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The Prevue Channel / Sneak Prevue
- Thread starter upn38fan
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I remember Sneak Prevue. We had our Pay-Per-View Barker Channel on Channels 10/73 and then all of a sudden one day out of nowhere I found Sneak Prevue on Channel 78. They eventually shutdown the Barker Channels and put Sneak Prevue on Channels 10/73. Why 10 and 73? Well 73 was the Spice Adult Entertainment Network and the cable company only carried them 8PM-6AM (later 10PM-6AM). So that's what they carried in the "off hours". 74 was The Playboy Channel and they carried a scrambled feed of Sneak Prevue during the "off hours".
I remember the Prevue Channel. First I remember my cable company Post Newsweek, now Cable One, carrying it on Channel 15. I can't remember when it was first carried. Back then it was a full guide covering the screen, no picture at the top. Eventually on Channel 15 I think it had started having pictures at the top of the screen. Then it eventually moved to channel 38, 59, 58 and finally to Ch. 2 (Where it currently is as TV Guide of course. that happened when it was on Ch. 59 or 58. It probably moved to a few other channels that I can't remember.
My favorite Prevue Channel clip was when there was this man whistling saying town come on back town whoa! While that was happening the Prevue Channel logo came across the top of the screen and ran him over (thats when he said whoa!) and you can hear a punching sound and trash can sound effects after he fell. I had an audio clip of that recording. Maybe somebody on YouTube has that and maybe can post that.
As far as Sneak Prevue, We never got that.
My favorite Prevue Channel clip was when there was this man whistling saying town come on back town whoa! While that was happening the Prevue Channel logo came across the top of the screen and ran him over (thats when he said whoa!) and you can hear a punching sound and trash can sound effects after he fell. I had an audio clip of that recording. Maybe somebody on YouTube has that and maybe can post that.
As far as Sneak Prevue, We never got that.
UPN38Fan said:
Back in the early 90's, we had Wometco Cable of Cobb County, Georgia (I live in Acworth, located in Cobb County). The Prevue Channel started on Channel 39 as the Prevue Guide. There was top-of screen programming and listings at the bottom (with a black background).
Prevue Guide was pulled in favor of the competing "Cable TeleGuide" service on Channel 26?. It was listings on the bottom, ads on the top, and music from Atlanta's WPCH-FM "Peach 95" (now WLTM "94.9 Lite FM"). Later on, video programming previews would air at :15 and :45, taking over the right 2/3 of the listings on the bottom of the screen and replacing the WPCH audio feed. The ads remained on the top. After two minutes, the full listings and WPCH audio returned.
A few years later, the Prevue Channel returned, take over Cable TeleGuide on Channel 26. It had the listings with the blue background on the bottom. However, about every few minutes the top of the screen would go black for 30 seconds, and bed music would play (That music still plays in my head every once in a while). Eventually, local ads (which consisted of animated slides) would take over the black, with that same music playing. All this continued until the TV Guide Channel took over.
As for what was showing on top, it was essentially all promos for Pay-Per-View and premium channels, as well as ads. A far cry from today's long-form programming. It would easily get repedtitive and annoying.
As for Sneak Prevue, it aired on Channel 25 (later to move to other positions, lastly Channel 15 when HBO was moved). It really was a waste of bandwidth. Most of it was local information with video promos mixed in. The bed music would change every couple of years or so.
We left that company (Which evolved from Wometco to Media 1 to MediaOne to AT&T Broadband, now Comcast) in 2001 in favor of Acworth CableNet (now Klip Interactive) when it started. TV Guide Channel is Channel 21. Sneak Prevue was never carried (mainly because Pay-Per-View is done via the digital converter).
BTW, I read that Sneak Preview was shut down March 2002.
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I remember both Prevue Guide (Channel) and Sneak Prevue.
The cable company (Continental Cablevision/MediaOne/AT&T Broadband/Comcast) in my hometown of Jacksonville, FL never had Prevue Guide/Prevue Channel, but did have Sneak Prevue from August 1993 to February 2001.
Continental Cablevision carried the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) until November 1995, when it changed to a program guide of its own (with a "grid" listings format similar to Prevue's, at the bottom half of the screen). This lasted into the MediaOne and AT&T Broadband eras. AT&T Broadband began carrying the TV Guide Channel in place of the program guide in February 2001, and is still carried today under Comcast. All were carried on cable channel 4.
Before Continental added Sneak Prevue, it was a Pay-Per-View preview channel with previews from the Viewer's Choice and Hot Choice PPV channels.
