Comcast Lineup in New Britain (CT) by August 24th

[KML0224]

Get ready for huge changes if you've got Comcast in New Britain (CT) by August 24th. No word on what's changing with the Comcast lineups in Hartford, Middletown and New Haven. Anyways...

"Effective August 24th, we will be unveiling a new easy-to-use cable television lineup, reorganizing our lineup into theme-based blocks. That means sports channels will be grouped together. So will news channels. And Family Programming. In fact, nearly every channel will be next to one like itself, making it easier than ever to find what you want to watch."

"And we are introducing International Programming, including the Canales Selecto package for Hispanic customers and a la carte subscription services RAI, TV5, RTN and ZeeTV."

Here's our new line up. Numbers in parenthesis is where the service is now. Otherwise, if nothing is listed, it'll be staying the same.

2- WFSB Hartford
3- CN-8
4- WVIT New Britain
5- Public Access
6- WTIC Hartford
7- WEDH Hartford
8- WTNH New Haven
9- WCTX New Haven
10- WHPX New London
11- WTXX Waterbury
12- WGBY Springfield, MA
13- WRDM [low-power channel 13 of Hartford]
14- ****
15- ****
16- TBS
17- EWTN/NJT (51) [cable 17 is presently blank.]
18- WUVN Hartford
19- Educational Access (21)
20- CT-N
21- Government Access (22)
22- C-Span (56)
23- C-Span 2 (57)
24- NECN (19)
25- Outdoor Life Network (64)
26- The Weather Channel (68)
27- Travel Channel (62)
28- NESN (46) [cable 28 is presently blank.]
29- ESPN
30- ESPN 2
31- Fox Sports New England
32- YES
33- Golf Channel (96)
34- FX (33)
35- TNT
36- USA (44)
37- Court TV (49)
38- Hallmark Channel [new]
39- Lifetime (37)
40- ABC Family (38)
41- Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite (26)
42- Disney (66)
43- Cartoon Network (52)
44- Animal Planet (36)
45- A&E (42)
46- History Channel (31)
47- Discovery Channel (58)
48- HGTV (24)
49- Food Network (55)
50- TLC (48)
51- TV Land (59)
52- Sci-Fi Channel (53)
53- Spike TV (50)
54- Comedy Central (60)
55- E! (43)
56- MTV (25)
57- VH1 (54)
58- BET (32)
59- FOX News Channel (34)
60- CNBC (39)
61- CNN Headline News (41)
62- CNN (40)
63- MSNBC (47)
64- AMC (67)
70- QVC (45)
72- TV Guide Channel (70)
96- Leased Access
98- Shop At Home (23)
99- HSN (69)

New Services coming to our digital lineup...

121- DIY (Do It Yourself Network)
122- Fine Living
134- WAM!
170- FLIX
141- MTV En Espanol
147- GAC (Great American Country)
173- TV One
205- Discovery HD
207- INHD 2
262- FCS Atlantic
263- FCS Central
264- FCS Pacific
273- NBA TV
277- Tennis Channel
305- HBO Comedy
310- HBO Zone
311- HBO Latino
324- Action Max
325- Thriller Max
327- W Max
328- @ Max
329- 5 Star Max
330- Outer Max
335- Showtime Women
336- Showtime Family
337- Showtime Next
346- Showtime Beyond
373- Starz! Kids & Family
374- Starz! Cinema
375- Starz! Comedy
622- GOL TV

Worst part of all of this? No WWE 24/7? What gives?

**** Cable channel 14 and 15 are presently the analog positions of HBO and The Movie Channel, respectively (digital 550 and 590 for now, respectively).

 

[6tothebronx]

Where did you get that information from? My grandparents live in Farmington and they didn't hear anything about these changes. I know Farmington is currently on the same system as New Britain.

 

[KML0224]

> Where did you get that information from? My grandparents
> live in Farmington and they didn't hear anything about these
> changes. I know Farmington is currently on the same system
> as New Britain.
>

They sent it to me in the mail. You can go to www.comcast-ne.com/newchannels for more information.

