TWC/Comcast market swaps: changes in channel line-ups

[jeffrypennock]

For people who live in areas where their cable provider changes from TWC to Comcast or from Comcast to TWC, did you channel line-ups change as a result of the change in your cable provider?
I'm asking about this over-all but I'm also specifically asking about CNN International. I know that it's owned by TW. I'm wondering if I'll lose it when the swap to Comcast happens.

Jeff

[jsmeeker]

For people who live in areas where their cable provider changes from TWC to Comcast or from Comcast to TWC, did you channel line-ups change as a result of the change in your cable provider?
I'm asking about this over-all but I'm also specifically asking about CNN International. I know that it's owned by TW. I'm wondering if I'll lose it when the swap to Comcast happens.

Jeff


The swap already happened in Dallas. I don't think I lost any of the channels I get in my programming package. However, TW does indicate potential changes in the future. At a minimum, I won't be at all suprised of a shuffling of channels numbers.

[maki]

My area (minneapolis) is going from TW to Comcast. There have been no changes yet but I received a letter from Comcast saying they're "looking forward to serving" the area. I didn't read through it very thoroughly but I would only expect channel lineups to match the provider, hence some changes.

[Inundated]

TWC in Northeast Ohio swallowed both Adelphia and Comcast.

They added some channels, like C-SPAN 3 and Current, and the HD versions of the local UPN->My Network affiliate and TNT HD. No CNN International, at least yet.

It does appear in TWC's existing NEO lineup (digital 102), so I expect it'll show up over here at some point...maybe when they start consolidating lineups in a few months.

[gambit3131]

About the only channel lost in the Comcast/TWC swap is the NFL Network. TWC wants to put it in a sports package. I keep asking the president of the Dallas TWC why do they want to put it in a package when I can switch over to Direct TV and it not be in a a package.

I know a lot of people don't care about the NFL, but in our house it is a big channel and with football season starting, now is not a time to mess with it. Laugh...

Other than that, the swap has been pretty painless. No other channel changes that I know of.

[gambit3131]

Here is a list of the channel lines up for TWC in the North TX area

http://www.timewarnercable.com/dallas/programming/lineups.html

[jsmeeker]

Here is a list of the channel lines up for TWC in the North TX area

http://www.timewarnercable.com/dallas/programming/lineups.html


Looks like no changes for the channel assignments for the Dallas MDU (for the "Standard" lineup, which I assume is what TW calls what I get now). Doesn't look like I lose anything, either.

If the NFL Network is the only thing I would miss out when I have to upgrade to a digital package to get HiDef, then I'll be OK with that. Yeah, I would have had it with Comcast, but I really didn't lose something, since I never had it to begin with.

Any idea when my TiVo will know about this so I can re-do guided setup? I'll assume that the old Comcast MDU lineup will disappear and that my TiVo will get all confused wihout me doing some manual intervention.

[gambit3131]

TWC has taken control for 7 days now and my TiVo has kept up with it without doing a guided setup. It even knew about the NFL Network change and deleted the channel from my lineup.

[jeffrypennock]

What about Comcast? Can someone who's undergone a TWC to Comcast swap post a channel line-up?

[maki]

What about Comcast? Can someone who's undergone a TWC to Comcast swap post a channel line-up?

The Comcast web site still recognizes my area as being serviced by TWC. I think they have plans for transitioning slowly.

[jsmeeker]

My channels are already fairly well grouped. But WTF is a "TWC like" channel?

Speaking of NFL Network... TWC is running crawl ( a really crappy looking one) about them dropping NFL Network. What channel are they running it on? C-SPAN. :rolleyes: Stupid. They really want people to know what they are up to. :confused:

[cwoody222]

It's a semi-mess here, but luckily only with channels I don't watch.

TW dropped - then put back - but supposedly will drop again - NFL Network. Zap2It removed it form the lineup a few days after it was put back...

HBO analog disappeared from Zap2It listings... then returned it a few days later. (I suspect this was an error but can't confirm since I don't get HBO)

TWC moved numbers (from what I can tell, in just analog packages) to a more basic level of service... Zap2It successfully got this change.

A few other changes (local government access, Jewelry TV, etc more crap channels) were reported to move by Zap2It but didn't actually move... I guess that Zap2It is just ahead of the curve here.

Thankfully no MAJOR changes were screwed up.

[JohnBrowning]

Yes, we had a channel line-up change here in Plano...


to Verizon Fios!!!!