C-Band News

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NFL Channel
10-4-06: The NFL Channel has been confirmed and is now up and running on GB (Galaxy 11) VCN 410. NPS customers can receive this service if they are subscribed to our Absolute Digital Package.

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AMC and MTV
On September 26, 2006, NPS learned that we will be able to re-uplink AMC and MTV and bring back the channels in digital format. No further details are known at this time, but our goal is to have this completed by October 1, 2006. ********************************************************************************
OLN Changes Name
NPS has just been advised that OLN will change its name to Versus as on September 25, 2006.

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NPS launched RFD-TV in digital package
Omaha Nebraska, September 11, 2006 - RFD-TV, the only full time TV network servicing rural America, has launched on NPS's Absolute Digital package, joining a lineup of over 60 digital video networks.  This channel will be available on X4-730, and current subscribers of the Absolute Digital Package should be receiving this channel. To read the complete press release, please click here. ******************************************************************************** BET
On July 1st, 2006, BET (G5-20) will no longer be available in C-band analog or digital format. ******************************************************************************** Shop at Home
On June 22, 2006, Shop at Home (GB/G7-10) will no longer be available for C-band programming. ******************************************************************************** Fox News Channel Reminder
5-1-06 -On Wednesday, May 3rd at 11:59 AM ET Fox News Channel is moving to Galaxy 15-Transponder 21 (133 degrees West). At 12:00 Noon ET on Wednesday, May 3rd, the current satellite location for Fox News Channel, Galaxy 11-Transponder 18, will go dark. ******************************************************************************** 4DTV Instructional Video
4-19-06 - National Programming Service has released a new 4DTV Instructional Video, a do-it-yourself guide to installing, programming and troubleshooting your Motorola 922 Satellite TV Receiver. It is available for a modest price (an additional discount is provided to owners of NPS receivers), and comes in DVD or VHS formats. Click here for more information. To order, call 800-786-9677. ********************************************************************************

Nickelodeon
The analog feed for Nickelodeon East will transition to digital for CABLE AFFILIATES ONLY on May 1, 2006.  The transitioning phase has already begun, and starting Monday, April 17th, your TVRO subscribers may see a crawl on Nickelodeon notifying cable affiliates of the switch to digital.  The crawl will read: ATTENTION CABLE OPERATORS ONLY:  As of May 1, 2006 this analog feed of Nickelodeon will be discontinued.  Please contact Motorola at 866-276-4327 as soon as possible to authorize your digital equipment.

The crawl will run for 3 minute intervals 2 times an hour and we may need to gradually increase the time and intervals if necessary.  We do not plan to run the crawls during any national or local advertising segments or on weekends.  Please note that this crawl message will not affect Nickelodeon subscribers on DIRECTV or DISH Network.  After the transition, TVRO subscribers will continue to get the Nickelodeon East feed in analog until further notice.

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NBC Channel Location (3-31-06)
As stated in the most recent email newsletter, NBC is going digital on 4-1-06. We have confirmed the location and it is as follows:

NBC: G9-502 (Galaxy 13) This channel location should be available no later than Tuesday, April 4, 2006, but it is possible that the channel will be available prior to that date. If you are having trouble receiving this channel after 4-4-06, you can visit www.callnps.com/rehit.htm to get an online rehit or call 800-660-7478 to request a rehit.

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Fox News Channel - Channel Change (3-31-06)
Fox News Channel is presently on Galaxy 11-Transponder 18 (91 degrees West). Fox News Channel will be moving to Galaxy 15-Transponder 21 (133 degrees West).

Beginning on Tuesday, April 4^th, 2006 at 12:00 Noon ET, Fox News will be feeding their signal to both Galaxy 11-Transponder 18 and Galaxy 15-Transponder 21.To allow ample time for our customers to make this change, Fox News will have a dual feed until 11:59 AM ET on Wednesday, May 3^rd, 2006.

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Prime Time 24 (3-31-06)
The Prime Time 24 ABC, NBC and CBS feeds will be going digital on 4/1/2006. Analog Prime Time 24 feeds of ABC, CBS and NBC will not be available after March 31, 2006. The new digital channels will be in the following locations: ABC: W3-500
CBS:W3-501 The NBC feed will be located on AMC11, transponder 24. The virtual channel is not established at this time, but the channel will be available in the 500 range of channels. As soon as we know additional information, the channel will be posted on www.callnps.com. Customers who are unable to receive ABC and CBS on W3-500/501 have the following options:

• Customers who had existing subscriptions to Prime Time 24 can subscribe to the digital Denver networks on W1.