 

[wxctintern]

Wow! Dude that looks like the biggest change in COMCAST's New Britain area lineup since the time they were known as TCI and went from 46 channels to 78. You guys are sure lucky have OLN on analog cable. COX bounced it over to digital last year. <P ID="signature">______________
~Jay Clark~
</P>

 

[KML0224]

I talked with one of their reps on the phone today. Any and all analog customers receving both HBO on cable channel 14 and The Movie Channel on cable channel 15 will need digital converters starting on August 24th. I put in a request for WWE 24/7 (On Demand). Since they're the ones causing this inconvenience, they said that the cost of adding an additional converter for my mother's TV will be waived ($7.50 monthly rental however). She'd receive all of the same channels that I get in my room now (4 HBOs, Encore and six other Encore-related channels).

On a side note, WGBY-TV (PBS) channel 57 of Springfield, MA is still the only out-of-market broadcast channel we'll receive on the New Britain lineup.

 

[shadowman]

> I talked with one of their reps on the phone today. Any and
> all analog customers receving both HBO on cable channel 14
> and The Movie Channel on cable channel 15 will need digital
> converters starting on August 24th. I put in a request for
> WWE 24/7 (On Demand).

REguarding moving premium channels to the digital tier, this is happening all over the country. About WWE 24/7, Comcast and WWE are in talks about it.

Since they're the ones causing this
> inconvenience, they said that the cost of adding an
> additional converter for my mother's TV will be waived
> ($7.50 monthly rental however). She'd receive all of the
> same channels that I get in my room now (4 HBOs, Encore and
> six other Encore-related channels).
>
> On a side note, WGBY-TV (PBS) channel 57 of Springfield, MA
> is still the only out-of-market broadcast channel we'll
> receive on the New Britain lineup.
>

And more likely it will remain that way.

 

[shadowman]

> Get ready for huge changes if you've got Comcast in New
> Britain (CT) by August 24th. No word on what's changing with
> the Comcast lineups in Hartford, Middletown and New Haven.
> Anyways...
>
> "Effective August 24th, we will be unveiling a new
> easy-to-use cable television lineup, reorganizing our lineup
> into theme-based blocks. That means sports channels will be
> grouped together. So will news channels. And Family
> Programming. In fact, nearly every channel will be next to
> one like itself, making it easier than ever to find what you
> want to watch."
>
> "And we are introducing International Programming, including
> the Canales Selecto package for Hispanic customers and a la
> carte subscription services RAI, TV5, RTN and ZeeTV."
They forgot to mention that they are replacing TVE for 52MX from Mexico, and they will finally be adding SuperCanal Caribe (from the Dominican Republic), GolTV, and "Puerto Rico's most wanted import" (WAPA America)

