EastLink 2010 New Channels discussion

[hugh]

New Channels always generate a lot of discussion so this thread is for discussing new channels in 2010.

You're welcome to speculate and discuss new channels coming to Eastlink in 2010 but PLEASE unless it's been confirmed by an official press release, be clear about what is speculation and what is fact.

A post saying "a CSR said it was coming" is NOT official, however, it does put it in the "highly" likely category.

If its posted on the CRTC site that its been approved by the CRTC but Eastlink has not said anything, I would consider that in the "not very likely at this time" category.

Replaces Eastlink 2009 New Channels Discussion

[leaffan1967]

Well it is now January, and up here in Northern NS we are still waiting on most of the new HD channels that were supposed to be added in December,

So far, only new channels I have seen here are, GlobalHD, CityHD, WSBKHD, CBC NN HD,
We were supposed to have that as well as Sportsnet O + P in HD, TheScore HD, RDS HD, GOLF HD, SUNtv HD, Mpix HD, and we were told that they would be added during December.

Guess the wait continues..

[Slippy]

Originally Posted by leaffan1967

Well it is now January, and up here in Northern NS we are still waiting on most of the new HD channels that were supposed to be added in December,

So far, only new channels I have seen here are, GlobalHD, CityHD, WSBKHD, CBC NN HD,
We were supposed to have that as well as Sportsnet O + P in HD, TheScore HD, RDS HD, GOLF HD, SUNtv HD, Mpix HD, and we were told that they would be added during December.

Guess the wait continues..

In halifax at least SN regional HD have been added. Still waiting for all the rest you mentioned.

[jimbo42]

Yep were still waiting on RDSHD,GolfHD & TheScoreHD and the 2 new Astral(TMN) HD channels, MFunHD & MxsHD. SunHD as far as I am concerned is just a waste of bandwidth, I don't know what the rest of you think of it but after watching it on and off there seems to be very little programming in HD and the programming in general is targeted more to the GTA area then anything. I would say 95% of that channels programming is non HD from what I have viewed.

[magnet]

I did watch an episode of Taxi on SunTV during the holidays, despite being 4x3 with black bars on the sides, the resolution was incredible.

[Newone]

TheScoreHD has now launched and is on channel 712.

After viewing it for about an hour it's not the greatest pq wise like I thought it would be. It's also running at 720P unless the station only broadcasts a 720P signal so I'm guessing it's coming from Bell and as we know Bell downsample all 1080i signals to 720P so I'm sure that's why it looks very soft and not as crisp and sharp as a channel that is running 1080i signal.

[Ellery]

Eastlink Halifax has just added The Score Channel to their HD line-up on channel 712.

[Cormac]

The ScoreHD is on 712 here in New Glasgow as well but they sent a message to the box saying it was on 719.

[Newone]

Originally Posted by Ellery

Eastlink Halifax has just added The Score Channel to their HD line-up on channel 712.

LOL Ellery, read page 1 of this thread then you would have seen that it was already posted by me 2 weeks ago when TheScoreHD was actually added too halifax's HD lineup. Make sure you read things through that way you won't be wasteing your time posting old news.

As for the other 2 channels not added yet I'm kinda surprised that eastlink announced that they would be adding them back in dec you would think they already had all the contractual issues signed beforehand.