Hotel Cable line-up from Days Inn in Central Phoenix

[e-dawg]

Here is the cable lineup from Days Inn in Central Phoenix right off the Light Rail Line.

CH.2 Cartoon Network
CH.6 TNT
CH.7 Weather
CH.9 CNN
CH.11 HLN
CH.13 TBS
CH.14 HBo
CH.15 HBo2
CH.16 HBo3
CH.17 KNXV ABC 15
CH.18 USA
CH.21 TLC
CH.22 Discovery
CH.23 ESPN
CH.24 ESPN Classic
CH.25 ESPN News
CH.26 ESPN 2
CH.27 KPHo CBS 5
CH.28 KASW CW 61
CH.29 KSAZ Fox 10
CH.30 KUTP MYTV 45
CH.31 KPNX NBC 12
CH.32 KAET PBS 8

No....KTVK 3 (IND), KAZT 7 (IND), KPAZ 21 (TBN), KTVW 33 (UNI), KTAZ 39 (TEL), KPPX 51 (Ion). Also the hotel uses DISH network for provider.

 

[KML0224]

Damn it! Why do all these hotels carry four channels of ESPN? First Tampa, then Portland (ME) and now this? Wow!

 

[BRNout]

Damn it! Why do all these hotels carry four channels of ESPN? First Tampa, then Portland (ME) and now this? Wow!

Most have at least 4, I'm just surprised that this one doesn't have the damn Golf Channel too. Many hotels I've stayed in have 5 or 6 ESPNs and yet they lack significant local channels. It's nationwide.

 

[Markxxx]

Do you know what company owns that Days Inn? Days Inns are franchised, or what the street address is so I can see if I can look it up

It'd be interesting to see who owns it

 

[cowboybud]

Do you know what company owns that Days Inn? Days Inns are franchised, or what the street address is so I can see if I can look it up

It'd be interesting to see who owns it

There's an Indian family that owns a TON of motel franchises (Best Western, Days Inn, Ramada, Holiday Inn, etc) around the country. I used to have a girlfriend that worked in the hotel business, she's the one who told me this.
As far as the cable lineups...they pretty much "have" to have the ESPNs, either HBO or Showtime, and CNN and/or FOX News. They're the most watched channels among hotel guests.

 

[mescutia]

I guess hotel guests aren't interested in shows on the broadcast networks.

 

[dhett]

Do you know what company owns that Days Inn? Days Inns are franchised, or what the street address is so I can see if I can look it up

It'd be interesting to see who owns it

There's an Indian family that owns a TON of motel franchises (Best Western, Days Inn, Ramada, Holiday Inn, etc) around the country. I used to have a girlfriend that worked in the hotel business, she's the one who told me this.
As far as the cable lineups...they pretty much "have" to have the ESPNs, either HBO or Showtime, and CNN and/or FOX News. They're the most watched channels among hotel guests.

The famous Patel "family". Except that most are no more related than most Smiths are in the US. Many came to the US upon learning that a $10K investment in a business would buy you permanent residence status. That amount was later upped to $40K. That doesn't mean, however, that some Patels aren't related. Some bought several hotels, then turned around and sold them to family members.

False rumors include that "Patel" is Hindi for "motel", or that the Patels are members of a Hindu caste whose occupation is innkeeping (much like Smith came from the smith trade, but most Patels in India are farmers) or even that in order to get into the US, you had to be sponsored by a family member, so people became "Patel"s so they could be sponsored by their "family" (I heard that one recently in Deming NM from an employee while staying at a Patel-owned motel, which was just down the street from another Patel-owned motel - the two families were not related.)

Patel is simply a common surname in India, much as Smith and Jones are in the US.

 

[easttxtv]

Do you know what company owns that Days Inn? Days Inns are franchised, or what the street address is so I can see if I can look it up

It'd be interesting to see who owns it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_Inn

Days Inn is one of several chains of Wyndham Worldwide.

 

[sandiegoinexile]

I guess hotel guests aren't interested in shows on the broadcast networks.

Well, frankly, isn't that pretty much also true for folks at home. The percentage of viewers tuning into traditional "broadcast" stations dwindles year after year.

The four major networks are usually on all systems. CW is the only real surviving netlet, since ION and MY have migrated to reruns. And very few cities have non-aligned independents anymore. My biggest complaint is often the lack of PBS stations on the dreaded DISHnetwork or DIRECtv feeds that so many motels/hotels/inns use. Oh, and even worse are the DREADED EAST COAST FEEDS. Nothing sucks more than finding all the channels into infomercials at 11PM PT (2AM ET). At home, you can at least DVR "primetime" at 5PM and watch later. Not so much on the road.

 

[BRNout]

Do you know what company owns that Days Inn? Days Inns are franchised, or what the street address is so I can see if I can look it up

It'd be interesting to see who owns it

There's an Indian family that owns a TON of motel franchises (Best Western, Days Inn, Ramada, Holiday Inn, etc) around the country. I used to have a girlfriend that worked in the hotel business, she's the one who told me this.
As far as the cable lineups...they pretty much "have" to have the ESPNs, either HBO or Showtime, and CNN and/or FOX News. They're the most watched channels among hotel guests.

Well, most cable subscribers seem to get by pretty well in life with only ESPN and ESPN2 because that's what most systems provide unless you pay extra for the sports entertainment pkg. Last time I checked, sales of that package stood at less than 15% of total subs. Clearly people manage pretty well without ESPN U.

 

[kenglish]

Were any of the channels in HDTV, or, are they just re-modulated to analog NTSC channels?
The locals could be easily integrated in to the system as full digitals, including subchannels, if they have ATSC-capable and/or QAM-capable sets.