Channel Notifications and Changes for March

This is interesting...a few days early isn't bad. They usually are released on the third Tuesday of each month, as the date below indicates, but I see they've been posted early.

Please don't say that "no notice was given," even though I'm sure some will. And without further adu...

http://www.uversechannels.com/national-legal-description 

Notice Appearing in USA today on March 17, 2015

AT&T's contracts with programmers for the content displayed on U-verse TV service periodically expire, or may be terminated, but are usually re-negotiated or extended with no interruption or change for our U-verse members. Additionally, from time to time it is necessary to change channel line-ups as well as television package contents. The programming changes set forth below may occur as follows:

March 2015:

As previously noticed, AT&T's contract with the programmer for the following channels is set to expire. While these channels will continue to be available to U-verse members so long as AT&T has the rights to carry them, if a reasonable agreement cannot be reached with the programmer the programming will no longer be available. AT&T may modify the channel location for the programming by moving them from their current channel location to a channel between 9501 – 9599, and if a reasonable longer term agreement cannot be reached with the programmers, we may lose the rights to carry them (listed in alphabetical order) in or after March 2015: Havoc (channel 1490), Star India (channel 3706), WAPA (channel 3013), and Zee TV (channel 3702).

April 2015:

As previously noticed, AT&T's contract with the programmer for the following channels is set to expire. While these channels will continue to be available to U-verse members so long as AT&T has the rights to carry them, if a reasonable agreement cannot be reached with the programmer the programming will no longer be available. AT&T may modify the channel location for the programming by moving them from their current channel location to a channel between 9501 – 9599, and if a reasonable longer term agreement cannot be reached with the programmers, we may lose the rights to carry in or after April 2015: MGM HD (channel 1116), and Shorts HD (channel 1789).

Effective April 18, 2015, Poker Night TV, & Air Show HD applications will no longer be available to U-verse customers.

Effective April 20, 2015 WFOR (CBS) on channel 3 and 1003 will be removed from the West Palm Beach, FL area.

Effective April 20, 2015 KAJN-CD-40 (IND) (channel 40) might be removed from the Lafayette, LA area.

Effective April 20, 2015 WYBU-CD-16 (IND) (channel 16) might be removed from Columbus, GA area.

May 2015:

AT&T's contract with the programmer for the following channels is set to expire. While these channels will continue to be available to U-verse members so long as AT&T has the rights to carry them, if a reasonable agreement cannot be reached with the programmer the programming will no longer be available. AT&T may modify the channel location for the programming by moving them from their current channel location to a channel between 9501 – 9599, and if a reasonable longer term agreement cannot be reached with the programmers, we may lose the rights to carry them (listed in alphabetical order) in or after May 2015: Rai Italia (channel 3802).