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COX Connectciut Changes

MarcB

MarcB

COX Cable in Connecticut has made the following changes. This is shown on Channel 19.55 if you don't have a box.

15 WGBY/57 (moved from 17) Replaces CSPAN
90 Hallmark Channel (moved from Channel 170)
91 Hallmark Movie Channel (moved from Channel 297)
92 GSN (Moved from Channel 155).
147 NESN Plus SD (Previously was only available in HD on 1301) *Only used as over-flow channel.*
148 YES2 SD *New* Overflow Channel?
1018 WUVN-HD *New*
1090 Hallmark HD
1091 Hallmark Movie Channel HD
1147 NESN Plus HD (Moved from 1301)
1148 YES2 HD *New*
 
MarcB said:
COX Cable in Connecticut has made the following changes. This is shown on Channel 19.55 if you don't have a box.

15 WGBY/57 (moved from 17) Replaces CSPAN
90 Hallmark Channel (moved from Channel 170)
91 Hallmark Movie Channel (moved from Channel 297)
92 GSN (Moved from Channel 155).
147 NESN Plus SD (Previously was only available in HD on 1301) *Only used as over-flow channel.*
148 YES2 SD *New* Overflow Channel?
1018 WUVN-HD *New*
1090 Hallmark HD
1091 Hallmark Movie Channel HD
1147 NESN Plus HD (Moved from 1301)
1148 YES2 HD *New*
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Rhode Island too.....

GSN is now part of the ECONOMY PACKAGE. The 34.99 package that has a small select few cable networks.(usa,fx,discovery,history)and a few others.

Hallmark and Hallmark Movies are in the next tier.
FOX SPORTS 1 is part of the expanded tier too but The duece is on a higher tier.
 
Ken said:
So is 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 all blank? Don't get why Cox doesn't just move channels down to those numbers.
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If you have a cable box 14 is Government Access, 15 is Public Access, and 16 is educational access. Vacant channels are 2, 19, 21, 22, and 23. Without the box on 17 is color bars. (Full screen, not with the blocks at the bottoms) and on 21 is a message that LIN-TV discontinued Cool TV as of July 15th. Also vacant channels are 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, and 69. 70 is TV Land and 96 is TruTV. If you have a box you get more channels 71-92 with a couple vacant spaces.
 
Cox should moved WGBY to 2 instead.

Then move:
Telemundo - 17 from 20
QVC - 19 from 31
The Weather Channel - 20 from 35
CNN - 21 from 33
HLN - 22 from 53
USA - 23 from 34
SNY - 31 from 62
Comcast Sports Net - 33 from 51
NBC Sports Network - 34 from 139
TV Land - 35 from 70
truTV - 51 from 96
VH-1 - 53 from 61

This gets rid of the blank channels and puts all the sports channels together easy to find along with CNN and HLN together places USA near FX and TNT. VH-1 next to MTV and brings TV Land and truTV down closer. Cox would never come up with this idea. Sure its a lot of moves but it makes sense.
 
Ken said:
Cox should moved WGBY to 2 instead.

Then move:
Telemundo - 17 from 20
QVC - 19 from 31
The Weather Channel - 20 from 35
CNN - 21 from 33
HLN - 22 from 53
USA - 23 from 34
SNY - 31 from 62
Comcast Sports Net - 33 from 51
NBC Sports Network - 34 from 139
TV Land - 35 from 70
truTV - 51 from 96
VH-1 - 53 from 61

This gets rid of the blank channels and puts all the sports channels together easy to find along with CNN and HLN together places USA near FX and TNT. VH-1 next to MTV and brings TV Land and truTV down closer. Cox would never come up with this idea. Sure its a lot of moves but it makes sense.
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The changes I have in mind are more extensive than yours, but they make sense.

