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Re: [TWC] Dallas/Ft Worth Metro Vol II -- Time Warner

reply to Unbundled
See I'm the opposite, they can put all those sports channels on one tier and charge for the whole lot of them for whoever wants them. I have all those sports channels unticked on the guide so I dont even have to see them. I'm to the point if cable gets any higher I'm just gonna start using an antenna. I love my cable shows but its getting to be a lot to pay for every month. Everytime I threaten to cancel they come at me with some deal to keep me, but the cat and mouse game is getting old.

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reply to motorola870
Unbundled,

Since the 1990s, each local OTA station has had to choose "must carry" or "retransmission consent," which can mean anything from cash payment, promo time or carriage of additional stations--or some combination. That was an act of Congress.

Some people think it's unfair to charge the cable/satellite companies to carry a "Free" signal. On the other hand, the cable/satellite companies charge YOU for those signals. (And some networks actually charge fees to the stations, based on their cable/satellite coverage.)

TV stations really do need a second source of revenue (besides advertising). They have to compete with cable channels that face very little regulation and DO have a dual revenue stream (advertising and subscription fees).

However, it gets pretty convoluted. A company that owns both OTA stations and cable channels can link carriage of the OTA station with carriage (and fees) for little watched or very expensive cable channels.

I don't know whether they do, but ABC *could* link an OTA O&O station's contract with the cable company to carriage of ESPN channels. Same with Fox O&Os and Fox Sports Networks, FX, etc.

If you're not a sports fan, this might tick you off. Some estimates say ESPN gets up to $4/month for each subscriber! That's just ESPN! ESPN2, ESPNET, etc get additional fees. You also pay a lot for other sports channels.

I think local TV stations are worth SOMETHING out of your cable bill, but certainly not $4/month.

reply to Unbundled

reply to newsmark
And Ch 11 and Ch 21 are perhaps going away. But I thought cable companies were required to carry "local" channels ??

reply to motorola870
Wow. Cozi is going away. (If I'm reading this correctly.)

reply to motorola870
It does look like Speed will be going away from analog soon so there should be a notice in the mail soon saying that speed will no longer be available in analog format:

"Dallas and surrounding areas

Includes: Dallas, Greenville, Commerce.

Time Warner Cable’s agreements with programmers to carry their services routinely expire from time to time. We are usually able to obtain renewals or extensions of such agreements, and carriage of programming services is discontinued only in rare circumstances. The following agreements with programmers are due to expire soon, and we may be required to cease carriage of one or more of these services in the near future.

AYM Sports **
CBTV Michoacan **
Daystar
E!
E! HD **
Encore
Encore HD
Encore Action
Encore Drama
Encore Love
Encore Suspense
Encore Family
Encore Westerns
Flix **
G4
G4 HD
GolTV **
GolTV HD **
IFC
IFC HD **
KTVT (CBS)
KTVT (CBS) HD
KTXA (IND)
KTXA (IND) HD
Lifetime
Lifetime HD
Lifetime Real Women **
LMN
LMN HD
Mexico 22 **
Music Choice Channels
NHL Center Ice
NHL Center Ice HD
Once Mexico **
Showtime E
Showtime HD E
Showtime 2 E
Showtime 2 HD E
Showtime Showcase E
Showtime Showcase HD E
Showtime Extreme E
Showtime Extreme HD E **
Showtime Beyond E
Showtime Beyond HD E **
Showtime Next E
Showtime Next HD E **
Showtime Women E
Showtime Women HD E **
Showtime Family Zone E
Showtime W †
Showtime 2 W †
Showtime Showcase W †
Showtime Extreme W †
Showtime Beyond W †
Showtime On Demand
Smithsonian HD
Sprout **
Sprout On Demand **
Starz
Starz Cinema
Starz Comedy
Starz Edge
Starz Edge HD
Starz HD
Stars InBlack
Starz Kids & Family
Starz Kids & Family HD
Starz On Demand
Style
Style HD **
The Movie Channel E
The Movie Channel HD E
The Movie Channel Xtra E
The Movie Channel Xtra HD E **
The Movie Channel W †
The Movie Channel Xtra W †
The Movie Channel On Demand
WE tv
WE tv HD
Youtoo

** Excludes Greenville
† Greenville Only

In addition, from time to time we make certain changes in the services that we offer in order to better serve our customers. The following changes are planned:

