COMEDY CENTRAL on C3-21 has gone off on analog. We are negotiating to get
it back in either analog or digital format. NPS will post updates about these
channels when they become available. (From NPS Newsletter 5-22-07)
G9 to G3 Transition Some of the channels which are uplinked by NPS on G9
are moving to G3 & are now mapped in and operating on both G9 and G3 satellites.
Customers may need to remap or reprogram G3 into their 4DTV units to get these
channels: G3-500 CNBC, G3-501 MSNBC, G3-502 WXIA NBC, G3-510 WPIX, G3-620
TV Land, G3-700 A & E, G3-701 AMC, G3-702 Hallmark, G3-703 Lifetime, G3-800
VH1, G3-801 CMTV The channels are supposed to be dual illuminated until approx.
05-28-07 at which time, the G9 channels will be turned off. We do expect the
GB channels that we uplink will also be mapped into G3 very soon. We would
like to thank you in advance for your patience in this matter while we continue
to work to get these channels up and running in their new satellite location.
(From NPS Newsletter May-22-07)
From 4DTV Forum current east coast feed of Comedy Central will be dual illuminated
in analog on AMC 10, transponder 21 and in digital on AMC 11, transponder
21 starting February 5, 2007. The dual illumination period will end on June
2007
From NPS Sci-fi will be operational shortly on x4-642. We are waiting on
ACC to finish the tier bit conversion. This channel will be added to 890-The
Absolute Digital and will stay in any package it was already in. Ala-carte
subscribers are grandfathered til their expirations dates
From NPS USA is now operational with an audio problem on GB-590. It is being
added to 890-The Absolute Digital and 590-The Digital Essentials and will
stay in any package it was already in. Ala-carte subscribers are grandfathered
til their expiration dates
Nebraska PBS channels T5 600-618 moving to T6 600-618 :NET will dual-illuminate
both satellites from May 1, 2007 until August 31, 2007. We will stop transmitting
on Galaxy 25 August 31, 2007
From NPS will be adding the new channel WealthTV to it's a-la-carte lineup
and will be adding Sleuth to the digital line-up
From NPS On May 1: USA Network will be in digital on Galaxy 11 Transponder
21
From NPS On or about May 15: The following will be moved from Galaxy 13
TR4 to Galaxy 3C TR 1C: VH1 • Hallmark • CMT • A&E •
CNBC • MSNBC • TV Land • WXIA (NBC ATL) • WPIX •
AMC • Lifetime
Currently NPS has adjusted all prices on its site to include the 6% increase
on their site & when asked why pricing went up they will explain to you
its gone up 6% to cover re-uplinking & tier bit fees
Effective August 31, 2007 the analog satellite feed of Cinemax East currently
located on Galaxy 15 at 133 Degrees, tp 19 will be discontinued -note this
channel is available digitally only after August 31, 2007
As of March 2/07 NPS has put a 6% surcharge on all programming due to costs
of re-uplinking & tier bit fees to keep channels available to 4DTV users
Court TV to be renamed for new lineup sometime this summer (owned by Turner
Broadcasting)
Wealth TV (HD) currently encrypted and currently not subscribeable
NFL Net channel bit tier has been fixed and is available to Absolute Digital
package subscribers
New channel called FUNimation and is located at satellite T7 channel 802
FamilyNet channel has changed broadcasting to mega pipe and is not compatiable
with the 4DTV
Intelsat is changing names of 16 satellites effective Feb. 1/07
more info.