I first saw the Prevue Guide in October 1991 on Vision Cable (now Time Warner Cable) in Wilmington, NC. The listings portion in those days looked similar to EPG's. Vision Cable dropped Prevue Guide by late 1992 or early 1993 in favor of Cable TeleGuide (which I saw on a trip there in April 1993) but by late 1993 or early 1994, the Prevue Channel returned. They also had Sneak Prevue as well.
The cable company (Continental Cablevision/MediaOne/AT&T Broadband/Comcast) in my hometown of Jacksonville, FL never had Prevue Guide/Prevue Channel, but did have Sneak Prevue from August 1993 to February 2001.
Continental Cablevision carried the Electronic Program Guide (EPG) until November 1995, when it changed to a program guide of its own (with a "grid" listings format similar to Prevue's, at the bottom half of the screen). This lasted into the MediaOne and AT&T Broadband eras. AT&T Broadband began carrying the TV Guide Channel in place of the program guide in February 2001, and is still carried today under Comcast. All were carried on cable channel 4.
Before Continental added Sneak Prevue, it was a Pay-Per-View preview channel with previews from the Viewer's Choice and Hot Choice PPV channels.
I first saw the Prevue Guide in October 1991 on Vision Cable (now Time Warner Cable) in Wilmington, NC. The listings portion in those days looked similar to EPG's. Vision Cable dropped Prevue Guide by late 1992 or early 1993 in favor of Cable TeleGuide (which I saw on a trip there in April 1993) but by late 1993 or early 1994, the Prevue Channel returned. They also had Sneak Prevue as well.
I also remember both Prevue Guide (Channel) and Sneak Prevue.
My cable company (Nick Jr Cable) had both Prevue Channel, Cable TeleGuide, and Sneak Prevue back in the early-to-mid 90's.
The Prevue Channel started on Nick Jr Cable channel 12 as the Prevue Guide. There was top-of screen programming including a 8am-1pm simulcast of the Nick Jr block and listings at the bottom (with a black background).
Prevue Guide was pulled in favor of the competing "Cable TeleGuide" service on Channel 25. It was listings on the bottom, ads on the top, and music from DMX's smooth jazz service. Later on, video programming previews would air at :15 and :45, taking over the right 2/3 of the listings on the bottom of the screen and replacing the DMX audio feed. The ads remained on the top. After two minutes, the full listings and DMX audio returned.
A few years later, the Prevue Channel returned, take over Cable TeleGuide on Channel 25. It had the listings with the blue background on the bottom. However, about every couple minutes the top of the screen would go black for 30 seconds, and bed music would play (That music still plays in my head every once in a while). Eventually, local ads (which consisted of animated slides) would take over the black, with that same music playing.
As for what was showing on top, it was essentially all promos for basic, premium, and Pay-Per-View channels.
They also had Sneak Prevue on channel 30 as well.
My cable company (Nick Jr Cable) had both Prevue Channel, Cable TeleGuide, and Sneak Prevue back in the early-to-mid 90's.
The Prevue Channel started on Nick Jr Cable channel 12 as the Prevue Guide. There was top-of screen programming including a 8am-1pm simulcast of the Nick Jr block and listings at the bottom (with a black background).
Prevue Guide was pulled in favor of the competing "Cable TeleGuide" service on Channel 25. It was listings on the bottom, ads on the top, and music from DMX's smooth jazz service. Later on, video programming previews would air at :15 and :45, taking over the right 2/3 of the listings on the bottom of the screen and replacing the DMX audio feed. The ads remained on the top. After two minutes, the full listings and DMX audio returned.
A few years later, the Prevue Channel returned, take over Cable TeleGuide on Channel 25. It had the listings with the blue background on the bottom. However, about every couple minutes the top of the screen would go black for 30 seconds, and bed music would play (That music still plays in my head every once in a while). Eventually, local ads (which consisted of animated slides) would take over the black, with that same music playing.
As for what was showing on top, it was essentially all promos for basic, premium, and Pay-Per-View channels.
They also had Sneak Prevue on channel 30 as well.
When I had cable, we first got Prevue Channel in early 1994. We didn't get Sneak Prevue on my local cable system at all! When I used to visit my late uncle every weekends in Augusta, Georgia in 1995 I've watch some of the Prevue Channel and Sneak Prevue (Augusta's cable system was Jones Intercable before merging into Comcast). In 2004 Northland Cable (current cable system in my town) dropped TV Guide for Zap2It. Things gotten worse in recent years with my local cable company. I'm glad I have DirecTV.
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