Channel Contract Announcements for April 21, 2015

Could we see two more HD channels soon?

Daystar and StarzCinema are both in HD, but those HD feeds aren't carried by U-Verse.

And remember...

Effective May 8th, 2015 ESPN Deportes (channel 3113 and 3313 in HD) will be removed from U400 and U450 in all markets except Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, San Francisco, Harlingen/Brownsville, Fresno, San Diego, Sacramento, El Paso, and Orlando.

(In cities not named above, the only way to watch ESPN Deportes would be to subscribe to Pacquete Espanol. No changes to ESPN Deportes in those cities listed above.)

Who will be the first hysterical first time poster claiming that all U-verse does is get rid of channels, and U-verse intends to get rid of all of the movie and other channels listed?

The only important one that I see is Jewelry Television. It probably the most popular channel on U-verse.

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Looks like May and June will be a busy month for the legal team at U-Verse to try and make new deals with all of these networks.

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@gcotton69 wrote:

Looks like May and June will be a busy month for the legal team at U-Verse to try and make new deals with all of these networks.

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Not as busy as you may think.

Starz/Encore/IndiePlex/RetroPlex are owned by the same people.

TMC/Showtime/CBS Sports Network are all owned by the same people. -- Odd that MTV/VH1 aren't part of the negotiation, but that's a different division.

I believe that leaves Daystar, MeTV, Multimedios, Jewelry TV and ZeeTV as the only remaining national channels.

It seems that the international channels are easy negotiations and I'm sure that AT&T will agree to the terms set forth by the premium channels.

We still have over a month to go until I'd be getting nervous.

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@gcotton69 wrote:

Looks like May and June will be a busy month for the legal team at U-Verse to try and make new deals with all of these networks.

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TMC/Showtime/CBS Sports Network are all owned by the same people.

 

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It looks like the individual stations listed are all CBS owned & operated (a mix of CBS and CW, apparently; I know KCBS, KPIX, and KOVR are CBS, and KBCW is CW).

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@That Don Guy wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@gcotton69 wrote:

Looks like May and June will be a busy month for the legal team at U-Verse to try and make new deals with all of these networks.

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TMC/Showtime/CBS Sports Network are all owned by the same people.

 

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It looks like the individual stations listed are all CBS owned & operated (a mix of CBS and CW, apparently; I know KCBS, KPIX, and KOVR are CBS, and KBCW is CW).

 

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Still odd that "big" CBS isn't up for renewal since all these other CBS-owned channels are...maybe that's done entirely on a case-by-case basis with the affiliates?

I guess we'll know more in a couple weeks.

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@That Don Guy wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@gcotton69 wrote:

Looks like May and June will be a busy month for the legal team at U-Verse to try and make new deals with all of these networks.

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TMC/Showtime/CBS Sports Network are all owned by the same people.

 

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It looks like the individual stations listed are all CBS owned & operated (a mix of CBS and CW, apparently; I know KCBS, KPIX, and KOVR are CBS, and KBCW is CW).

 

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Still odd that "big" CBS isn't up for renewal since all these other CBS-owned channels are...maybe that's done entirely on a case-by-case basis with the affiliates?

I guess we'll know more in a couple weeks.

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There is nothing w/CBS Network, only with the CBS affiliates, O&O and all the others.  In MI it's the channel 50/62 O&O owned, no connection w/Viacom as of 2005 when Viacom became CBS then CBS spun it off into the 'new' Viacom w/these assets:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Viacom

CBS assets:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_CBS

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Chris
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@rdljr wrote:
Wait… there is a Jewelry TV?!?!?!

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Apparently, it was one of the channels I blocked instantly.

Upon getting new equipment, I automatically block shopping channels, religious channels, channels I do not subscribe to and SD duplicates (such as 202 and 602) of HD channels.

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@mibrnsurg wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@That Don Guy wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@gcotton69 wrote:

Looks like May and June will be a busy month for the legal team at U-Verse to try and make new deals with all of these networks.

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TMC/Showtime/CBS Sports Network are all owned by the same people.

 

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It looks like the individual stations listed are all CBS owned & operated (a mix of CBS and CW, apparently; I know KCBS, KPIX, and KOVR are CBS, and KBCW is CW).

 

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Still odd that "big" CBS isn't up for renewal since all these other CBS-owned channels are...maybe that's done entirely on a case-by-case basis with the affiliates?

I guess we'll know more in a couple weeks.

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There is nothing w/CBS Network, only with the CBS affiliates, O&O and all the others.  In MI it's the channel 50/62 O&O owned, no connection w/Viacom as of 2005 when Viacom became CBS then CBS spun it off into the 'new' Viacom w/these assets:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Viacom

 

 

CBS assets:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_CBS

😉

 

Chris
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Please NO SD stretch-o-vision or 480 SD HD Channels
Need Help? PM ATT Uverse Care (all service problems)
ATT Customer Care(all other problems)
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All that merging and buying reminds me of AT&T spinning off into baby bells and private companies and everyone merging back into the "new" AT&T.

I had AT&T, then Ohio Bell, then Ameritech (with the catchphrase "Ohio Bell is now Ameritech.") Then, for a while, if you looked closely, you could still see the remnants of the Ameritech logo under the "new AT&T" logos on the trucks.

...and yes, I vaguely remember my neighbors getting Americast cable. I think they had THREE trucks outside at one point...it must have been a tricky install and they just lived in a "regular" house, too...nothing fancy at all.

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@rdljr wrote:
Wait… there is a Jewelry TV?!?!?!

Channel 59, I hid it along time ago too, but looked it up for you.

