INHD2 Going Dark?

[wireblsam]

Don't know if it is true or not, but there seems to be a couple of message board threads talking about INHD2 going dark on 8/1.

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,16484535~mode=flat

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=303896

http://www.highdefforum.com/showthread.php?t=25572

If true, let the clamoring for a replacement channel begin.

[gparris]

Don't know if it is true or not, but there seems to be a couple of message board threads talking about INHD2 going dark on 8/1.

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,16484535~mode=flat

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=303896

http://www.highdefforum.com/showthread.php?t=25572

If true, let the clamoring for a replacement channel begin.

Yes, just as I was sort of "grateful" for 15 HD channels on TWC, not including the FSNHD (not on often) and that HD PPV/HD special events, here we go to 14 again. :rolleyes:
Maybe TWC will grant us CinemaxHD and StarzHD like the Texas locations or finally add ESPN2HD for those who have been waiting, at very least.
MTV in HD seem sort of odd to add, at least to me. :p

[LoadStar]

Yes, just as I was sort of "grateful" for 15 HD channels on TWC, not including the FSNHD (not on often) and that HD PPV/HD special events, here we go to 14 again. :rolleyes:
Maybe TWC will grant us CinemaxHD and StarzHD like the Texas locations or finally add ESPN2HD for those who have been waiting, at very least.
MTV in HD seem sort of odd to add, at least to me. :p

I'd prefer a non-premium channel at this point... adding a premium channel to replace a non-premium would kind of suck. There's also National Geographic Channel in HD the could add... not sure if they'd want to add another simulcast channel though.

[TPK]

I'd prefer a non-premium channel at this point... adding a premium channel to replace a non-premium would kind of suck. There's also National Geographic Channel in HD the could add... not sure if they'd want to add another simulcast channel though.

I agree...   Its time to add another HD channel...  And I really dont want to fork over more money to TWC..   I am paying them enough....

[Paul S.]

Well, thats stupid as hell.

[gparris]

Personally, I don't care what HD channel TWC adds just as long as they add one or two or more.

If it comes to that, I can always cut down on some other premium channels if these (still) don't come in HD, just to get more HD channels, if these would cost more in the end.

Sports fanatics want their HD and justifiably so and will probably pay for it, too.
(anyone want ESPN2HD?) :cool:

It is sad, however, that HD subs using TWC, still have to beg for more channels HD in mid-2006.

This reduction of INHD to one channel is not welcome, that's all.

[mhz40]

FWIW, this thread is the first place I heard/read this 'rumor'.  I too would be disappointed.  IMO, the iNHD channels have a better programming lineup than HDNet's.  I know of no channel changes coming in the HD lineup.  If I hear and real news, I'll spread the word.

[gparris]

mhz40: Thanks in advance of anything you know and can tell us.

You are right...this could just be a rumor.

INHD2's "demise" could be a Comcast thing as this cable company has bought up so many older cable systems that these could be bandwidth-channel "challenged" if anything, so dropping one of them could be just the thing when adding other HD channels like MHD.

But Comcast and TWC, along with probably, COX, the third-biggest cable company I think own INHD (right?) so them eliminating INHD2 from their system could be something for all of them, Comcast being the bigger provider (and contributor).

[wireblsam]

But Comcast and TWC, along with probably, COX, the third-biggest cable company I think own INHD (right?) so them eliminating INHD2 from their system could be something for all of them, Comcast being the bigger provider (and contributor).

This is a true statement.

http://www.inhd.com/about.jsp

"INHD and INHD2 are owned and operated by iN DEMAND Networks -- the company′s shareholders are Comcast iN DEMAND Holdings, Inc., Cox Communications Holdings, Inc., and Time Warner Entertainment - Advance/Newhouse Partnership."

If one of your three owner/operators is pulling the plug on INHD2, that can't be a good sign.

[gparris]

wireblsam: Thank you, I thought I had read or researched that somewhere.
Back in the time Directv was looking for HD National Channels to add, before all these HD locals were being added (instead), Directv wanted INHD for its lineup and the price was much higher than they anticipated from these cablecos.
I am not certain what the final outcome was or still is (since Directv is not adding any more national HD this year), but now the price could definitely be lower with just one INHD channel.
You are right in your assumption, that if Comcast is going to one, others could follow.
Comcast will have still double the overall subscriber base of TWC, but if it has just one of the INHD, it may want to pay less for one over two and the others, follow.

[wireblsam]

Mostly an article about HDNet, but there was this tidbit thrown in....

INHD2 will soon be significantly scaled back, however. "There are some systems where it may go away, but it's not unilaterally being shut down," said a spokesperson for iN Demand Networks.

http://www.tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=30180

[gparris]

wireblsam: Maybe that is why mhz40 does not know anything about INHD2 going away because it is not - at least - completely and we are not in a Comcast area in Milwaukeeland.
I wonder what INHD2 will "morph" into - a part time channel- or something more lame like UHD sometimes is,  though I do like UHD (mostly).
As far as HDNET goes, I disagree with mhz40-HDNET is a lot better than INHD1 or 2 is and soon, it is offering Star Trek Enterprise in HD this fall - for the most of us who missed it or could not get in on TWC HD cable because of the "Sinclair Factor".

[waterhead]

...it is offering Star Trek Enterprise in HD this fall - for the most of us who missed it or could not get in on TWC HD cable because of the "Sinclair Factor".

UPN24 was not broadcasting a HD signal when Enterprise was still on the air. They just recently installed the HD equipment and went to HD. It has nothing to do with Sinclair.

Paul

[gparris]

One of our forum members got UPN24 using WB18's equipment for delivery of HD for "Enterprise" for those forum members (and everyone else) with HD OTA capabilities for the last few episodes and those that could get it thanked him.
The reason we TWC HD subs don't get any WB or UPN (soon to be the CW) in HD is because of a contract dispute with TWC and SBG.

(Jimboy, care to chime in about giving MKE "Enterprise" those few times or was I imagining those posts ?)

[waterhead]

I was fully aware of that, but it only happened 2 or 3 times.
I wanted to record those shows because I was at work. I needed to scan for the channel, but it didn't exist except for the 2 hour period at night (while I was working).

Broadcasting is a business, the products are the broadcast shows. Cable is the main competitor of broadcast TV. To expect a business to freely give its product to its main competitor is simply ridiculous.

Sorry for going off topic.

Paul