Basic Cable

[e-dawg]

What's considered to be Basic Cable today as of February 2020? I know HBO, Cinemax, Showtimes, Starz!, Encore, and the Movie Channel considered to be Premiums. Playbody, Spice Network, and the Erotic Network considered to be Adult PPV channels, and the Foreign Language Channels TFC, TV5, Channel 1 Russia, SBTN etc considered to be a la carte channels. I know about 20 years ago Basic Cable channels are channels that goes from 1-99 and above channel 99 you need to get a digital cable converter box. What I think considered to be basic cable channels are VH1, MTV, USA, Lifetime, Discovery, CNN, The Weather Channel, TNT. Teen Nick, Disney Jr, Bravo!, The Hallmark channel, BBC World News, TV One considered etc. considered to expanded cable channels. What do you think?

 

[KML0224]

Local broadcast stations and the so-called PEG channels (Public/Educational/Government). That, plus maybe NECN (which Comcast largely owns) and QVC. At least that's what I had with limited basic from Comcast in New Britain, CT until December of 2016. I didn't feel that it was worth it.

 

[kramie13]

That, plus maybe NECN (which Comcast largely owns) and QVC.

It varies based on location and television provider. Comcast in the 6 New England states carries NECN on its limited basic tier. But Verizon Fios and Spectrum don't carry NECN on its basic tiers anymore within New England. Cox has never carried the station.

Typically HSN, QVC, local PEG channels, and the OTA stations for the TV market you live in are on the lowest TV package.

 

[anotherguyTN]

Spectrum in Jackson, TN has 2 through 16, with the Big 4, CW, and PBS from Jackson, along with CBS, NBC, PBS, and Fox from Memphis. There are 10 stations altogether, and 5 empty channels (4,6,8,12, and 14), which makes no sense. They should fill those channels with something. My choice would be subchannels from area stations.

 

[Don CT]

The shopping channels pay the operator for carriage. This is why they are on basic.

 

[Megatron]

Spectrum in Jackson, TN has 2 through 16, with the Big 4, CW, and PBS from Jackson, along with CBS, NBC, PBS, and Fox from Memphis. There are 10 stations altogether, and 5 empty channels (4,6,8,12, and 14), which makes no sense. They should fill those channels with something. My choice would be subchannels from area stations.[/QUOTE

Charter Spectrum in Kazoo the only blank channels is 6 & 17 2 through 16. If you count WGN America which is channel 10 right before
former sister TV station WXMI Fox17 which is channel 11 use to be channel 17 from the Cablevision days in 2014 Spectrum moved a lot of channels around Fox17 & WXSP moved from channel 16 to channel 15 when it debut in May 2001 was on channel 32 until the end of the year then in 2002 moved TBS from channel 16 to channel 32.

 

[TriangleTriadMediaNews]

When I was growing up in Reston, VA (a suburb of DC), we had Comcast and our lifeline/basic lineup consisted of the OTA networks, public access, the TV Guide Network, a local all-news cable network, and QVC. In fact, when the Emergency Alert System was activated, we would always be instructed to turn to channel 12 which was the TV Guide Network, which I guess they did because TVGN wasn't an "essential" channel like a FOX affiliate covering news.

 

[Mr Tony]

Comcast in Minneapolis gives you CNN & TBS (which are still on channels 3 & 7) along with the locals, religious, shopping, CSpan/CSpan2 on lifeline cable
Mediacom is locals & subchannels, PEG, Shopping, Religious, and the music only stations. The stations you are describing for cable Mediacom calls Variety