Chris
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@baseballisback wrote:

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@mibrnsurg wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@That Don Guy wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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@gcotton69 wrote:

Looks like May and June will be a busy month for the legal team at U-Verse to try and make new deals with all of these networks.

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TMC/Showtime/CBS Sports Network are all owned by the same people.

 

---

It looks like the individual stations listed are all CBS owned & operated (a mix of CBS and CW, apparently; I know KCBS, KPIX, and KOVR are CBS, and KBCW is CW).

 

---

 

 

Still odd that "big" CBS isn't up for renewal since all these other CBS-owned channels are...maybe that's done entirely on a case-by-case basis with the affiliates?

I guess we'll know more in a couple weeks.

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There is nothing w/CBS Network, only with the CBS affiliates, O&O and all the others.  In MI it's the channel 50/62 O&O owned, no connection w/Viacom as of 2005 when Viacom became CBS then CBS spun it off into the 'new' Viacom w/these assets:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Viacom

 

 

CBS assets:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_CBS

😉

 

Chris
__________________________________________________________

Please NO SD stretch-o-vision or 480 SD HD Channels
Need Help? PM ATT Uverse Care (all service problems)
ATT Customer Care(all other problems)
Your Results May Vary, In My Humble Opinion
I Call It Like I See It, Simply a U-verse user, nothing more

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All that merging and buying reminds me of AT&T spinning off into baby bells and private companies and everyone merging back into the "new" AT&T.

 

I had AT&T, then Ohio Bell, then Ameritech (with the catchphrase "Ohio Bell is now Ameritech.") Then, for a while, if you looked closely, you could still see the remnants of the Ameritech logo under the "new AT&T" logos on the trucks.

 

...and yes, I vaguely remember my neighbors getting Americast cable. I think they had THREE trucks outside at one point...it must have been a tricky install and they just lived in a "regular" house, too...nothing fancy at all.

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Same thing here in MI, but Americast was sold to WOW when ATT brought out Uverse.  😉

Chris
__________________________________________________________

Please NO SD stretch-o-vision or 480 SD HD Channels
Need Help? PM ATT Uverse Care (all service problems)
ATT Customer Care(all other problems)
Your Results May Vary, In My Humble Opinion
I Call It Like I See It, Simply a U-verse user, nothing more

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@baseballisback wrote:

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All that merging and buying reminds me of AT&T spinning off into baby bells and private companies and everyone merging back into the "new" AT&T.

I had AT&T, then Ohio Bell, then Ameritech (with the catchphrase "Ohio Bell is now Ameritech.") Then, for a while, if you looked closely, you could still see the remnants of the Ameritech logo under the "new AT&T" logos on the trucks.

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Been there, done that, ate the sandwich, saw the baseball game - Pacific Telephone (part of Bell) became Pacific Bell in the breakup, then merged into SBC, which in turn got gobbled up by AT&T.  You could tell by the changing name outside of the San Francisco Giants' ballpark.

But don't you mean you went from Bell Telephone to Ohio Bell?  I thought AT&T was just the long-distance portion of Bell before the breakup.

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@That Don Guy wrote:

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Been there, done that, ate the sandwich, saw the baseball game - Pacific Telephone (part of Bell) became Pacific Bell in the breakup, then merged into SBC, which in turn got gobbled up by AT&T.  You could tell by the changing name outside of the San Francisco Giants' ballpark.

 

But don't you mean you went from Bell Telephone to Ohio Bell?  I thought AT&T was just the long-distance portion of Bell before the breakup.

 

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Strictly speaking SBC did not get gobbled up by AT&T. SBC bought AT&T, including the rights to the name and assumed it.

Before the great 1980's breakup, AT&T owned all the Bell Operating companies, Bell Labs and the Long Distance service division. 

However, apparently, that didn't include Cininatti Bell, but did include Ohio Bell.

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@That Don Guy wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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All that merging and buying reminds me of AT&T spinning off into baby bells and private companies and everyone merging back into the "new" AT&T.

I had AT&T, then Ohio Bell, then Ameritech (with the catchphrase "Ohio Bell is now Ameritech.") Then, for a while, if you looked closely, you could still see the remnants of the Ameritech logo under the "new AT&T" logos on the trucks.

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Been there, done that, ate the sandwich, saw the baseball game - Pacific Telephone (part of Bell) became Pacific Bell in the breakup, then merged into SBC, which in turn got gobbled up by AT&T.  You could tell by the changing name outside of the San Francisco Giants' ballpark.

 

But don't you mean you went from Bell Telephone to Ohio Bell?  I thought AT&T was just the long-distance portion of Bell before the breakup.

 

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@That Don Guy wrote:

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@baseballisback wrote:

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All that merging and buying reminds me of AT&T spinning off into baby bells and private companies and everyone merging back into the "new" AT&T.

I had AT&T, then Ohio Bell, then Ameritech (with the catchphrase "Ohio Bell is now Ameritech.") Then, for a while, if you looked closely, you could still see the remnants of the Ameritech logo under the "new AT&T" logos on the trucks.

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Been there, done that, ate the sandwich, saw the baseball game - Pacific Telephone (part of Bell) became Pacific Bell in the breakup, then merged into SBC, which in turn got gobbled up by AT&T.  You could tell by the changing name outside of the San Francisco Giants' ballpark.

 

But don't you mean you went from Bell Telephone to Ohio Bell?  I thought AT&T was just the long-distance portion of Bell before the breakup.

 

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But...AT&T owns a ballpark! They don't have the MLB package! Furious! Rage! Cancel!

Yeah...my area went from "something" to Ohio Bell to Ameritech to AT&T. (Maybe something else in there as well.) And Americast Cable in my area also became WOW.