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2010 News

• This is just a reminder that effective today, April 6, 2010, the following channels will no longer be available:
  
  WGCL (CBS)
  WSB (ABC)
  WXIA (NBC)
  WPIX
  Cartoon Network
  Spike TV
  VH-1
  TRUTV
  TNT
  CMT (From NPS)
• Effective May 1, 2010, the following channels will no longer be available:
  
  Blue Highways TV (From NPS)
• Effective June 30, 2010, the following channels will no longer be available:
  
  All Showtime Channels including:
  Showtime East
  Showtime2 East
  Showtime Showcase East
  Showtime Extreme East
  Showtime Beyond East
  Showtime Next East
  Showtime Family Zone East
  Showtime Women East
  Showtime West
  Showtime 2 West
  Showtime Showcase West
  Showtime Extreme West
  Showtime Beyond West
  Showtime Next West
  Showtime Family Zone West
  Showtime Women West
  
  The Movie Channel East
  The Movie Channel Xtra East
  The Movie Channel West
  The Movie Channel Xtra West
  Flix East
  Flix West (From NPS)
• Starz HD channels on G9-122 and G9-124 have gone off the air. (NPS Feb 3)
• The Travel Channel will move from C4-602 to C3 satellite by 05-17-10. The channel number on C3 has not been assigned yet. (NPS Feb 2)
• NPS will no longer be selling annual subscriptions to the C-Band Programming services that we offer due to the uncertain future availabilty of subscription channels we sell. We will continue to offer 1 month, 3 month, 6 month services. (NPS Feb 1)

2009 News

• From NPS -Biography & History International are gone due to contract disputes (Oct 7/09)
• Chiller is now available to all Absolute Digital Subscribers on x4-641 from NPS
• On 01-October-2008 Courtv becomes Tru-Tv
• On October 16 2009 HBO in HD is being discontinued by the vendor. Unfortunately we had no control over this.
• C-Span 2 has gone to DC2 combo mode, which is not compatible with 4DTV receivers
• ESPN Classics is being moved from C4-400 to W5-747 as part of the HITS consolidation (March 10/09 From NPS)
• Sundance Channel recently moved from GO-117 and C3-117 to W5-254
• Bravo West and History West recently relocated from C4-710 to W5-740 and from C4-610 to W5-745
• Instructions on How to Program W5 Satellite into 4DTV Receivers ( link to NPS )
• The 4DTV has been updated for the following channels: (If you are unable to access the channels, you may need to do a remap)
  G3-582 WGCI CBS ATLANTA
  G3-583 WSB ABC ATLANTA
  G3-584 TNT
  G3-585 CNN
  G3-586 HLN

2008 News

• The current CBS (WSEE) & ABC (WABC) channels on C-Band will be replaced with WGCL (CBS from Atlanta) & WSB (ABC from Atlanta) beginning 12/31/08
• Spike TV has replaced TV-Land both the 927-NPS Exclusives Package and the 590-Digital Essentials Pak
• On 12/18/08, Chiller on W5-641 is changing transponder locations. The DSR 922 will automatically make the change during the 2AM nightly download, however customers who have DSR 920 and DSR 905 Side-Car Receivers may need to manually re-map on 12/19/08 to continue to receive that channel
• As of 12/31/08, the current CBS (WSEE) & ABC (WABC) channels on C-Band will be replaced with WGCL (CBS from Atlanta) & WSB (ABC from Atlanta). This change will make ABC and CBS available to DSR 920 owners again. We will keep you updated on their new satellite location once they are mapped
• On 12/31/2008, Motorola ACC will end all analog vc2 authorizations. After this time, you may receive programming by either getting a 4DTV unit. This means that CNN, HLN, TBS, TNT, TWC will not be available on analog after 12-31-08 but SPS is going to provide them as digital services. No word on channel numbers or satellite locations yet.
• After 12/31/08, Wealth TV on G9 HD and SD will no longer be available to 4DTV subscribers
• In February 2009, the Sundance channel will be leaving G0 and C3 and moving to a format not compatible with 4DTV. We are currently working on an option to make Sundance available on satellite W5 thru Hits, and we will update you as more develops on this (from NPS)
• Clocks change Sunday March 9th, if your receiver is showing the wrong time call your porgram provider to rehit your system to update the time
• Showtime, located on G5-24, will be leaving analog on 03-31-2008
• Jan 28/08Comcast will be moving the HITS channels on satellite X4 (Ku) to a C-band satellite ->AMC-18 at 105 degrees west. These channels will temporarily be dual illuminated until Comcast ends the feeds on satellite X4 on June 1, 2008
• Jan 7/08 as of Dec 13 2007, HBO West is no longer available in analog. HBO East is scheduled to go digital on Jan 13 2008. HBO East and West can currently both be found in digital on satellite G1 100 and 102
• Reminder lots of your channels have moved to new digital locations as follows: (note this is not a complete list; lots of other digital channels available, call a program provider to see what you can subscribe to above)

G3 -500-CNBC

G3-501-MSNBC

G3-502-WXIA NBC

G3-510-WPIX

G3-580-Court TV East

G3-581-FoxNews

G3-600-Cartoon Network

G3-620-TV Land

G3-622-USA East

G3-624-Comedy East

G3-700-A&E East

G3-701-AMC

G3-702-Halmark

G3-703-Lifetime

G3-800-VH1

G3-801-CMTV

G3-802-MTV East

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