Pay as you go satellite
I'm considering getting a pay as you go satellite system for our 5th wheel. We are not dish customers at home so this is only for the RV. I was all set to buy the tailgater and receiver on amazon but ...
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Bill.Satellite wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
The nice thing about the Pathway is that ALL of the Dish programming is available on the 72.7 satellite so 2 receivers can watch whatever programming they like with only 1 restriction. There are NO Networks available on 72.7.
If you want to watch any Network programming you are going to be limited to each receiver watching programming coming from that 1 satellite.
Bill, Dish recently moved the majority of the "cable" channels from 72.7 to 61.5. I'm still waiting to see what they have in mind for 72.7 since their lease with Telesat Canada is for the expected 15 year life of the satellite. It launched in 2009. Here's the current list of what channels are on each of the eastern arc satellites. Note the lack of popular channels like History, Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, etc., as well most sports and national news channels, on 72.7.
I had not seen that information as this would be completely awesome but would really overload the 61.5 as that's where most all of the Network programming is coming from. What ever happened to the 77 satellite? Anything there any more?
Where can I find a listing of what programming is coming from what satellite?
Oops! I thought I posted the list link, but apparently not. Here you go: Eastern Arc Channels on DISH Network
The local network stations on 61.5 are mostly spot beamed, and Dish says they have plenty of capacity at this point. I am wondering what's in store for Nimiq 5 at 72.7 though. 77 is still hanging in there, and carries a fair amount of duplicate programming and I believe Spanish language programming. The newer eastern arc LNB's though, are only dual units for 61.5 and 72.7.
