DISH Network subscribers on the island of Puerto Rico can now enjoy an additional 13 high definition channels after the company increased the available HD channels.
The new HD channel additions include Fox Soccer HD, Nat Geo HD, Travel Channel HD, Speed HD, E! HD, BBC America HD, Palladia, BET HD, Golf HD, MSNBC HD, NFL Network HD, NBA HD and Tennis Channel HD.
DISH Network reportedly broadcasts more than 75 HD channels for subscribers in Puerto Rico.
Senior vice president of programming, Dave Shull is quoted as saying: “Dish Network is proud to offer customers in Puerto Rico the highest quality and largest variety of HD channels on the island.”
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They’re calling it EchoStar XIV, but for most DISH Network viewers, it simply means more channels. More specifically, more high-definition channels, which HD junkies like myself cannot seem to get enough of.
The brand-new satellite has been shipped from its manufacturer, Space Systems/Loral, and is on its way to Kazakhstan, where it will boosted into orbit atop a Proton Breeze M rocket. Yeah, I know. What the heck is that? I’ll just assume – safely I believe – that it is a big old rocket that is going to deliver the new satellite to its new home, some 23,000 miles above planet Earth.
The new satellite is being described as “a direct broadcast satellite designed to provide expanded high definition (HD) services and flexibility for DISH Network’s more than 14 million direct-to-home (DTH) television subscribers. The satellite is based on SS/L’s 1300 platform, a decades-proven modular bus with the world’s highest power capability and the flexibility to support a broad range of applications and technology advances.”
Yeah. OK. As long as it means I’ll be getting more HD channels to watch, I’m a happy camper.
I didn’t see any indication of the planned launch date, but I know that DISH Network likes to run various tests on new satellites when they are safely in orbit, so it will probably be a while before we can actually view programming from EchoStar XIV.
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A brand-new satellite has been launched recently for Dish Network and will allow the satellite broadcaster to increase the number of available HD channels.
Dish Network and DirecTV are competing to offer the most HD channels with Dish planning to reach its goal of 100 HD channels earlier than they had planned and DirecTV is now talking about 150 HD channels by the end of the year.
The new satellite was launched from a seagoing rocket pad operated by Sea Launch Co. in the Pacific Ocean. The satellite was built by Space Systems/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., and is designed to last 15 years.
The new satellite is being called EchoStar XI and is destined to be positioned at 100 degrees west longitude, where Dish currently has a satellite that has been in service for quite a while.
It may take a month or two to run the new satellite through all the testing that is required to be sure it is working properly.
Another Dish Network satellite launch earlier this year did not go as planned and never made it into the proper orbit.
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In an effort to keep up with rival satellite TV provider DirecTV, Dish Network appears to be adding new HD channels to their programming lineup just as fast as they are able.
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Back in May, Dish Network added the following HD channels:
ABC Family HD (Ch. 180)
Biography HD (Ch. 119)
Bravo HD (Ch. 129)
Cartoon HD (Ch. 176)
Cinemax 5 Star (Ch. 381)
Cinemax HD West (Ch. 380)
Comcast Sports Network Bay Area HD (Ch. 419)
Comcast Sports Network New England HD (Ch. 435)
CNBC HD (Ch. 208)
CNN HD (Ch. 200)
Disney HD East (Ch. 172)
ESPNews HD (Ch. 142)
Hallmark Movie Channel HD (Ch. 187)
MGM HD (Ch. 385)
Sci Fi HD (Ch. 122)
Smithsonian HD (Ch. 374)
Tennis Channel HD (Ch. 400)
Toon Disney HD (Ch. 174)
Travel Channel HD (Ch. 215)
USA HD (Ch. 105)
Weather Channel HD (Ch. 214)
World Fishing Network HD (Ch. 396)
In addition, Dish Network has recently added local HD channels in the cities of Memphis, TN and Grand Rapids, MI, with plans to add 22 more cities this summer and into the fall.