ADD:
None at this time

MOVE:
None at this time

DELETE:
KXAS (Cozi TV) from Basic Service Channel 365
Time Warner Cable may cease carriage of NuvoTV or reposition NuvoTV to the Mas Canales Tier of service **

CHANGE:
G4 on Standard Cable Channel 67, Digital Cable Channel 261 and HD Channel 729 will rebrand to Esquire Network (Dallas)
G4 on Digital Cable Channel 144 and HD Channel 729 will rebrand to Esquire Network (Greenville)
Speed on Standard Cable Channel 56 will be made available in digital format only (digital set top box required) (Dallas Only)

On or about June 4th, 2013 Time Warner Cable will be making technical changes to our cable system in Greenville, Texas that may disrupt your ability to view the following unencrypted (“in-the-clear”) channels on a digital television or other device that includes a QAM tuner (a “ClearQAM device”):

Greenville
KERA (PBS) HD
WFAA (ABC) HD
WFAA (Accuweather)

(Customers using digital cable set-top boxes will not notice any change.) If this occurs, you will need to go into the settings menu on your ClearQAM device and perform a new channel scan in order to resume viewing these channels. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The new services listed below cannot be accessed on CableCARD-equipped Unidirectional Digital Cable Products purchased at retail without additional, two-way capable equipment.

None at this Time

* HD Television and HD set-top box required to receive HD service
**Excludes Greenville
† Greenville Only

All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. ©2013 Time Warner Cable, Inc. All rights reserved. Time Warner Cable and the eye/ear logo are trademarks of Time Warner Inc. Used under license."

»www.timewarnercable.com/en/about···las.html

so there is this months first notice and looks like Greenville might be getting more SDV bandwidth to be able to handle future HD adds

Also around the state TWC is moving clear QAM channels to new locations to make room for 8 channel DOCSIS 3.0 downstream bonding and the Dallas area is the first area in the state to get the upgrades and they will be rolling out to the rest of the state it looks like in the summer/fall.

reply to JSull
Bump thread to make it current as well as some possible news!

Looks like Time Warner is finally pulling the plug on Speed analog in Waco and may do so in Dallas/Fort Worth as well soon! I am going to be on the lookout for the mornings legal notice to say change speed channel 56 from expanded basic analog to expanded basic (digital only)

reply to Joe Siegler
Anyone missing almost all channels. Above 459?
Getting 'this channel will be available shortly, ref code. S0007

Have reset box several times.. local csr sent signal to box....no change.

reply to DallasAg
DallasAg the closest channels to 57MHz are on 111MHz which are KDFW HD, KXAS HD and Cozi TV. But your signals are way out of acceptable range for receiving a good signal needs to be at least 33dB to 34dB to be considered acceptable anything below that begins quality degrading.

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reply to motorola870
At my workplace, they have a TV with C-QAM using TW Cable, and it is getting Discovery in Digital on CH 2.1

I checked my C-QAM channel log that I made awhile back, and at home, I have Discovery in Digital widescreen on channel 82.1

So, no big deal for me, I'll be watching Discovery in Digital widescreen with C-QAM on 82.1 instead of 2.1. Digital is so much better than Analog Ch 3. HD is the best, but I can't find Discovery in HD through C-QAM (although it is on CH 756 with the DTA box.)
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reply to motorola870

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reply to Joe Siegler
C-QAM Digital channel 02-1: The Discovery Channel, is no longer coming in. Does anyone know if that digital channel has been moved? (I, of course know that Discovery is available on analog channel 3.......).
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reply to PamelaTS
Anyone having problems receiving channel 944 for hockey games?

reply to hobgoblin
Looks HBO is going to be available on DTA at least temporary for the HBO free preview this weekend

it is on 501 on the DTA and is listed as "HBO DTA" as the channel identifier.

Hmm I wonder if HBO DTA is for hotels and Time Warner removed the analog channel that was reserved for it analog in their hospitality lineups? I cannot tune it so I am going to assume it is for Hotels such as best western etc.

It would make since now that they are deploying DTAs they are probably giving them out to hotels now to use in their rooms to compensate for all of the analogs that have been dropped over the last few years plus they would get all of the local channels except for KDTN and HD versions of locals and Discovery Channel HD.

I know that there is a node next to the Holiday inn near the parks mall in Arlington so they likely have TWC services.

reply to PamelaTS
Your missing the point but never mind.

Hob

reply to DrDrew