• Customers can upgrade to a Motorola DSR-922 4DTV receiver. Please call 800-660-7478 today to find out about our 4DTV special offer.

• Call NPS to ask about our add-a-dish special. Add a Dish Network small dish to your current C-band programming and get free premiums for 3 months on your big dish. Programming starts at just $19.99/mo.

• Customers can terminate their existing Prime Time subscriptions and receive prorated credit on their account to be used for future C-Band programming.

Bravo
Bravo will be upgraded to digital format, beginning 4/1/06. The analog feed will no longer be available after 3/31/06. Bravo East and West are now included in our Absolute Digital package, as well as any analog package that included Bravo prior to it's digital conversion. The new digital locations for Bravo are as follows:Bravo East: G4-710 (Ku Only)
Bravo West: C4-710 If you were not previously a subscriber to Bravo, you can purchase the programming on an a la carte basis, at the following prices:Annual: $9.99
6 Month: $5.24
3 Month: $2.75
Monthly: $1.00

Ovation
For those who are inquiring about the status of Ovation, NPS has successfully signed the contract to bring Ovation to the NPS digital lineup. Look for Ovation to be located on X4-702 sometime in April. An update will be posted to www.callnps.com when it becomes available.

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Attention Indiana C-band Subscribers - Time Change (3-31-06)
At 2 a.m., Sunday April 2nd, some areas of Indiana will spring forward 1 hour by due to daylight-savings time. All other time zones will remain the same. If our Indiana customers do not have the correct time information displaying on their 4DTV receiver after 2 a.m. on Sunday, they can call NPS and we will process the time change. The time zone changes should be changed within 48 hours of the request.

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NCAA Final 4 Basketball Series (3-31-06)
Below is some information pertaining to the NCAA Final 4 tournament, airing in the coming days.
. All NCAA games are available exclusively on CBS
. Schedule: Saturday, April 1 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.(EST) and Monday, April 3 at 8 p.m. (EST)
. Games are available with a subscription on CBS (E) on W3-501 or CBS (Denver) on W1-503
. Network subscriptions must meet SHIVA requirements.

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CNBC, MSNBC, TV Land Update (3-2-2006)
For those inquiring about the status of CNBC, MSNBC and TV Land, we would like to inform you that these channels are now available in digital format at the following locations.

Channel G9-500 – CNBCChannel G9-501 – MSNBCChannel G9-620 – TV LandWhereas WPIX is not yet available in digital format, NPS is expecting that it will be available at the following location by 3-2-06, after some techical issues are resolved. Channel G9-510 – WPIXNPS will post any additional channel updates as they become available.

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Primetime 24 Networks - WABC, WSEE and WNBC (2-20-2006)
If you are a subscriber of WABC, WSEE and WNBC, this is a notification that you will no longer be able to receive these networks in analog format as of March 31, 2006. Although these channels will no longer be available to you as analog programming, WABC and WSEE will be available on digital C-Band (Digicipher) starting March 1. NPS is currently exploring options to uplink a WNBC feed by March 31. We will announce if and when this will happen when the information becomes available to us. ********************************************************************************

Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC (2-2-2006)
As always, NPS is committed to providing our customers with timely channel updates. With that said, we just received some information from our programmers, and we would like to pass it on to you. Bravo will be upgraded to digital format only, beginning 4/1/06. There will no longer be an analog feed available after 3/31/06.
As of 3/31/06, CNBC will end its analog feed.
As of 2/28/06, MSNBC will end its analog feed.
Bravo will definitely be available to you in digital format and NPS is working hard to convince the programmers to find a way to bring CNBC and MSNBC back digitally as well. NPS values you as a customer. If any of these channel changes will affect you directly, we ask that you call us to hear about the digital options we have available for you. No matter what your needs, we are confident that we have a solution. Thank you for your loyalty as we continue to provide you with the very best that C-Band has to offer. ********************************************************************************

NPS Update on TV Land (1-17-2006)

For those customers who are inquiring about the status of TV Land, we would like to inform you that we are still working on transitioning the station to digital format. This transition is taking longer than anticipated, due to technical issues, but we hope to have the digital feed available in the near future. Please check the website for the most recent updates. ******************************************************************************** Discovery HD Theater (1-14-2006)
Discovery HD Theater has joined TLC East and Discovery Health West on satellite AMC 11, transponder 16, virtual channel 617. As of March 6, 2006 Discovery HD Theater will no longer be available on AMC 10, transponder 14. WPIX and KTLA (1-5-2006) If you are a subscriber of WPIX or KTLA, this is a notification that you will no longer be able to receive these superstations in an analog format on your C-Band dish as of January 31, 2006 Although these channels will no longer be available to you on analog programming, NPS is very confident that we will have these channels back up in a digital format by January 31. We will announce if and when this will happen when the information becomes available to us.

