Raleigh, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando, Ft. Myers and West Palm Beach HD local network channels are now testing on spot beams at 61.5°. These channels are not available to subscribers. Raleigh, Philly and DC locals are still available to subscribers on their old locations. The continued migration off of 121° continues. The following channels were switched to a slate or completely removed from 121°: 679 PHNIN, 680 PHNIX, 682 ETDRA, 683 ETGLB, 685 ETCHI, 687 YOYO, 688 JET, 690 CTV, 693 SKLNK, 708 HUNAN, 759 ART Movies, 760 LBC, 762 ESC-1, 772 ALARA, 787 ZEETV, 788 TVASA, 789 SET, 790 ZCINE, 791 B4U, 794 AAJTK. Star Plus and Star One were uplinked but not yet made available to subscribers on channels 716 and 718 on tp 8 at 61.5° and tp 17 at 118°. Charleston locals WCHS and WSAZ were changed to slates telling subscribers that the channels are moving off of 105°. New temporary channels are on channel 5982 and 5983 Providence local WPRI is now mirrored on channel 5975. The current thinking is that providence locals will only be available with new MPEG4 capable receivers. MPEG 4 Test channels 413-421 were added on channels 5923-5931 on tp 8 at 148° 3/2/08 (Changes from 2/27)
The Jewelry Channel is now uplinked and available on channel 225. TJC has been on Dish on other channels but now has a permanent home. Cox Sports TV New Orleans is uplinked but not available on channel 421 tp 23 spot 12 at 110°. PPV channels 513, 514, 517, 520, 523; NBA channels 560, 561, 563, 564, 566, 567, 569, 570, 572; and source SKDL/EPSK channels 5800-5815 have been duplicated on transponder 13 at 61.5° as MPEG4 test channels. They are not available to subscribers. A new channels called "EURCH" (Euro-Channel?) is now uplinked but not available to subscribers on channel 752 tp 7 at 118°. International free preview channel 574 has been removed from both 61.5° and 148°. International free preview channel 575 moved from tp 12 to 31 at 61.5° and from tp 9 to 29 at 148°. RAI International 601 and Ariarang 653 and their "we're moving" channels in the 5000 block have been completely removed from 61.5° and 148° More international channels moving off of 121°. This week 681 CCTV4, 684 ETNEW, 763 NILE, 765 DUBAI, 768 ABUDA. 902 GEONW moved from tp 32 to 10 at 61.5° 903 AAGTV moved from tp 32 to 31 at 61.5° Columbus and Dayton channels mirrored at 105° telling subscribers the channels are moving off of that satellite location soon. These channels are at 129° already. Mirrors of locals at 121° removed for now. The migration of customers for these channels is nearly completed. Providence locals are at 61.5°, the rest are at 129