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Possible Smithsonian channel move?
Just out of curiousity, what would take for AT&T to consider moving a channel in the channel lineup? Currently the Smithsonian channel is 118 and 1118. I enjoy the channel. I also enjoy the History channel, NGC and the Sci channel. The latter channels are around the 1250 block in the lineup. It seems to me that the Smithsonian channel fits into similar programming as those channels. Why not move it to 250/1250?
Anonymous
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HD Net Movies and Axs TV are still owned by Mark Cuban owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
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NormChar
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Well...that wasn't very productive. But I guess I'm not surprised. AT&T tells me it's the content provider's decision. Smithsonian tells me it's at the distributor's discretion. Below is the short response that I got from Smithsonian.
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Hello NormChar,
The placement of our channel is at the discretion of our distributor partners. We appreciate your enthusiasm for Smithsonian Channel!
Sincerely,
Smithsonian Networks Customer Service
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dhascall
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Norm: I'm sure that in some cases, the channel dictates or negotiates where the channel is at. To ensure that your request reaches a manager at AT&T, I would recommend that you send a private message to the escalation team at AT&T Customer Care, and someone will get in touch with you. They may not be able to move mountains but that way your suggestion would be heard at a higher level.
If you ask me (and I know that you didn't, lol), I think that 118/1118 is a good fit given DSC at 120/1120.
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Not entirely true, as I thought. Cuban still owns part:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Purchase_and_conversion_to_AXS_TV
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NormChar
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Thanks dhascall. I'll try that route too.
I hear you about it being a good fit at 1118 because of proximity to DSC at 1120. But that's just one channel. The other block,1250-1270, has about 10 comparable channels. As someone else posted, in an ideal world, move DSC too!
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dhascall
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I think that the real issue is that U-Verse has "general interest:" channels in the 100, 200 and 400 channel range. They could really shrink that down to just two, one hundred channel blocks but there are too many to squeeze into one, one hundred block. That being said, I like UV's channel schema better than Comcast's, throw them anywhere mentality. The DIY multiviewwould be the best way of keeping them together.
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I suspect there's something going on between cable operator and cable programmer for some of the moves that have been made by AT&T U-verse as discussed from this topic.
I certainly don't know anything specific. But these efforts shows.
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dhascall
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I'm sure that is correct.
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NormChar
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Update on the inquiry. I sent a message to Customer Support, as Dhascall suggested. I got a very nice response from a Social Media Manager. A possibly encouraging response at that. He said he liked the suggestion and that it seems like a no brainer. He also said that he would definitely refer the suggestion up to see if gets any traction.
It all could just be lip service, but we shall see.
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NormChar
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Why was this topic marked as solved? The "accepted solution" is in direct contrast from the information that I received from the content provider. More importantly, the channel hasn't changed locations as of yet.
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