Alright this is starting to get ridiculous. I just go another letter from Time Warner telling me that more channels are moving to SDV delivery. This latest round of changes starts to cut deep into my lineup.
As of July 28th I will be losing all the channels listed below which includes 9 HD channels and 90% of my premium lineup (in bold).
| A&E HD | MAV TV HD | Smithsonian HD |
| Food Network HD | TBS HD | Universal HD |
| Golf Channel HD | HGTV HD | Palladia |
| Nick Toons | Fox Movie Channel | Fox Reality Channel |
| Fuse | The N | IFC |
| Inspiration | WAM! | BET on Jazz |
| @Max | More Max | 5 Star Max |
| Action Max | W Max | Thriller Max |
| Outer Max | TMC Xtra | Sundance |
| HBO 2 | HBO Comedy | HBO Family |
| HBO Latino | HBO Signature | HBO ZONE |
| Showtime Showcase | Showtime Beyond | Showtime Extreme |
| Showtime Family | Showtime Next | Showtime Too |
| Showtime Women | Encore | Encore Action |
| Encore Love | Encore Mystery | Encore True Stories/Drama |
| Encore Westerns | Starz Kids& Family | Starz Cinema |
| Starz Comedy | Starz Edge | Starz In Black |
| Flix |
So now I am wondering if Time Warner will reduce my HBO fee by 90% since I am only getting 90% of the value. I may actually make that call. I don’t want their free box but what I will take is a reduce monthly bill since they are reducing my level of service. And as a friend of mine pointed out, I think this goes directly against the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
I really hope the rumors of a Tuning Adaptor update for Media Center in the fall is true. The first channels I lost were disappointing but harder to swallow since I never had them in the first place. This is now taking away content that I actually watch.
2 comments:
UHD and maybe TBS for Seinfeld are tough. But don't worry, we should learn about the TA at CEDIA in September and I'd be shocked if you didn't have one working at the end of the year.
I really hope you are right. I want my original setup back (along with the 20 HD channels that I currently do not get)
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