Is Dish Network using Nagra 3?
YES. Many Dish Network channels have now begun to actively migrate to Nagra 3 encryption and have so far been unavailable to “testers” in the FTA underground community with standalone receivers. All subscribers to Dish Network have been informed that they will need to upgrade their conditional access cards with new purple Nagra 3 version cards. Most channels are now showing a message that viewers will need to begin using the new cards or they will lose access to certain channels and others have already been switched. It is certain that ALL remaining channels will move to Nagra 3 in the very near future. • When did Dish Network begin using Nagra 3?Dish Network has begun using Nagra 3 already. On December 17th, 2008 International channels began the process of switching over to Nagra 3 encryption. On April 6th, 2009, Adult Channels 491-497 switched over to Nagra 3. On May 20th, HD channels began switch to Nagra 3 and on May 28th, most premium movie channels and a large chunnk of standard
