Too bad, I thought Richmond might be in this wave. Not sure I'd go back to D*, but it would be nice to have the option.
14 new H/D L-I-L markets announced by D* today
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Possible explanations
1) Local uplink facilities on line
2) Retransmission agreements in place
3) Transponder activation and it's spot beam components
4) Subscriber demand
5) Competative concerns
6) Installation subcontractor availabilty
7) Equipment availbility
8) Darts
| Originally Posted by herdfan WTF??? Green Bay - #69 Portland ME - #74 Madison WI - #85 and Reno NV - #112 I guess this means there is absolutely no pattern of HD locals rollout. Can anyone find any commonalities between these cities? Or is D* just throwing darts. |
1) Local uplink facilities on line
2) Retransmission agreements in place
3) Transponder activation and it's spot beam components
4) Subscriber demand
5) Competative concerns
6) Installation subcontractor availabilty
7) Equipment availbility
8) Darts
It could be part of the deals they cut with larger station owners who want to accelerate the pace that their smaller stations get added. Or it could possibly be part of their plan to upgrade to MPEG4 and markets are given preference based on trying to get spotbeam coverage for the whole country.
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Or it could be that someone at Direct was blindfolded, spun around by two people, told to throw darts at a map of the US and bam, the next set of cities to rec hd locals. All that I can say to some of those cities on the list is, Waaaaaaaaa!
| Originally Posted by CPanther95 It could be part of the deals they cut with larger station owners who want to accelerate the pace that their smaller stations get added. Or it could possibly be part of their plan to upgrade to MPEG4 and markets are given preference based on trying to get spotbeam coverage for the whole country. |
Didn't someone here say they wouldn't start launching these until the fall, probably late fall? 3rd quarter starts July, I can't imagine they would wait longer than august to start
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According to rumors, these 14 are the last group for the year.
| Originally Posted by CPanther95 It could be part of the deals they cut with larger station owners who want to accelerate the pace that their smaller stations get added. Or it could possibly be part of their plan to upgrade to MPEG4 and markets are given preference based on trying to get spotbeam coverage for the whole country. |
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damn. thats no fun 
Hopefully the people living in the 14 new markets are happy.
| Originally Posted by TVBob According to rumors, these 14 are the last group for the year. |
Hopefully the people living in the 14 new markets are happy.
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If so, they have no shot of hitting the percentage of coverage estimates they announced during their conference call. They have to add the top 69 markets to reach that goal.
| Originally Posted by TVBob According to rumors, these 14 are the last group for the year. |
In addition to the 20 Markets that are already up, D* should be adding another 30 by Q3
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Austin Texas Q3'06
Albuquerque N.M. Q3'06
Baltimore Md. June 06
Charlotte NC June 06
Cincinnati Oh. Q3'06
Cleveland Oh. June 06
Denver Co. June 06
Fresno Ca. May 06
Hartford Ct. June 06
Grand Rapids Mi. Q3'06
Green Bay Wi. Q3'06
Greensboro NC. Q3'06
Indianapolis In. June '06
Las Vegas NV. Q3'06
Madison Wi Q3'06
Memphis TN. Q3'06
Miami/FT laud Fl June '06
Milwaukee WI. May '06
Orlando FL. June '06
Phoenix AZ. May '06
Portland ME Q3'06
Portland OR Q3'06
Providence RI. Q3'06
Raleigh NC. June '06
Reno NV. Q3'06
Salt Lake City UT. May '06
San Antonio TX. Q3'06
Seattle WA. June '06
St. Louis MO. May '06
West Palm Bch. FL. June '06
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Austin Texas Q3'06
Albuquerque N.M. Q3'06
Baltimore Md. June 06
Charlotte NC June 06
Cincinnati Oh. Q3'06
Cleveland Oh. June 06
Denver Co. June 06
Fresno Ca. May 06
Hartford Ct. June 06
Grand Rapids Mi. Q3'06
Green Bay Wi. Q3'06
Greensboro NC. Q3'06
Indianapolis In. June '06
Las Vegas NV. Q3'06
Madison Wi Q3'06
Memphis TN. Q3'06
Miami/FT laud Fl June '06
Milwaukee WI. May '06
Orlando FL. June '06
Phoenix AZ. May '06
Portland ME Q3'06
Portland OR Q3'06
Providence RI. Q3'06
Raleigh NC. June '06
Reno NV. Q3'06
Salt Lake City UT. May '06
San Antonio TX. Q3'06
Seattle WA. June '06
St. Louis MO. May '06
West Palm Bch. FL. June '06
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Personally, not really. No -4 DVR means no upgrade for me. Not to mention I have a total of 6 HD recievers (3 currently inactive, gotta love ebay) which would cost me $600 to upgrade. I'd do better going to cable.
| Originally Posted by YoungC55 damn. thats no fun Hopefully the people living in the 14 new markets are happy. |
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Ohh really. I see.
| Originally Posted by mx6bfast Personally, not really. No -4 DVR means no upgrade for me. Not to mention I have a total of 6 HD recievers (3 currently inactive, gotta love ebay) which would cost me $600 to upgrade. I'd do better going to cable. |
Ohh really. I see.
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