Travel Channel leaving C-Band 1/1/04 Channel dropping left and right
 

A blurb at the end of show said Travel Channel was leaving analog
C-Band on January 1,2004. I did not get a chance to read the rest of the
message, it only pop up for a second or two.
Did anybody see the rest of the message?
It seem the channels are being drop left and right.
I hope that they will be available on 4DTV.
Only problem is that you cannot get digital programming a-la-carte. Does
anyone sell a-la-carte digital programming?

Thanks
Bill

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 06:42:21 GMT, "Bill Lee" wrote:

A blurb at the end of show said Travel Channel was leaving analog
C-Band on January 1,2004. I did not get a chance to read the rest of the
message, it only pop up for a second or two.
Did anybody see the rest of the message?
It seem the channels are being drop left and right.
I hope that they will be available on 4DTV.
Only problem is that you cannot get digital programming a-la-carte. Does
anyone sell a-la-carte digital programming?

Thanks
Bill


It, Animal Planet, Discovery West, and FxM are leaving analogue. they
will be available on 4DTV. Call YSP for those. in a semblance of
AlaCarte

Gary Tait wrote in message . ..

It, Animal Planet, Discovery West, and FxM are leaving analogue. they
will be available on 4DTV. Call YSP for those. in a semblance of
AlaCarte

Off subject, but I found this to be an interesting tidbit:

SkyREPORT 12/19/2003

BREAKING NEWS: News Corp. Takeover of DirecTV Wins OK

snip...

"The FCC approval comes with conditions, including ensuring
competitors access to News Corp.-controlled programming. "Cable and
satellite customers will continue to have access to programming from a
diverse source of media outlets," said FCC Chairman Michael Powell."

Well, FxM is going...hmmm...next will be FOX news...should someone
tell FCC?

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 15:49:08 -0500, "Jim" wrote:

Travel Channel will be on C4, 602; Animal Planet on C4, 603; Fox Movie
Channel on X4, 251 and National Geographic Channel on X4, 620 effective
January 1st.

sorry to butt in, but could someone enlighten me on x-4.

I've tried and tried to receive the music channels there and have yet
to hear a peep..

what am i missing?

bob

Jim wrote:

Travel Channel will be on C4, 602; Animal Planet on C4, 603; Fox Movie
Channel on X4, 251 and National Geographic Channel on X4, 620 effective
January 1st.


I just love having not even a month ago resubscribed to these (and
other) channels for another year, only to be greeted with:

"A subscription is required to view this program." (Animal Planet)
"A subscription is required to view this program." (Fox Movie Channel)

I'm sure Travel Channel will say the same thing once it's up and
running...

(In reality I can easily do without Animal Planet and Travel Channel,
but I paid for another f-ing year (along with FMC), and I should be
getting another f-ing year's worth...)

Isn't there something we as consumers can do? Does FTC or any other
government agency supposed to address cases like this. The way it looks is
that bunch of us C-band addicts bought service that is just being cut in a
signifficant part after the transaction. Shouldn't this spell REFUND at
least in part? Indirectly didn't we pay for the rental of the referred
transponders along with content that would be beamed from them? If so, why
is this service disapearing?
I understand that the team of the day is "cost savings" for the broadcast
companies, but so it is for me - and spending money on the service I won't
be receiving does not quite translate to cost savings at least form my
end!!!

This sounds like not a significant amount for each of us, but once you
multiply this by nymber of users it may add up to milions. Anyone out there
knows a good class action lawsuit lawyer?

"Frank Malczewski" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Travel Channel will be on C4, 602; Animal Planet on C4, 603; Fox Movie
Channel on X4, 251 and National Geographic Channel on X4, 620 effective
January 1st.


I just love having not even a month ago resubscribed to these (and
other) channels for another year, only to be greeted with:

"A subscription is required to view this program." (Animal Planet)
"A subscription is required to view this program." (Fox Movie Channel)

I'm sure Travel Channel will say the same thing once it's up and
running...

(In reality I can easily do without Animal Planet and Travel Channel,
but I paid for another f-ing year (along with FMC), and I should be
getting another f-ing year's worth...)

Anyone out there
knows a good class action lawsuit lawyer?

Always the tag of a whiner.

Ken Johnson wrote:
Anyone out there

knows a good class action lawsuit lawyer?


Always the tag of a whiner.


Whoever started this post gave it the INCORRECT title!

Travel channel and Animal Planet,as well as FMC are NOT leaving C band!

They are switching to digital format,4dtv compatible in fact!

The necessary hardware has been around for quite awhile now and anybody
who has been watching the c band scene should've seen this coming(I did
-a year ago!)...and got either the full 4dtv receiver,or the 4dtv sidecar!

That is STILL the solution.....get 4dtv!

"we can either be part of the problem....or part of the solution!"


I

GL wrote:
Isn't there something we as consumers can do? Does FTC or any other
government agency supposed to address cases like this. The way it looks is
that bunch of us C-band addicts bought service that is just being cut in a
signifficant part after the transaction. Shouldn't this spell REFUND at
least in part? Indirectly didn't we pay for the rental of the referred
transponders along with content that would be beamed from them? If so, why
is this service disapearing?
I understand that the team of the day is "cost savings" for the broadcast
companies, but so it is for me - and spending money on the service I won't
be receiving does not quite translate to cost savings at least form my
end!!!

This sounds like not a significant amount for each of us, but once you
multiply this by nymber of users it may add up to milions. Anyone out there
knows a good class action lawsuit lawyer?

"Frank Malczewski" wrote in message
...

Jim wrote:


Travel Channel will be on C4, 602; Animal Planet on C4, 603; Fox Movie
Channel on X4, 251 and National Geographic Channel on X4, 620 effective
January 1st.


I just love having not even a month ago resubscribed to these (and
other) channels for another year, only to be greeted with:

"A subscription is required to view this program." (Animal Planet)
"A subscription is required to view this program." (Fox Movie Channel)

I'm sure Travel Channel will say the same thing once it's up and
running...

(In reality I can easily do without Animal Planet and Travel Channel,
but I paid for another f-ing year (along with FMC), and I should be
getting another f-ing year's worth...)



Again,the title of this post is incorrect!

These services are NOT disappearing.

They are switching to digital: in this case: 4dtv

The hardware has been out there for a couple of years now.

Read the signs of the times: Stop whining and update your hardware!

If you had done that before the change(and some of us have known this
was coming for months now!)...you'd be switched over with very little
hassle!

If you don't have 4dtv(and preferably mpeg-2 fta also),then your
hardware is out of date and that's nobody's fault but your own!

The programmers can't wait forever for everybody to update their hardware!

"Frank Malczewski" wrote in message
...
Jim wrote:

Travel Channel will be on C4, 602; Animal Planet on C4, 603; Fox Movie
Channel on X4, 251 and National Geographic Channel on X4, 620 effective
January 1st.


I just love having not even a month ago resubscribed to these (and
other) channels for another year, only to be greeted with:

"A subscription is required to view this program." (Animal Planet)
"A subscription is required to view this program." (Fox Movie Channel)

I'm sure Travel Channel will say the same thing once it's up and
running...

(In reality I can easily do without Animal Planet and Travel Channel,
but I paid for another f-ing year (along with FMC), and I should be
getting another f-ing year's worth...)

You paid with a credit card, didn't you? Call the card issuer and scream,
"Fraud!"