OTOH, the rumor is that DirecTV is looking to buy Dish. Not very likely. The FCC killed a previous attempt before either Justice of FTC could kill it: http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2002/20021010.asp From the above: "... the FCC declined to approve the transaction, and all but rejected the idea the the transaction could be revised or restructured". It's dead, Jim. Matthew -- You can bet that a week after Daguerre took the first photograph, vendors were selling feelthy pictures on the streets of Paris. Thomas A. Horsley on alt.tv.tech.hdtv |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Matthew L. Martin wrote:
Alan Figgatt wrote: I agree. I think he is using the number of HD locals to pump up the numbers, not disclosing that almost all of these channels are from the same big four networks. OTOH, the rumor is that DirecTV is looking to buy Dish. Not very likely. The FCC killed a previous attempt before either Justice of FTC could kill it: http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2002/20021010.asp From the above: "... the FCC declined to approve the transaction, and all but rejected the idea the the transaction could be revised or restructured". It's dead, Jim. Matthew However, this is a serious rumor. See the following links: http://www.multichannel.com/index.as...leid=CA6354056 http://www.tvpredictions.com/satmerger071706.htm Murdock may have enough pull to get this deal done with the current administration. But he would have to do this quickly as any long delay would likely kill the deal. With any luck, some Senators and Congressmen would try to pour cold water on this from the outset. Alan F |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Alan Figgatt wrote:
Matthew L. Martin wrote: Alan Figgatt wrote: I agree. I think he is using the number of HD locals to pump up the numbers, not disclosing that almost all of these channels are from the same big four networks. OTOH, the rumor is that DirecTV is looking to buy Dish. Not very likely. The FCC killed a previous attempt before either Justice of FTC could kill it: http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2002/20021010.asp From the above: "... the FCC declined to approve the transaction, and all but rejected the idea the the transaction could be revised or restructured". It's dead, Jim. Matthew However, this is a serious rumor. See the following links: OK, you believe the "serious" rumor. I'll settle for facts on the ground. http://www.multichannel.com/index.as...leid=CA6354056 http://www.tvpredictions.com/satmerger071706.htm Murdock may have enough pull to get this deal done with the current administration. You mean the same administration that killed the deal in 2002? But he would have to do this quickly as any long delay would likely kill the deal. There is no way they can close a deal without scrutiny and permission from at least Justiec, FTC and FCC. With any luck, some Senators and Congressmen would try to pour cold water on this from the outset. Why should they get involved? The deal, if there is one in the works, will be DOA, just as the last one was. Matthew -- You can bet that a week after Daguerre took the first photograph, vendors were selling feelthy pictures on the streets of Paris. Thomas A. Horsley on alt.tv.tech.hdtv |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:14:35 -0400, Alan Figgatt
wrote: I agree. I think he is using the number of HD locals to pump up the numbers, not disclosing that almost all of these channels are from the same big four networks. OTOH, the rumor is that DirecTV is looking to buy Dish. Maybe that is how they will add more HD channels. A merger is a VERY bad idea in my opinion as it will kill competition for all those rural subscribers who don't have access to cable. Isn't Dish owned by SBC? I don't know why they would sell while they are rolling out Lightguide to the home. Thumper From what I have read, we are getting a slow but steady stream of new HD channels this year and next. MTV-HD, Food channel, National Geographic HD, with A&E-HD this fall (?) and History channel in HD in the works for example. The killer is to get the cable systems to add them, given their bandwidth problems largely due to all the legacy analog channels they have to support. Alan F Smarty wrote: I bet that Marlin offers the correct explanation, and that 3 or 4 HD channels in each of maybe 50 major U.S. cities would account for the new 150 channel HD content Murdoch refers to. It answers my original concern about where all this new HD content would come from. I am still surprised that they have (or will have) the transponder capacity to add another 150 HD channels. I guess that this is exactly what satellite has to do in order to offer a true alternative to cable customers in their local markets. Smarty "Thumper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:25 GMT, Marlin Singer wrote: Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. You mean 3 in each market for instance? Thumper |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:01:51 -0400, "jolt"
wrote: "Smarty" wrote in message ... Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty They will continue to slowly roll out HD locals on the new KA band satellites, so 150 by years end sounds right. The change over needs to be spread out over a long period because of the cost associated with the replacement of receivers and Dishes. The KA satellites make adding new channels awkward until more of the new equipment is in place. But the number of channels isn't important if there isn't more content. Thumper Anybody remember last summers commercials and wasn't it 1500 HD channels they were adding? They have been good about saying things in a way to create interest. |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
