C-band customers are facing more channels switching their analog feeds to digital. Digital era is forcing big dish owners rethink what thay want and expect from their satellite system. Without adding digital receivers, soon there will be not much to enjoy on the Big Dish.
Between now and the end of 2006 there will be a lot of changes. Bellow there are some informations C-Band owners may find of iterest. This is what we know……………………..AMC channel on G1-1 is currently off the air. We are trying to find out if it is permanently off as an analog channel or not. It was supposed to go off on 09-30-06. We do not have it available as a digital channel yet.
ESPN/ESPN2 are going soon but have no confirmed date or if it is going digital
AMC-analog cutoff Date 09-30-2006-we will uplink on G9
Abc Family-Cutoff date 09-30-2006-is mapped on G5-600-we are checking on the transmission format
WE/IFC-cutoff date 11-30-2006-not status on these at this time as to availabilty
AMC E-cutoff date 11-30-2006-already in 4dtv format on c3-101
TBS/TNT/CNN/CNNHL/Cartoon-cutoff date 12-31-2006-we will uplink
MTV E-cutoff date 09-30-2006-we will uplink
NICK E-no cutoff date set
Disney-set to cutoff by end of first quarter 2007-do not info on transmission format at this time. If ABC family is 4dtv compatable then Disney should be also, as Disney owns ABC Family.
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