Sure wish you were right but I believe that Starz managements decision is partially based on all the crap they took about the unreceivable HD channels with some HDD200 decoders. That combined with the costs and the fact that of the 80K or so 4DTV units out there, probably less than ¼ subscribe to Starz creates another ring in the death knell that has become the epitaph of C Band. Makes me sad.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thegrod Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TVRO] Starz to End C-Band Broadcasts They did leave that question unanswered but bear in mind that the delivery system for many cable headends is still C Band, just digital now. As long as they don't change to an encoding or transmissioin method that can't be received by 4DTV, we should be OK. They are just killing analog and I expect we will be seeing much more of that since it costs too much money to broadcast in analog as compared to digital. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Fortune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: [TVRO] Starz to End C-Band Broadcasts > Dopes anyone know if they will be avaialble on the digital 4dt? > > Thanks! > > Gary > > Starz to End C-Band Broadcasts > > > Starz Entertainment Group said it will cease transmission of > its analog satellite signal serving C-Band dish customers by > Dec. 31. > > The programmer cited declining analog C-Band subscriber > numbers for the signal shut off. > > "We are grateful to the C-Band customers who made it possible > for the satellite industry to launch 20 years ago," said > executive vice president of sales Ed Huguez. "But digital > technology is clearly the wave of the future. With so many > consumers converting to digital, we have reached a point where > it is no longer cost effective to continue to deliver an > analog satellite service." > > Huguez pointed C-Band viewers to small dish alternatives from > DirecTV and EchoStar's DISH Network "to continue to receive > the great movie programming our 13 channels deliver every > day." > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > List owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Community email addresses: Post message: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "TVRO <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h0dq3b9/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705036932:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123087249/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe: mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