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WPIX and KTLA (1-5-2006)
If you are a subscriber of WPIX or KTLA, this is a notification that you will no longer be able to receive these superstations in an analog format on your C-Band dish as of January 31, 2006 Although these channels will no longer be available to you on analog programming, NPS is very confident that we will have these channels back up in a digital format by January 31. We will announce if and when this will happen when the information becomes available to us.

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Denver 5 Networks, Cinemax Starz, and TV Land (1-2-2006)

Denver networks are now available only in a 4dtv digital format on satellite W1, channels 500-507. Big dish customers who have a 4dtv receiver should be able to find these channels on W1. Existing NPS Denver subscriptions have been extended one month.

Analog Cinemax Customers will no longer see Cinemax West on G5-16, but rather only on G1-19. Cinemax West is digital and still available to subsribers with a 4dtv receiver. Cinemax East is still on satellite G1-19 channel 126.

Starz analog channels on G9 are no longer available, but they are also now only in the 4dtv digital format. You will be able to use remaining Starz credits to adjust your account to subscribe to the 4dtv digital Starz channels.

TV Land is also transitioning to a 4dtv digital format only. Although TVLand on analog G0-16 is no longer available, NPS will be providing TVLand again within the next few weeks. TVLand analog customers will receive credits in the form of future programming discounts.

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Denver 5 is Restored as Rocky Mountain 8

As many of you are aware, satellite service was recently interrupted for those subscribers who subscribe to what NPS refers to as the "Denver 5". However, we are glad to report that this service as been restored as "Rocky Mountain 8", which now includes the following networks:

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NPS is working hard everyday to bring more channels to our C-Band customers. Listed below are some of the channels we are communicating with currently. As we learned, when we brought back Lifetime and Hallmark, the process is long and cumbersome. There is not an established time line on when or if these channels will be added to our programming; however, we are doing our best to get them delivered by 4th quarter 2005.If you have other channels that you would like to see brought back, email us at info@callnps.com.Outdoor Channel
FIT TV
Tennis
NFL Channel
Ovation
HGTV
Fuse
GAC
Turner Classic Movies
FX

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From Our Subscribers

Dear folks At NPS,

I am a long time subscriber to the C-Band and have enjoyed it thoroughly throughout the many years, and I'm talking a lot here, since 1987. I have subscribed to many programmers over those years, but without a doubt, yours is by far the most dedicated to customer service of any I've subscribed from. Within the last 5 or so years I have been constantly bombarded by the other guys, and you know who I'm talking about, Netlink,Superstar, Turner, and they have harrassed me to no end to get a small dish and do away with my big dish. Some day I might do just that, but, until the quality of the picture matches or exceeds that of the big dish, then I'll never switch. Any one with common sense that has ever seen the picture quality of the big dish verses the small one, will notice a remarkable difference right away. I cant for the life of me understand why the customers of the small dish will settle for such horrid substandard tv reception from those small dishes. Not only that, but everytime we get a heavy, cloud day, then the reception is lost on the small dish. That is a fact, not to mention chronic rain fade. If I were a customer of the small dish, I guarantee that customer service would hate me as I would complain on a daily basis about the inferior product, and would probably contact an attorney and sue for failure to receive what I paid for. So really now is not the time for me to go small dish. Which brings me back to you. I am and have been very satisfied across the board with you and your CSR's as they have always been curteous and friendly to talk with and have always fixed any problems that I may have had. Plus you have strived to keep us with as many channels as possible and brought back some that left and for that I truly am thankful. So on behalf of all of us who never speak up I am talking for us all here. Thank you all very much for a job well done!!

Sincerely,

Dale Ballou
Kansas City, Missouri

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C-Band Facts

• Number of loyal viewers enjoying their C-Band programming: 99,061

• Number of services being watched by C-Band subscribers: 1,419,721

• NPS market share: 50% on Analog and 52% on Digital

• C-Band subscribers are viewing programming from 21 satellites.

• C-Band provides access to many free to air channels.

• C-Band provides access to hundreds of wild feeds.

• C-Band subscribers get to enjoy the best picture quality among all programming providers.