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telcodad
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Re: [DTA] Disney Jr.?

The Disney Junior channel (»www.disneyjuniorthechannel.com/) will be replacing SOAPnet on Comcast systems on March 23rd.

While SOAPnet is on the Digital Preferred tier, according to this item on the Zap2it site, it sounds like Disney Junior will be on the Basic tier: »tvbythenumbers.zap2it.co ··· /115890/

"Disney Junior, a 24-hour basic cable/satellite channel expressly for kids age 2-7 and their parents/caregivers, will launch FRIDAY, MARCH 23 (12:00 midnight, ET/PT) in the U.S."

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In cable terms, basic cable is what Comcast now calls Digital Starter (or Expanded Basic.) What some people think of basic (locals/public access) is Limited Basic.

In most areas, DTA's get the Starter tier if you subscribe to Starter or higher, so hopefully it will be available on them. Technically, Comcast may also have to alter the encryption to the lower level used by DTA's.

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said by andyross:

In most areas, DTA's get the Starter tier if you subscribe to Starter or higher, so hopefully it will be available on them. Technically, Comcast may also have to alter the encryption to the lower level used by DTA's.

Yes, the reverse case is what's happening with the TCM and truTV channels in many areas this year - they have been moved to the Preferred Digital tier and customers have found they are now missing on their DTAs: »[DTA] TCM Moved from Dig. Starter to Dig. Premium

So far, these channels are still working on my DTAs. I read somewhere that these channels were always on the Preferred Digital tier in original Comcast systems, but were grandfathered on the Starter/Expanded Basic tier for systems that had been taken over by Comcast.

The cable system in my area was originally operated by Storer Communications (»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St ··· ications), so that's why we probably can still watch TCM on our DTAs. Don't know how much longer this will last though.

andyross
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I'm in an area that has been Comcast for a long time (was AT&T Broadband, TCI before that, Cablenet before that.)

TCM and truTV (formerly Court TV) were always part of expanded basic and are still part of Starter here. In fact, TCM is still available as analog!
Joe12345678
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TCM is limited basic only in some araes.

Some areas in Chicago land have speed in expanded / starter others in sports pack. (other comcast systems out side of the Chicago area have speed in stater)

BUT COMCARP F* us over when they where rolling the DTA by moveing CLTV (CSN +) to starter (Back then DTA did not get starter) so you had to pay $7+ per tv to get CSN +.

Why did not move CSN + to it's own channel or use on the help channels you know the ones with the same videos that CSN + HD (info HD) shows when off air?

Now they use 101 for CSN + SD and starter is on the DTA.

useing CLTV for RSN over flows is a old analog cable leftover that should of ended with the analog trun off / dta roll out.

But we also had SCIFI in Preferred for a long time (other systems still had in analog)
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don't assume it will Comcast and Disney need to have an agreement just like any channel

mikedz4
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comcast and disney reached a 7 year or 10 year agreement in january.

»www.comcast.com/About/Pr ··· ect=true

telcodad
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From a Comcast employee post today in the Comcast Help and Support - Channels and Programming Forum (»forums.comcast.com/t5/Ch ··· nel_Prog ):

"Disney Junior will be available in our Digital Preferred package."

So, the DTAs will not be able to display it.
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said by telcodad:

Yes, the reverse case is what's happening with the TCM and truTV channels in many areas this year - they have been moved to the Preferred Digital tier and customers have found they are now missing on their DTAs: »[DTA] TCM Moved from Dig. Starter to Dig. Premium

So far, these channels are still working on my DTAs. I read somewhere that these channels were always on the Preferred Digital tier in original Comcast systems, but were grandfathered on the Starter/Expanded Basic tier for systems that had been taken over by Comcast.

The cable system in my area was originally operated by Storer Communications (»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St ··· ications), so that's why we probably can still watch TCM on our DTAs. Don't know how much longer this will last though.

Looks like there may be another reason that I still can watch TCM with my DTAs (there is FiOS in my area):

FCC: Cable operators charge 31% less for expanded basic channels in competitive markets
FierceCable - March 20, 2012
»www.fiercecable.com/stor ··· 12-03-20

"The FCC concludes that the significant decrease in price per channel that cable operators charge in markets where they face competition from cable overbuilders shows that "operators in effective competition communities carry more channels on expanded basic than operators in noncompetitive communities."

Comcast and other pay TV distributors have moved niche networks such as Turner Classic Movies and some regional sports channels from expanded basic to more expensive programming tiers. The FCC data shows that operators are less likely to kick expanded basic channels onto more expensive tiers in highly competitive markets, where they are more apt to market a large package of expanded basic channels to customers.

For the year ending Dec. 31, 2010, cable operators in markets that faced competition from both satellite rivals DirecTV and Dish Network, in addition to at least one competing cable provider such as Verizon, offered 129 expanded basic channels to subscribers. In non-competitive markets, cable operators carried 112 expanded basic channels, according to the FCC report."

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I would like to see "Boomerang Channel" added to my area