Time Warner could cut channels
Time Warner Cable's Triad office is trying to iron out deals with several programmers.
The cable provider's agreements with SportSouth, GAC on Demand, HGTV, Cine Latino, Fox Sports en Espanol, CNN on Espanol, MTV Spanish, Discovery en Espanol, CNN Showcase on Demand and Starz/Encore are set to expire. And these channels could be pulled off the air if big cable and its programmers can't reach an agreement about how much Time Warner and its customers should pay to watch them.
Local spokesman Buck Yarborough says the talks are no big deal.
"From time to time, our programming agreements with various programmers are up for renewal," he told me today. "As a matter of fact, it's happening all the time."
Time Warner is required to give at least 30 days notice to customers about any change.
"So far, we have not been forced to drop anything, and we're hopeful and confident that we will be able to come to programming agreements," Yarborough said.
He said it's just a coincidence that many of the channels in question carry Spanish-language programming. Time Warner offers a Spanish-language package with a number of other channels.
More channel-change news after the jump ...
* Time Warner has added ESPN2 in high-definition on digital-access channel 556.
* Fox Reality is available on channel 127 of Time Warner's Digital Specialty Networks package.
* The Jewelry Channel is on digital access channel 130.
* The Gospel Music Channel has replaced the Black Family Channel on Digital Specialty Networks channel 130.
* Starting June 7, ESPN Classic will move from channel 18 to 142 on the Digital Specialty Networks tier.
* Starting June 7, Spike will move from channel 76 to channel 18.
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If Time-Warner cuts the Fox sports channel I will be changing to Dish or Direct TV.
Posted on May 26, 2007 1:18 AM