>
> Here's our new line up. Numbers in parenthesis is where the
> service is now. Otherwise, if nothing is listed, it'll be
> staying the same.
>
> 2- WFSB Hartford
> 3- CN-8
> 4- WVIT New Britain
> 5- Public Access
> 6- WTIC Hartford
> 7- WEDH Hartford
> 8- WTNH New Haven
> 9- WCTX New Haven
> 10- WHPX New London
> 11- WTXX Waterbury
> 12- WGBY Springfield, MA
> 13- WRDM [low-power channel 13 of Hartford]
> 14- ****
> 15- ****
> 16- TBS
> 17- EWTN/NJT (51) [cable 17 is presently blank.]
> 18- WUVN Hartford
> 19- Educational Access (21)
> 20- CT-N
> 21- Government Access (22)
> 22- C-Span (56)
> 23- C-Span 2 (57)
> 24- NECN (19)
> 25- Outdoor Life Network (64)
> 26- The Weather Channel (68)
> 27- Travel Channel (62)
> 28- NESN (46) [cable 28 is presently blank.]
> 29- ESPN
> 30- ESPN 2
> 31- Fox Sports New England
> 32- YES (What the...)
> 33- Golf Channel (96)
> 34- FX (33)
> 35- TNT
> 36- USA (44)
> 37- Court TV (49)
> 38- Hallmark Channel [new]
> 39- Lifetime (37)
> 40- ABC Family (38)
> 41- Nickelodeon/Nick At Nite (26)
> 42- Disney (66)
> 43- Cartoon Network (52)
> 44- Animal Planet (36)
> 45- A&E (42)
> 46- History Channel (31)
> 47- Discovery Channel (58)
> 48- HGTV (24)
> 49- Food Network (55)
> 50- TLC (48)
> 51- TV Land (59)
> 52- Sci-Fi Channel (53)
> 53- Spike TV (50)
> 54- Comedy Central (60)
> 55- E! (43)
> 56- MTV (25)
> 57- VH1 (54)
> 58- BET (32)
> 59- FOX News Channel (34)
> 60- CNBC (39)
> 61- CNN Headline News (41)
> 62- CNN (40)
> 63- MSNBC (47)
> 64- AMC (67)
> 70- QVC (45)
> 72- TV Guide Channel (70)
> 96- Leased Access
> 98- Shop At Home (23)
> 99- HSN (69)
>
> New Services coming to our digital lineup...
>
> 121- DIY (Do It Yourself Network)
> 122- Fine Living
> 134- WAM!
> 170- FLIX
> 141- MTV En Espanol
> 147- GAC (Great American Country)
> 173- TV One
> 205- Discovery HD
> 207- INHD 2
> 262- FCS Atlantic
> 263- FCS Central
> 264- FCS Pacific
> 273- NBA TV
> 277- Tennis Channel
> 305- HBO Comedy
> 310- HBO Zone
> 311- HBO Latino
> 324- Action Max
> 325- Thriller Max
> 327- W Max
> 328- @ Max
> 329- 5 Star Max
> 330- Outer Max
> 335- Showtime Women
> 336- Showtime Family
> 337- Showtime Next
> 346- Showtime Beyond
> 373- Starz! Kids & Family
> 374- Starz! Cinema
> 375- Starz! Comedy
> 622- GOL TV
>
> Worst part of all of this? No WWE 24/7? What gives?
>
> **** Cable channel 14 and 15 are presently the analog
> positions of HBO and The Movie Channel, respectively
> (digital 550 and 590 for now, respectively).
>

 

[TXengineer]

> "Puerto Rico's most wanted import" (WAPA America)
>

How do you know if Comcast in Connecticut has this channel on it or not?

The only press release showed it being on Comcast, and I know that Comcast Newton, MA has it on...

But I have seen no evidence that it is in Connecticut yet...

 

[KML0224]

Our Comcast lineup here in New Britain does NOT have WAPA America on it yet.

 

[radiolives]

It looks like to me that Comcast is going to make all their line-ups about the same in all of Connecticut. With some difference in the local channels but having the major cable networks on all the same channels in all of CT.

 

[shadowman]

> > "Puerto Rico's most wanted import" (WAPA America)
> >
>
> How do you know if Comcast in Connecticut has this channel
> on it or not?
>
> The only press release showed it being on Comcast, and I
> know that Comcast Newton, MA has it on...
>
> But I have seen no evidence that it is in Connecticut yet...
>

Check your new town/city listings on this address:
http://www.comcast-ne.com/newchannels/channels.php

Many of these channels will pop up by August 24th, perhaps a few days earlier.

Here in Massachusetts, WAPA America was supposed to be available on July 5th, but it was already viewable for more than two weeks.

 

[shadowman]

> Our Comcast lineup here in New Britain does NOT have WAPA
> America on it yet.
>
It will be by August 24th, if not earlier as it happened on all Comcast systems in Massachusetts. WAPA America was supposed to be made available by July 5th, but it was already available at least two weeks earlier.

 

[BRNout]

> > > "Puerto Rico's most wanted import" (WAPA America)
> > >
> >
> > How do you know if Comcast in Connecticut has this channel
>
> > on it or not?
> >
> > The only press release showed it being on Comcast, and I
> > know that Comcast Newton, MA has it on...
> >
> > But I have seen no evidence that it is in Connecticut
> yet...
> >
>
> Check your new town/city listings on this address:
> http://www.comcast-ne.com/newchannels/channels.php
>
> Many of these channels will pop up by August 24th, perhaps a
> few days earlier.
>
> Here in Massachusetts, WAPA America was supposed to be
> available on July 5th, but it was already viewable for more
> than two weeks.
>

Yep, it's there in the New Britian listing - at Channel 650. You'd have to buy the Canales Selecto package to get it though.