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Dish puts its HD channel list up for evaluation
After being called out by competitor DirecTV on its supposed counting shenanigans, Dish's only option was to put its list of channels on the web for easy comparison. We've also dropped the list in after the break for you to look, count and be impressed (or not.) We're not sure if anyone is really that moved by pure numbers at this point, whether or not a provider has the one channel you want instead of five you don't seems to be the key these days. Is having the most linear HD available what you're looking for, or is something else keeping you paying the service charge each month?
Dish adds EPIX HD and eight more to crack 200 HD channels, depending on how you count to 200
Dish hasn't let the TiVo case hanging over its head stop the ball from rolling, first launching the Sling-powered ViP922 DVR and now announcing it will add eight new HD channels including EPIX HD (coming in May), G4 HD, Headline News HD, History International HD, Nat Geo Wild HD, ShortsHD, Style HD and Turner Classic Movies HD. However the libations may be flowing a bit too heavily around the Englewood, Colorado headquarters since the company claims this puts it over the 200 HD channel mark -- an odd statement since just a few weeks ago it was only at 160 or so, even including PPV feeds. The trend towards HD VOD has certainly changed the channel (or "choices" as the latest trend has become) counting game, but we'll have our eyes pinned to the guide to figure out how this latest bit of funny math went down once these channels are actually on the air. Update: Looks like the new channels are live according to a post on SatelliteGuys: 375 Shorts 380 Epix 115 Style 202 HLN 191 G4 132 TCM 121 History International 190 Wild Update 2: According to Multichannel News, that "200" claim includes 57 ViP922-only VOD "channels". That counts, right? No?
