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New international channels

wait, isn't Vme Kids one of digital subchannel of CH13?

reply to RemyM
Im all for the system you mention except for the Switched Digital Video part. Not a fan of it and until they perfect it I want it as far away as possible from channels I get. The fact that some of the SHowtime and STarz channels are transmitted on SDV is ridiculous. Paying 9.99 extra and getting "channel temporarily not available messages" is no way to run a business.

After your system switches to all digital the premium movie channels will move off of SDV. I wasn't advocating them increasing the use of SDV for regular channels, just pointing out another reason why they can add more international channels.

reply to RemyM
Now if they had a TV package from the UK, that would be interesting. Though the African channels will probably have a lot of English-language broadcasting.

As a EuroNews and BBC World Service junkie, I would love a package that contained English-language channels from around the world.

I thought I was the only one who watches Euronews ! Its a fantastic news service and gives you such a unique perspective on the world with far less bias than things like CNN and Fox News. Its interesting to watch news that isnt "dumbed-down", politicized or sensationalized like the news from America is. Kudos to Cablevision for carrying this channel. My understanding is they are the only operator in America who does.

~high five~

That's the channel that keeps me with Cablevision, because no one else seems to carry it. It's so refreshing to watch a channel that hasn't sold out its journalistic soul to any American political party, and one that regularly reports science, space, art and tech stories in addition to world news; one that also seems to grasp the interconnectivity of the global economy and does not fill its airtime with entertainment faux news.

Between that channel and the BBC World Service channel, it really makes me aware of how much of what is currently going on in the world never makes it onto the US news media, until that is, everything goes to hell in a handbasket and they can no longer avoid reporting the story.
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reply to MxxCon

so they charging extra for broadcast basic channel?

reply to RemyM
Thirteen Kids is one of the subchannels. There's VME and VME Kids. VME is on a subchannel, not the kids version.

reply to RemyM
From a CT PURA filing:

Effective Wednesday, October 26, 2011, Cablevision will launch CTC in the iO Russion Package. Effective Thursday, October 27, 2011. Cablevision will launch CaribVision in the iO Caribbean Package.
CTC is the best 24/7 Russian-language entertainment channel for the family. It is 100% Russian original content is focused on high quality and family values. The highlights are top rated dramas, sitcoms, game shows, documentaries and lifestyles shows. CTC will launch on channel 1186 and will be available to customers as an a la carte offering or by subscribing to the iO Russian package. CaribVision will launch on channel 1104 and will be available as an a la carte offering or by subscribing to the iO Caribbean Package.

reply to RemyM
From a CT PURA filing:

Effective today, November 16, 2011, Cablevision will launch the following networks: Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. and Nat Geo Mundo in the iO en Espanol Package.

Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. was established in 1983 as a nonprofit organization with a mission to advance the educational, cultural and socio-economic aspirations of Hispanics in the US. Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network, Inc. will launch on channel 1011. Nat Geo Mundo showcases Spanish-language originals, National Geographic celebrated series and first run programming never before seen in the US. Nat Geo Mundo will launch on channel 1016. Both will be available to customers subscribing to the iO en Espanol Package.

reply to RemyM
not to complain or anything but I never really counted them all but we have at least 15-20 Spanish channels now?

last time I looked they were spread all over the place.

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reply to RemyM
Why is it that English language channels have Spanish closed captions available and virtually no Spanish channels have English closed captions?

Because they don't care/want to have English viewers. It's obviously geared toward hispanics only. Just another one of many double standards, I say pull all non-english captions much less get rid of all the non-english international channel garbage they've been added alot of recently and use it for english channels that we've all been requesting for months and even years.

I'm not sure if you're serious, so I don't know how to respond to that.

You don't pay for these extra international channels. They are part of an individual package that only people who subscribe to it have to pay for. So if they cut the channel and then they lose subscribers as a result, they aren't going to suddenly get more money to use for other channels.

Actually I am serious. Regardless of whether I'm paying for it, it's still taking up bandwidth and channel space regardless of whether it's on SDV or not. Especially since those are being added to digital/analog systems while we no longer have room supposed for HD feeds.

reply to RemyM
channels 200-299 isn't enough international channels?. i hate having to skip over them to get to HBO..