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Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:24:23 EDT

Marcus Carr posted : Went away early this morning.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 07:26:08 EDT

JeepMatt posted : They were gone yesterday here in DE as well. Just another open QAM now just sitting there - craving to have new HD put in it. :p
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Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:22:54 EDT

mikedz4 posted : still on here in the pittsburgh region. Just a static screen.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:25:08 EDT

psujim posted : Gone here in Reading. Disappeared today.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:26:26 EDT

Marcus Carr posted : The channels are still in my guide showing static screens.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:44:43 EDT

Russ posted :

said by mikedz4:

yeah even marketing has no idea. Which is amazing. That's why when I move I'm going to compare to directv and maybe get directv.

You should include Dish with its Hopper DVR in your comparision.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:30:34 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : ouch. personally for me when I move I'll be purposely moving only into other Comcast areas. Maybe a Verizon FiOS area if I had no other choice.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:28:49 EDT

mikedz4 posted : yeah even marketing has no idea. Which is amazing. That's why when I move I'm going to compare to directv and maybe get directv.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:24:15 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : Perhaps. Too bad no one seems to be privy to their master plans.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:22:42 EDT

mikedz4 posted : mine was 796 and 797 which didn't have programming. Which means they could fill those two channels with linear channels should they chose to.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:20:05 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : Well in my area and perhaps in others, channel 801 was an HD ON Demand channel and from the looks of it it is once again. Channel 803 just doesn't tune in anymore.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:07:05 EDT

mikedz4 posted : Amen to that. Use that bandwidth for other channels. Like espn goal line and pac12 network or more hd channels.
There is alot better use than watching a screen basically say "see you again in 2 years!"

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:21:20 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : Sadly now that the Olympics have ended I just want to say goodbye to the dedicated channels. They worked great and did their job remarkably well without any audio and video problems. Soon at 6am they will be gone, hopefully to be seen again in 2 years for the Winter Olympics, perhaps they will bring friends with even more dedicated programming. So until then, goodbye and thanks for letting us tune in.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:05:07 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : 801 Olympic Basketball 803 Olympic Soccer and at one time there was a channel called Olympic Throwdown but it disappeared from my channel list.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:30:37 EDT

FLASH71145 posted : 796 Olympics Hoops, 797 Olympics Soccer and 981 Olympics 3D in Weirton, WV.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:30:49 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : I want to make a correction to my post. Currently the channel is renamed "NBC Olympics 3D Channel" according to my gear.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:10:28 EDT

telcodad posted : BTW - There is also a separate thread on the Comcast Help and Support Forums site that contains a listing of the channel numbers, by Region and Market, for the Comcast Olympic Basketball and Soccer channels : »forums.comcast.com/t5/Channels-a···/1350633

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:22:16 EDT

telcodad posted :

said by Mike Wolf:

However a 981 does pop up as Xfinity 3D channel with having a few "XXX Summer Olympics" programming blocks.

Just a reminder to everyone on how the Olympics programming on the Xfinity 3D (aka "NBC Olympics 3D") channel will work.

As it is stated in the Comcast press release about their Olympic Games coverage - "3D broadcasts will be shown on next-day delay" - so that the 3D version of the Opening Ceremonies will not be shown starting at 7:30PM ET tonight (along with the standard NBC broadcast), but as replays starting at 5:00AM ET on Saturday morning.

There is an "NBC Olympics in 3D" thread on the "Comcast Help and Support Forums" site with more details: »forums.comcast.com/t5/Channels-a···/1357307

Edit: The link to a PDF schedule of the 3D Olympic Programs to be shown on the Xfinity 3D channel that was later posted to that thread:
»forums.comcast.com/comcastsuppor···2-12.pdf

Edit2: Found a similar Olympic 3D channel schedule on the nbcolympics.com site: »www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/2···nel.html
Currently it says it was last updated on July 26th at 7:38pm ET, so it may be kept up-to-date with any day-to-day changes.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:35:45 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : According to my devices 891 in my area is Encore HD. However a 981 does pop up as Xfinity 3D channel with having a few "XXX Summer Olympics" programming blocks.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:30:19 EDT

Mgsports posted : Is anybody else getting 891 NBC 3D Channel for Olympics because my area isn't.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:52:07 EDT

telcodad posted : FYI - An interesting article on the NY Times site about what is involved behind the scenes to bring all this coverage of the games to us:

NBC Gets Wired for Wall-to-Wall Olympic Coverage
By Brian Stelter, The New York Times - July 25, 2012
»www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/sport···age.html

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:45:43 EDT

JeepMatt posted : PQ on the soccer channel is quite good for the US/France match right now...

Glad to see...
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Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:40:57 EDT

telcodad posted : Comcast also issued a press release today about their Olympic Games coverage (»www.comcast.com/About/PressRelea···RID=1204 ) where it mentions:

Specialty Channels: Dedicated 24/7 basketball and soccer channels are available to Xfinity TV customers, and will total 770 hours of NBC's HD coverage. Additionally, all men's soccer matches and Team USA women's soccer matches will be available in Spanish via SAP.

and:

3D: Panasonic Corporation of North America and the NBC Sports Group have partnered to make the London 2012 Olympic Games available in 3D to Xfinity TV customers. The effort will produce 242 hours of coverage and mark the first time that the Olympic Games will be distributed in the U.S. in 3D. The 3D broadcasts will be shown on next-day delay and will span multiple competitions throughout the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:09:39 EDT

telcodad posted : It's just a quick mention, in the paragraph right before the bullet list:

Of course, you can sit back and enjoy all the action in vivid HD on your family room big-screen TV with Olympics coverage available across nine NBC networks including a dedicated soccer and basketball channel as well as 3D coverage on our Xfinity 3D channel.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:02:21 EDT

mikedz4 posted : I didn't see anything about channels. Just on demand, apps, online and tablets. Nothing about channels.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:13:15 EDT

telcodad posted : These new dedicated channels are mentioned in an entry today in the Comcast Voices blog about Comcast's coverage of the 2012 Olympic games:

»blog.comcast.com/2012/07/from-te···ver.html

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:34:19 EDT

Mike Wolf posted : Yeah there are like extra channels on all my equipment with the tagline "SIGNED OFF" with a sine wave reference tone.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:01:54 EDT

scanpa posted : 806/809 Here for the Lebanon PA Comcast system.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:49:15 EDT

telcodad posted :

said by osravens:

Replace 2 HD channels with 2 SD ones (Goal Line and Pac-12 Network are being added only in SD).

Sounds like typical Comcast.

Yeah, I didn't notice there was no "HD" after those names, just figured that by now, any new channels added would be in HD.

The only one of the 10 new channels listed in my version of that flyer that has an "HD" after it is "WLNY HD" (Ch. 810) as bubba555 noted.

Both of those Olympic HD channels show that they are one QAM carrier at 717 MHz, so maybe it will be used to expand the number of HSI QAMs in our area then?

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:21:49 EDT

andyross posted : On my system (NW Chicago suburbs), the basketball channel is being shared with The Movie Channel HD. The soccer is shared with RedZone HD and NHL Network HD. I don't have access to RedZone, but am guessing it's not really airing anything right now.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:37:38 EDT

Mgsports posted : Olathe has them know

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:31:53 EDT

Joe12345678 posted : and goal line is part time and can be slotted into the same space that red zone HD uses (both are not live at the same time) in less comcasts systems just holds the red zone HD slot in a channel off air hd holding page year around.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:47:17 EDT

osravens posted : Replace 2 HD channels with 2 SD ones (Goal Line and Pac-12 Network are being added only in SD).

Sounds like typical Comcast.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:39:56 EDT

andyross posted : I noticed that, so far, these appear to be HD only. Anyone know if there will be SD versions for those without HD?

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:17:33 EDT

anon posted : Only notice we got is they are removing all the duplicate 200 level HD channels 8/17 and receiving one HD channel 810 WLNY HD 8/17.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:46:03 EDT

telcodad posted :

said by bubba555 :

Same here in Comcast NW NJ (801 and 803). Does this mean that when the Olympics are over and they get rid of these channels they can the add something like Fox Soccer HD and/or Gol HD?

Well, the flyer about HD channels changes I got it my last bill (see: »(Philly) Tons of HD Premium Channels will be removed! ) shows that, right after the Olympics are over, this area will be getting some new sports channels like ESPN Goal Line and Pac12 starting August 17th, so they may be using that same QAM carrier to carry those new ones.

This area already got the Fox Soccer and GOL TV channels added last fall during our "World of More" HD upgrade.

However, the flyers that other areas received show other sports channels being added in August, so maybe your area will get them then.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:24:53 EDT

anon posted : Same here in Comcast NW NJ (801 and 803). Does this mean that when the Olympics are over and they get rid of these channels they can the add something like Fox Soccer HD and/or Gol HD?

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:53:29 EDT

BigBearsFan posted : Ours are 904 and 905 in downstate Illinois .We are part of the Greater Chicago area.Hopefully they will put something up full time after the Olympics that is worthwhile.Still waiting for the Bloomberg,Criminal Investigation,soccer channels ,outdoor and sportsman channels and move to 1000's.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:54:00 EDT

telcodad posted :

said by dyhrdmet:

801 and 803 on Comcast of Union NJ. both in HD.

Same here in Monmouth County, NJ (Olympics Basketball is Ch. 801 and Soccer is Ch. 803).

Right now those channels are just showing a color bar test pattern with titles saying "EC NOC Olympics Basketball/Soccer GAL 17 transponder 11," indicating that the feed is on transponder 11 of the Intelsat Galaxy 17 satellite.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:32:48 EDT

andyross posted : Yep. 335 and 336 in the Chicago area.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:16:13 EDT

Spiderman865 posted : Comcast Romeoville IL:
335 Olympics Basketball Hd
336 Olympics Soccer Hd
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Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:33:39 EDT

anon posted : Same here over on the Garden State, NJ system. They also added a Olympic 3D channel (981).

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:42:34 EDT

gt1racer posted : Olympic Soccer on Channel 931 HD and Olympic Basketball on Channel 930 HD here in Massachusetts.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:02:07 EDT

The Q posted : Olympics Soccer HD on channel 809
Olympics Basketball HD on channel 801

western Montgomery County, PA (philly suburbs)

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:44:03 EDT

dyhrdmet posted : 801 and 803 on Comcast of Union NJ. both in HD.

Now Live in Delaware

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:43:24 EDT

JeepMatt posted : Thursday is apparently "add" day for Comcast here in the Freedom region.

The 2 Olympic HD channels (Soccer & Basketball) showed up today on Channels 801 and 809 (both on 561MHz for you Moto!)

I was pretty certain these would be added due to the gobs of capacity currently available.
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Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:57:24 EDT

Mgsports posted : Not in Olathe or Mo yet.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:02:29 EDT

Joe12345678 posted : well last olympics they still had lot's of analog.

Re: [HD] Olympic Soccer and Olympic Basketball Channels

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:51:12 EDT

mikedz4 posted : nothing here yet.