Cartoon East announced the roll out to Power Vu for Cartoon East. The analog
channel on satellite G15 tp.8 will end July 29, 2007
Court TV East is now back on 4DTV on satellite GB channel 580
Court TV is gone off 4DTV satellite & has moved to a digital mode (PowerVu)
not available to 4DTV users ->NPS is working on reuplinking this channel
for us around Dec 10/2006 Call NPS for latest Info. on this channel
Showtime west coast simulcast feeds of Showtime Next, Showtime Familyzone
and Showtime Women moved to a different transponder and due to this move all
existing Motorola 920's will not be able to receive these channels going forward
-> to receive you need a DSR922 or DSR905
the MTV mux on satellite AMC11 (C3 on 4DTV) c-band by the years end will
not be available to 4DTV users (going megapipe) but you can receive the MTV
mux on satellite X4 ku-band
as of February 15, 2007 the analog feed of E! will not be available on 4DTV
Reminder MTV is now on satellite GB channel 800 call your program provider
on what package you need to get this channel
NPS reports ESPN & EEPN2 to leave at the end of December -no word where
these channels will end up
TBS, TNT, TBN, CNN, & CNNHLN will be discontinued at the end of December
-no word where these channels will end up
September 25, 2006 the channel OLN "Outdoor Life Network", will
be know as VERSUS. satellite X4 channels 421/422
reminder Family Channel located on G5-11 will cease transmission on Sept.
29th 2006
reminder MTV located on G0-16 will be discontinued effective Sept. 28th
2006
NFL channel has been mapped on both satellite GB channel 410 for the Standard
Definintion and satelltie G9 channel 410 for the HD. Motorola ACC has not
received the authorization to turn it on yet, that should be coming soon.
This HD channel will not be available to subscribers with DSR 920's. DSR 922's
and 905's should get HD channel, no problem. ...From ACC & NPS
AMC the transition has begun to PowerVu. After August 31, 2006 AMC will
no longer offer an analog signal: To be re-uplinked by NPS for us on sat G9
WE the transition will begin Wednesday, October 4 and end November 30th
to PowerVu. WE: Women's Entertainment will introduce a West Coast Feed on
October 4th. After November 30th WE will no longer offer an analog feed or
E!Style feed. To be re-uplinked by NPS for us on sat G9
IFC the transition will begin Wednesday, October 4 and end on November 30th
to PowerVu. After November 30th IFC will no longer offer an analog signal.
To be re-uplinked by NPS for us on sat G9
Starting August 1, 2006, Turner will begin simulcast of Court TV(to PowerVu)
within G15 tp.15 (east) and G15 tp.16 (west). We expect our conversion to
take approximately 4 months and plan to cease transmission of Court TV via
AMC 11 on December 4, 2006.
Note: NPS will try & see if it can get Court TV uplinked in DCII for us
4DTV users
NPS has an automated message when you call their 800 number that states
that on July 27th, the west feeds of Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next and
Showtime Women will change to a symbol rate not receivable by the DSR-920
4DTV receiver. This will mean that both the east and west feeds of these channels
will be unavailable to only the DSR-920 owners.
NPS is working to get a contract for the Sleuth Channel on 4DTV
VH1 Country has changed its name to CMT Pure Country
Shop @ Home (GB-10) is shutting down on June 22 The Shop At Home Channel,
which competed with QVC and HSN, and a companion Web site will shut down June
22, Scripps said Tuesday in a statement. The business will keep operating
through June 30 to fulfill final orders from customers.
Starting July 1, 2006, the analog feed of BET East (currently on Galaxy
14, Transponder 20) will transition to digital and will no longer be available
in analog or digital format to our C-band customers. ( From NPS
Newsletter )
Demand 'a la carte choice in TV programming! ( Click
Here )
Reminder FoxNews is now located at G1 - 21 C-Band moved
from GB - 18 C-Band
Reminder some channels move from satellite GB to G9-> TVLand
620, A&E East 700, Halmark 702, Life
703, VH1 800 & CMT 801
America channel reaches 10th distribution deal, with satellite
Receivers, Ltd. for C-Band distribution ( Full Story
)
Nickelodeon East will transition to digital for Cable Affiliates
Only on May 1, 2006. Transition has started April 17th. TVRO subscribers will
continue to get Nickelodeon East feed in analog format until further notice
Ovation is now on ku-band X4 - 702 part of NSP Absolute
Digital Package ( Link
)
PBS is transitioning the clear analog C-Band PBS National
Satellite Service from Intelsat Americas 6 (IA-6) to SES Americom AMC-4. Starting
April 1, 2006, the C-band feed will be available on AMC-4 (101 degrees West
Longitude) Transponder 16-C (Horizontal Polarity). After May 31, 2006, the
C-band feed will no longer be available on IA-6. ( full
info. link )
Showtime will have a Free Preview from March 31st to April 3rd to All C-band
customers
In the Spring and the Fall (normally March & October), sun outages occur.