2 WGN from Digital 82
7 WGBY/PBS 57 from 15
17 UniMas from Digital 79
19 Telemundo from 20
20 WZME/43 ME-TV from Digital 75
21 QVC from 31
22 HSN from 7
23 HSN2 *New*
24 ShopHQ (The new name for ShopNBC as of 2014) from Digital 81
25 Jewelry TV from Digital 71
26 NBC Sports Net from 139
27 Comcast Sports Net from 51
33 Fox Sports 1 from Digital 85
34 Fox Sports 2 from 141
35 SpikeTV from 27
36 FX from 24
37 FXX *Launches on 9/2*
39 TNT from 25
41 USA from 34
42 Food Network from 29
43 HGTV from 54
44 Lifetime from 41
48 CNN from 33
49 HLN from 53
50 New England Cable News *New*
51 Weather Channel from 35
53 VH-1 from 61
54 BET from 48
55 E! from 49
58 A&E from 42
61 TLC from 36
62 Discovery from 26
63 Nickelodeon from 44
64 Disney Channel from 43
65 Cartoon Network from 58
66 ABC Family from 37
67 TVLAND from 70
68 TruTV from 96
69 SyFy from 55

Digital SubChannels
90 CPTV 4U from 804
91 CPTV Sports from 805
92 WGBY Kids *New*
93 WGBY Create *New*
94 WGBY World *New*
95 Antenna TV from 810
96 COZI TV from 800
97 Bounce TV from 813
98 Eye Witness News Now from 801
99 THIS-TV from 811

Digital Changes
70 TVGN from 87
71 EWTN from 50
75 OWN from 84
79 National Geographic from 83
80 Golf Channel from 86
81 Hallmark Channel from 90
82 Hallmark Movie Channel from 91
83 Movie Plex from 89
84 GSN from 92
 
Thats a bunch of moves, to many are going to confuse people. Why all the shopping channels in the low 20s for? Could see you flip where you put the shopping channels with CNN, HLN, and Weather then putting the shopping channels in the 60s. Kids are going to wonder what happened to Disney and Nick figure you just move Cartoon Network to 45. Also I don't see any of the 3 new FOX channels moved to basic. Also I take it SNY you moved to 31 as I didn't see it.
 
Ken said:
Thats a bunch of moves, to many are going to confuse people.Also I don't see any of the 3 new FOX channels moved to basic. Also I take it SNY you moved to 31 as I didn't see it.
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Circa 2005 or 2006 sometime before I moved back to Bristol in 2009 before I moved back in with my Mom in Southington last year COMCAST moved almost every channel. Putting Fox Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2 on the Basic puts them on the same level as ESPN and ESPN 2. And yes I inadvertanly left out SNY. It should say 31 SNY moved from 62.
 
I remember when Comcast did that their lineup looks pretty good. Only reason I wouldn't automatically put FOX Sports 1 and 2 on basic prices will go up and not much inventory on either channels. NBCSN took F1, Premiere League Soccer, and a few other sports. Plus being in Connecticut most people watch NESN, YES, and SNY anyway. So its not a demand, ESPN is different one they have inventory and are established plus witg being in Bristol.
 
Ken, How about this idea?

2 WGN America from 82
7 WGBY/57 PBS from 15
17 WZME/43 ME-TV from 75
19 UniMas from 79
21 TruTV from 96
22 USA from 34
25 FXX *Launches 9/2*
31 Comcast Sports Network from 51
33 NBC Sports Network from 139
34 SNY from 62
35 Animal Planet from 60
37 TVLAND from 70
40 HGTV from 54
42 Cartoon Network from 58
45 ABC Family from 37
46 ShopHQ *New Name for ShopNBC in 2014* from 81
47 Jewelry TV from 71
48 HSN from 7
49 HSN2 *NEW*
50 QVC
51 VH-1 from 61
53 BET from 48
54 GSN from 92
55 E! from 49
58 A&E from 42
60 CNN from 33
61 HLN from 53
62 FOX News from 47
63 MSNBC from 45
64 NECN *NEW*
65 CNBC from 46
66 Weather Channel from 35
67 Hallmark Channel from 90
68 Hallmark Movie Channel from 91
69 EWTN from 50
70 Comedy Central from 40
71 SyFy from 55