"jolt" wrote:
Anybody remember last summers commercials and wasn't it 1500 HD channels they were adding? They have been good about saying things in a way to create interest. That's not what the commercials said. They said that D* would have the CAPACITY for 1500 channels. Chip -- -------------------- http://NewsReader.Com/ -------------------- Usenet Newsgroup Service $9.95/Month 30GB |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty If they can pull that off, without the crazy cost..I'm switching from DISH...for the time being, DISH has a better selection... Keith http://www.eHDMI.com |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
"Alan Figgatt" wrote in message ... Matthew L. Martin wrote: Alan Figgatt wrote: I agree. I think he is using the number of HD locals to pump up the numbers, not disclosing that almost all of these channels are from the same big four networks. OTOH, the rumor is that DirecTV is looking to buy Dish. Not very likely. The FCC killed a previous attempt before either Justice of FTC could kill it: http://www.techlawjournal.com/topstories/2002/20021010.asp From the above: "... the FCC declined to approve the transaction, and all but rejected the idea the the transaction could be revised or restructured". It's dead, Jim. Matthew However, this is a serious rumor. See the following links: http://www.multichannel.com/index.as...leid=CA6354056 http://www.tvpredictions.com/satmerger071706.htm Murdock may have enough pull to get this deal done with the current administration. But he would have to do this quickly as any long delay would likely kill the deal. With any luck, some Senators and Congressmen would try to pour cold water on this from the outset. Alan F How the rumors started are suspect and the idea has a snowballs chance in hell of happening . Murdoch fought with all his influence in DC and commissioned a voluminous report against it in 2002. The main thrust of the opposition was the harm it would have on rural subscribers, something that hasn't changed. |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:25 GMT, Marlin Singer
wrote: Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. Actually, when all the new satellites are launched and ready, they will have the capacity for 150 national channels. I believe Murdoch's statement has to do with national channels, not locals, as they will be rolling out more than 150 local channels before they finish their local hd rollouts. |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Gary wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:25 GMT, Marlin Singer wrote: Smarty wrote: Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns DirectTV as well as numerous other media sources, was interviewed this week on the PBS interview show hosted by Charlie Rose. Among his most interesting comments was the fact that he intends to boost the HD content on DirecTV to 150 HD channels by a year from now. I had no idea such a wide variety of content was available, and that DirecTV has the transponder capacity to handle it. It will be interesting to see if his promise is kept..... Smarty Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. Actually, when all the new satellites are launched and ready, they will have the capacity for 150 national channels. I believe Murdoch's statement has to do with national channels, not locals, as they will be rolling out more than 150 local channels before they finish their local hd rollouts. I would be very surprised if by 07 there are 150 national channels. DTV has 142 local markets. Only 36 have HD so far. Of those that they announced, some don't even have them yet. Supposedly Baltimore was announced 06/28, but still no HD channels listed on the DirecTV site. Even if all 36 were available, that still leaves approx 400 channels they will have to add just to cover the major networks on the remaining 106 markets. That doesn't even include local PBS stations. If we get 150 national channels, I will be elated, but I don't think it will happen. Not by 07. |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Marlin Singer ) wrote in alt.tv.tech.hdtv:
Actually, they will probably all be local channels, not additional HD channels for everyone to see. They pretty much have to be local to get a count of 150 by the end of the year. Taking *every* non-local HD channel available on Dish, DirecTV, cable, etc., and throwing out the duplicates gives you about 50 unique channels, and a bunch of those are HD regional sports networks. -- Jeff Rife | | http://www.nabs.net/Cartoons/PaperOrPlastic.gif |
DirecTV to have 150 High Def Channels within 1 year
Thumper wrote:
How can he? There isn't 150 channels worth of HD content unless he has a hell of a lot of the channels showing the same 20 programs. Perhaps we'll see the premium movie-channel networks roll out HD versions of all ther channels, not just the "core" ones. On my RCN system I have ten HBO channels (not including the East coast version of the core HBO channel) but only one HBO HD channel. -- URL:http://www.pobox.com/~ylee/ PERTH ---- * Homemade 2.8TB RAID 5 storage array: URL:http://groups.google.ca/groups?selm=slrnd1g04a.5mt.ylee%40pobox.com |
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