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.2 Network - did it ever come through?

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musicman3355

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The .2 Network was supposed to launch in 2008, but was delayed and was going to launch sometime in 2009, and now there hasn't been any plans launching it now or any official date. The website now just shows a logo plus a message saying "Please call (614) 416-6080 for more information.". Not to mention according to Wikipedia the network still hasn't even obtained their major market affiliates (NYC, LA, Chicago, Philly, San Francisco).

Is this network ever going to launch? Since they've been delaying the plans for 2 years now they might aswell drop this whole plan.
 
They haven't launched yet, and at this point, as you say, they probably will not be able to. Antenna TV and the other DTV subchannel nets have too much strength now.
 
If .2 wanted to get into the game, their ship already sailed -- with RTV and This TV widely available and successful, and with Antenna TV and a national MeTV waiting in the wings, I think .2 will be hard-pressed to find any decent programming at all, if they do launch. Its Wikipedia article mentioned that it signed a programming contract with Sony Pictures, but with Antenna TV carrying some Sony programming, it's unknown if any of .2's contracts are still in effect.

In my opinion, in a year or two, I have a feeling that the odds of .2's web domain going to a "parker" is greater than the network launching.
 
I predicted this net would never launch after their first hold back. Their homepage remained dormant for 2 years with the same streaming clips for their movie fare that consisted of "Phenomena", "Monster House" and "The Pink Panther (Steve Martin edition)".

.2 had a vision without the capital to back the claim. THIS and to a lesser extent RTV at least made a leap into DTV while the iron was hot while .2 sat idly by promoting grandeur no one could commit to. .2 wanted subchannels with HD capable bandwidth. That was their initial hook. They thought far too big. Truthfully, I don't think .2 ever had the venture capital to launch.

It would have been interesting to have a bigger playfield at the onset, but as it stands now, .2 will not be one of the bigger players ever. Weigel and Tribune are making and employing the efforts to move forward. THIS-TV is hardly revolutionary but it has improved itself despite the film library it has to work with. Antenna-TV will simply use the success that Chicago's ME-TV has employed while ME-TV itself looks to launch nationally.

These are all good things as a watcher of TV and fan of retro programming.

RTV's days are truly numbered but .2 will always go down as an also-ran with ambitious ideas but no direction.
 
I think RTV will stick around.......if they get some new shows. I'm already tired of their lineup. They need to GET SOME NEW in a big way, in order to stay.
 
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