Dish Network Expands Local HD Markets
DBS Now Offers Local HD in 84 Markets
By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News, 11/20/2008 9:50:00 AM
Dish Network has added local HDTV channels in eight markets: Charleston-Huntington, W.Va.; Cincinnati; Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, Pa.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Lexington, Ky.; Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Ark.; Louisville, Ky.; and Wichita Falls, Texas and Lawton, Okla.
Dish Network now offers local channels in 84 markets reaching 76% of U.S. TV households, the satellite provider said Thursday.
The company also announced that it will begin transmitting in MPEG-4 delivery system to consumers in nine additional markets in the eastern half of the United States. Now, consumers who sign up for Dish Network in 61 markets will receive all standard and HDTV programming in the MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding Standard. In August, Dish Network became the first pay-TV provider to offer all-MPEG-4 service.
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BE AWARE....yes, Dish did add SOME Cincinnati locals in HD but they did not add the local CBS in HD...we get ABC, NBC and FOX but not CBS....very dissappointing!
Thom Hickerson - 3/4/2009 4:14:31 PM EST -
Hey, Seattle doesn't even standard definition for the local ABC affiliate! KOMO channel 4 is not broadcast at all. Seems their parent company - Fisher Broadcasting filed an unrelated lawsuit and when their broadcast agreement was up so was their broadcasting on DISH. Seems even the Dish negotiators don't know what it will take to get old Charlie to quit pouting and get the deal done. Seems like a great time to go somewhere else - this baby sinking fast!
Tim Bizzard - 2/28/2009 12:32:36 AM EST -
When will Las Vegas get their local channels in High Def? I am considering switching over to DirecTv if it don't happen soon. I will give them another 6 months to get there act together or I am leaving for more HD!!!
Anthony Corsaro - 1/31/2009 7:09:22 PM EST -
I've been waiting for Indianapolis locals to be available on Dish in HD. DirecTV has had them for a LONG time. If they aren't available soon, I will be switching. They've been "coming soon" since 2006.
Mary - 1/21/2009 9:16:37 AM EST -
Don't know if this makes me feel better or not, as I am in the ever shrinking minority that does not get the local networks in HD. It is particularly galling that the local cable company and DirectTV get some or all of them in HD. PLEASE consider bringing these channels in HD to the central coast of California (San Luis Obispo/Santa Maria.Santa Barbara) soon!
Thanks
Jim Moore - 1/9/2009 6:07:00 PM EST