To determine in your area when this will occur, try using Panamsat's
Sun Outage Calculator
PT24 East is going from analog to digital on March-31-06
on satellite W3 channels 500 WABC, 502 WSEE &
502 WNBC these channels are mapped into the 4DTV but won't
go live till after March 31-06 if you subscribe to these channels you will
need to call your program provider to get a digital hit to activate these
new channels. (The digital signal currently won't be able to receive with
a DSR-920 only a DSR-922)
Reminder if you own a DSR-920 you should replace your battery or your digital
DCII number could be wipped out and your 4DTV will need to be sent to ATS
Electronics to be fixed. Link
to Alans site (not responsible for actions taken on your DSR920 &
if battry power is lost while changing your battery your ID number will be
lost; if your not capable to replace your battery get a satellite dealer to
change it for you)
Analog channels are back on 4DTV digital Satellite G9 -> CNBC
= 500, MSNBC = 501, WPIX = 510, TVLand
= 620; Call program provider to see how to subscribe to them (DSR920 users
might have to unplug receiver then back in to get new channel maps or try
leaving receiver on G1 100 for 1/2 hr) March 1/06
Note: ABC Family East is moving to digital DCII not compatible
with the 4DTV. On Friday, September 29, 2006; the analog version of ABC Family
East will no longer be available & the Disney Channel East won't
go digital until early spring 2007.
Comcast Picks Up New Starz Nets - Starz Entertainment Group created two
new channels, RetroPlex and IndiePlex, that will launch April 3, extending
the company's family of targeted movie channels
Discovery HD is currently simalcasting on both c4-600 and c3-617, Discovery
HD will end transmission on c4-600 on 03-06-2006 (From NPS)
Fox News Channel: Notice of Satellite Change Fox News Channel
is presently on G11/tp. 18 (91 degrees west). We will be moving to G15/tp.21
(133 degrees west) Beginning on Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at noon ET, we will
be feeding our signals to both G11/tp. 18 and G15/ tp.21. To allow ample time
for you to make this change, we will have dual feed until 11:59 am ET on Wednesday,
May 3, 2006 Please note that at noon ET on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, G11/tp.18
will go dark Please note that G15 is replacing G1R at 133 degrees west (From
4DTV forum)
If you are a subscriber of WABC, WSEE
and WNBC, this is a notification that you will no longer
be able to receive these networks in analog format as of March 31, 2006. Although
these channels will no longer be available to you as analog programming, WABC
and WSEE will be available on digital C-Band (Digicipher) starting March 1.
NPS is currently exploring options to uplink a WNBC feed by March 31. We will
announce if and when this will happen when the information becomes available
to us. (From NPS News Letter, Feb/20/2006)
Bravo will be upgraded to digital format only, beginning
4/1/06. There will no longer be an analog feed available after 3/31/06 from
NPS
As of 3/31/06, CNBC will end its analog feed from NPS
As of 2/28/06, MSNBC will end its analog feed from NPS
NPS is working hard to bring back TVLand word has it will be back soon on
4DTV (Jan 24/06)
If you are a subscriber of WPIX or KTLA, this is a notification that you
will no longer be able to receive these superstations on your C-Band dish
analog as of January 31, 2006 NPS says they are trying to bring these channels
back via 4DTV digital
Dec 26/2005 NPS has successfully brought back the "Denver 5" programming
package, with the addition of 3 new channels. This digital package is now
called the Rocky Mountain 8, and includes 8 channels all
on Satellite W1 -> 500 PBS6, 501 Fox, 502 KWGN, 503 CBS, 504 NBC,
505 ABC, 506 PBS12, 507 UPN