Digital SubChannels
72 CPTV 4U from 804
73 CPTV Sports from 805
74 WGBY Kids *New*
75 WGBY Create *New*
76 WGBY World *New*
77 Antenna TV from 810
78 COZI TV from 800
79 Bounce TV from 813
80 Eye Witness News Now from 801
81 THIS-TV from 811
82 LATV *Spanish* NEW

Digital Only Changes
86 FOX Sports 2 from 140
87 Golf Channel from 85
88 TVGN
 
Looks real good, Id just flip ABC Family to 42 to be next to Disney and Cartoon Network to 45. And hey did you remove TNT for FXX on 25 ? Other then that you should submit it to Cox Cable as it looks heck lot better then how it currently looks.
 
You're lucky to even have that much analog service left. It won't last. No provider is adding more analog channels to the lineup in 2013, and most (Cox included) are moving quickly to get rid of as many analog channels as possible. All the money is in adding more digital and especially more HD services. Anything remaining that's analog is there for legacy purposes only.

And while the channel lineup may sometimes appear random, there are actually all sorts of interesting contractual and regulatory reasons why channels are where they are. That's especially true of broadcasters. If Cox moves WGBY or WZME down the dial, it may be forced to keep them there indefinitely, even if it has a good reason to move them again.
 
Wow .That is strange how Cox have their cable channels on their lower end channel line up.

I'm on Comcast here .They made these changes years ago before they went all digital and now on the 1st on this month .

All TV's need a box to watch any TV.

Comcast went digital at the end of 2011 and let the subscribers with TV's with digital ready tuners receive the locals and some cable channels without renting a box.


I only receive the 26 basic plus TBS ,Weather Channel,TV Guide channel.QVC,Shopping Channels NE News Channel,Religious channels ,The local access channels on 18,19 and 20 and Music Choice for about $30.00 a month with 6 cable boxes.

I dont know what Cox charge for the basic tier.

They dumped WPIX,WWOR,WSBK, and WLVI off the line up almost 20 years ago.

I remember HBO used to be on cable channel 5 here.

I'm surprised that we still have the New York channels here .Comcast blocks the NYC channels to protect the locals. Why bother having them on the line up as I say and it will save some bandwidth for them on the long run. I dont remember if the NYC channels fall under the must carry rule.

I was receiving FOX5 NY direct fed to TV until they went all digital on the 1st of this month.Maybe its up on a higher tier.
 
Ken said:
Looks real good, Id just flip ABC Family to 42 to be next to Disney and Cartoon Network to 45. And hey did you remove TNT for FXX on 25 ? Other then that you should submit it to Cox Cable as it looks heck lot better then how it currently looks.
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It wasn't intentional. It was an oversight (like with my other idea where I left off SNY). I would have TNT move up one to 26 and stick Discovery on 72. And everything else would move down one channel.
 
2 WGN America
3 WFSB - CBS
4 WVIT - NBC
5 CPTV - PBS
6 WTIC -FOX
7 WGBY - PBS
8 WTNH - ABC
9 WCTX - MY
10 Ion
11 WCCT - CW
12 CT-N
13 local
14 local
15 EWTN
16 QVC
17 HSN
18 WUVN -Uni
19 WRDM -Tel
20 NECN
21 The Weather Channel
22 CNN
23 HLN
24 MSNBC
25 CNBC
26 NBC Sports Network
27 Golf Channel
28 ESPN
29 ESPN 2
30 YES
31 SNY
32 NESN
33 Comcast Sports Network NE
34 USA
35 TNT
36 TBS
37 Spike
38 AMC
39 SyFy
40 Comedy
41 Lifetime
42 ABC Family
43 Disney
44 Nickelodeon
45 Cartoon Network
46 Discovery
47 Animal Planet
48 TLC
49 E!
50 Bravo
51 truTV
52 MTV
53 VH-1
54 BET
55 HGTV
56 Food
57 Travel
58 A&E
59 History
60 TV Land
 
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