Re: DBS Premium Packages

[proctor...@gmail.com]

On Friday, November 12, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Involuntary wrote:
> I was looking at the list of C/Ku band premium channels and I saw several
> that were not on DishNetwork or DirecTV. I know that satellites have only
> so much bandwidth, but apart from the bandwidth issue, what other reasons
> would Dish and DirecTV have for not offering the complete and total package
> of channels from Starz/Encore, Showtime, Cinemax and HBO? Why don't they
> carry both east and west feeds of all the channels?
>
> Or in the case of DishNetwork, if they wanted an 8-channel Showtime
> package, why couldn't they use something like this:
>
> Showtime East
> Showtime 2 East
> Showtime 3 West
> The Movie Channel East
> The Movie Channel 2 West
> Showtime Extreme East
> Flix West
> Sundance West
>
> And that still leaves out Showtime Beyond, but there would be less
> duplication. Don't get me wrong. I like having E/W feeds for a chance to
> see whole movies when I only get in on the last half on the East feed. But
> if I had to choose, I'd rather see one of each than two copies of one,
> leaving out others all together.
>
> Also, Dish markets Starz and Encore together. I wonder if they're really
> together or if Dish just joined two channels from each package because of
> bandwidth limits. I wonder if they're going to split Starz and Encore and
> offer them as two different packages in the future. It would be nice to
> have a 12-15 channel Starz/Encore package, but I have no idea how much
> these premium companies get paid for selling their signal to Dish. Is it
> economically "viable" for Dish and the premiums to sell more channels for
> the same price if it expands the customer base.
>
>
> Here is the list of premiums on C/Ku:
>
> Cinemax - East MAXE
> Cinemax - West MAXW
> Cinemax ActionMAX - East AcMAXE
> Cinemax ActionMAX - West AcMAXW
> Cinemax MoreMAX - East MMAXE
> Cinemax MoreMAX - West MMAXW
> Cinemax ThrillerMAX - East ThMAXE
> Cinemax ThrillerMAX - West ThMAXW
> Encore - East EncoreE
> Encore - East EncoreE
> Encore - Movie Plex - East PlexE
> Encore - Movie Plex - Mtn PlexM
> Encore - Movie Plex - West PlexW
> Encore - Mtn EncoreM
> Encore - West EncoreW
> Encore - West EncoreW
> Encore Action - East ActionE
> Encore Action - West ActionW
> Encore Love Stories - East LoveE
> Encore Love Stories - West LoveW
> Encore Mystery - East MystE
> Encore Mystery - West MystW
> Encore True Stories - East TrueE
> Encore True Stories - West TrueW
> Encore WAM! - East (kids) WamE
> Encore WAM! - West (kids) WamW
> Encore Westerns - East WestE
> HBO - East HBOE
> HBO - West HBOW
> HBO Comedy - East HBOcmE
> HBO Comedy - West HBOcmW
> HBO Family - East HBOFE
> HBO Family - West HBOFW
> HBO HDTV - East HBOhdE
> HBO HDTV - West HBOhdW
> HBO Plus - East HBOP
> HBO Plus - West HBOPW
> HBO Signature - East HBOS
> HBO Signature - West HBOSW
> HBO Zone - East HBOznE
> HBO Zone - West HBOznW
> Showtime - East SHO1E
> Showtime - Flix - East FLIXE
> Showtime - Flix - West FLIXW
> Showtime - Movie Channel - East TMCE
> Showtime - Movie Channel - West TMCW
> Showtime - Movie Channel 2 - East TMC2E
> Showtime - Movie Channel 2 - West TMC2W
> Showtime - Sundance Channel - East SDCE
> Showtime - Sundance Channel - West SDCW
> Showtime 1 - East SHO1E
> Showtime 1 - West SHO1W
> Showtime 1 - West SHO1W
> Showtime 2 - East SHO2E
> Showtime 2 - West SHO2W
> Showtime 3 - East SHO3E
> Showtime 3 - West SHO3W
> Showtime Beyond - East BeyondE
> Showtime Beyond - West BeyondW
> Showtime Extreme - East ExtremE
> Showtime Extreme - West ExtremW
> Starz! - East StrzE
> Starz! - East StrzE
> Starz! - Mtn StarzM
> Starz! - West StrzW
> Starz! - West StrzW
> Starz!2 - Theater - East StrzThE
> Starz!2 - Theater - West StrzThW
> Starz!3 - BET Movies - East BetME
> Starz!3 - BET Movies - West BetMW
> Starz!4 - Family - East StrzFmE
> Starz!4 - Family - West StrzFmW
> Starz!5 - Cinema - East StrzCnE
> Starz!5 - Cinema - West StrzCnW
>
> Involuntary

Wow! 2 channels of Cine MAX,2 Screens of More Max, 2 Stations of Action MAX 2 Channels of ThrillerMAX, 5 Channels of Encore,Three Screens of MoviePLEX, 2 channels of The Action Channel,The Love Stories Channel etc.

[proctor...@gmail.com]

> Wow! 2 channels of Cine MAX,2 Screens of More Max, 2 Stations of Action MAX 2 Channels of ThrillerMAX, 5 Channels of Encore,Three Screens of MoviePLEX, 2 channels of The Action Channel,The Love Stories Channel,The Mystery Channel,The True Stories Channel and The WAM! Channel, 2 Channels of HBO,HBO Plus,The HBO Comedy Channel, The HBO Family Channel, HBO in High Definition, The HBO Signature Channel, HBO Zone Channel, 4 Channels of Showtime,2 Screens of Showtime 2,Showtime 3, Showtime Extreme, Showtime Beyond, 5 Channels of STARZ!, The East and West feed coast STARZ! Theater, The BET Movie Channel,STARZ! Family and STARZ! Cinema. And i never Heard of one Screen of The Westerns Channel.