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matcarl
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Re: [Channels] March and April Channel Changes 2015?

LOL, like Sundance and Daystar?
tnsprin
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They are coming. Just in testing at the moment.
said by matcarl:

LOL, like Sundance and Daystar?


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said by crgauth:

said by dfwguy:

Couple other new channels showed up. 1020 ESPN IPL 1 and 1021 ESPN IPL 2. Both MPEG2 HD. Apparently for ESPN's Indian Premier League cricket coverage.

Sure hoping they are subscription only.

Yeah, looks like they are premium Pay Per View subscription channels like MLB Extra Innings.

Yes.. ESPN wants $80 for the 60 game April - May season....last year Willow TV showed the matches om
N their channel which was included in the Sports pack and Ultimate packages.

aaronwt
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said by Betamax76:

The bitrate of Strike Zone is about 7 Mb/s and it is 720p.

The 69 MHz QAM carrier is now fully loaded with 5 MPEG-4 HD channels:
604 Bloomberg HD
692 Pivot HD
726 Revolt HD
810 MAV HD
834 MLB Strike Zone HD

If Ch. 571 ESPN GoalLine/BuzzerBeater HD could timeshare a QAM slot with NFL RedZone HD and MLB StrikeZone HD, two additional HD slots would open. These three HD channels never run programming at the same time.

I noticed the other day that 834 was using H.264. I wish they would use H.264 with more channels.
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Thanks. I appreciate it.

However 7mbps seems kind of low to me. Even in MPEG4.

Also, doesn't the NFL season and MLB season overlap? Sometime in September, yes?

Or do you mean that neither GoalLine/BuzzerBeater, RedZone , and StrikeZone never are broadcast at the same time and same day?

7Mb/s with 720P? That is more than enough bandwidth using H.264.
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said by Betamax76:

said by dfwguy:

Couple other new channels showed up. 1020 ESPN IPL 1 and 1021 ESPN IPL 2. Both MPEG2 HD. Apparently for ESPN's Indian Premier League cricket coverage. Try and contain your excitement.

Two more QAM carriers are now loaded 3:1 in MPEG-2

* 159 MHz:
Ch. 603: MSNBC HD
Ch. 835: NFL RedZone HD
Ch. 1021: ESPN IPL 2 HD

* 285 MHz:
Ch. 689: BBC America HD
Ch. 770: BET HD
Ch. 1020: ESPN IPL 1 HD

With NFL RedZone showing a static picture most of the time, very little bandwidth is used and little picture degradation is displayed. But many cable providers like Comcast have placed news channels like CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Business, and Fox News on 3:1 MPEG-2 QAM carriers for some time now.

I wish all those would be switched to H.264.
TonyD79
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They realigned WHUT (DC PBS) from the 400s to 532, which makes sense as it is HD. But now it won't stick in my favorites.

Edit to add: a fix issues and a reboot fixed the problem.

I like my quantum box. Looking forward to losing a few bugs.

Branch
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Tony, what channel is your pbs in non HD?
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said by Branch:

Tony, what channel is your pbs in non HD?

That one is 32. It is one of three PBS I get.

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Whoops, just realized since I am in Baltimore those are the same three I get... Sorry!

Also, has weather nation always been on channel 466 (vho 4) seems to be branded as WBFF, which is the Baltimore fox affiliate? It may have always been there, I just didn't notice it.

Edit: I looked on Wikipedia- Baltimore is the only market that gets it because it is through WBFF. It said no other fios market has a local affiliate that carries it.
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Weather Nation has been on a 45 sub for several months now. Don't remember exactly when it started but it was before TWC was dropped.
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The message I got from Verizon was that they were testing them but should not have been put up for everyone to see.

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DOD news (formerly pentagon), ch. 124 is gone. The network ceased operations today.
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While Sundance HD is not yet available, Daystar HD has shown up in VHO11 on Channel 793. It is an MPEG-4 QAM carrier with room for two additional HD channels:

735 MHz (MPEG-4):
* Ch. 567 Universal HD
* Ch. 793 Daystar HD
* Ch. 807 Outdoor HD

Both Universal HD and Outdoor HD are Ultimate Tier or Sports Tier only while Daystar HD is available to all service levels. This would be similar to Bloomberg HD, which is also MPEG-4 and available on all service tiers.
lee7n
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Is is also working VHO 5. A complete waste of channel space.

Rick4769
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Daystar live in VHO 15 but still no Sundance channel.

matcarl
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said by chewypgh:

On or after April 16, 2015, the following channels will be removed from the FiOSĀ® TV Extreme package you are currently subscribed to:

Fox College Sports Atlantic – Channel 300
Fox College Sports Central – Channel 301
Fox College Sports Pacific – Channel 302

These three went away today for Extreme subs

bohratom
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said by matcarl:

These three went away today for Extreme subs

Guess it depends on the VHO, still have them in VHO7 with ExtremeHD...
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Ok since we have Daystar, when are we going to see EWTN HD?
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So is this Verizon stepping their toes in the pond to something down the line where all sports channels are packaged together and to get them, you have to pay a lofty fee?

matcarl
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said by Acct101:

So is this Verizon stepping their toes in the pond to something down the line where all sports channels are packaged together and to get them, you have to pay a lofty fee?

I believe this post belongs in the other thread about the new packages?
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You are right. I was having a senior moment.
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Ok since we have Daystar, when are we going to see EWTN HD?

God only knows

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The List ... again. H2HD, TCMHD, HLNHD, ESQHD, SUNDHD (coming?), ENCORE SUITE HD, TWCHD (lol), REELZHD,.

Daystar HD has joined with RevoltingHD, WFNHD, and most every .tvHD in my NOT FAVORITES list. (I never watch, but Cars and Beautiful Homes are in favs).

Also .. in VHO5, Decades, WLNY channel 10 and Bounce all do not have any logos.

Branch
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I am still waiting for the Disney HD realignment (to follow the +500 rule)
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said by charliewatts:

The List ... again. H2HD, TCMHD, HLNHD, ESQHD, SUNDHD (coming?), ENCORE SUITE HD, TWCHD (lol), REELZHD,.

Daystar HD has joined with RevoltingHD, WFNHD, and most every .tvHD in my NOT FAVORITES list. (I never watch, but Cars and Beautiful Homes are in favs).

Also .. in VHO5, Decades, WLNY channel 10 and Bounce all do not have any logos.

Logos have always been very quirky. The other day Laff TV (ch 468) did not have a logo. I then rebooted my box (for a different issue) and the logo reappeared.

bohratom
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VHO7 lost the Fox Sports College channels today for ExtremeHD.

Branch
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FSC Channels are still live in VHO4 for extreme customers.

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I know. These 3 channels did not get logos even with reboots. WLNY 10 (a CBS o&o!!!), Bounce, and Decades (The new CBS digital sub)
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Reboot isn't going to bring back the logo. Been missing for months. They will fix it eventually.