D* yanking CNNfn/CNNI 12/16

[RLuyster]

I noticed Sunday evening they were running a crawler on CNNI stating that they would be dropping that channel and stating that the other two CNN channels would continue. I hope that have another good source of international news waiting in the wings to replace it. I'd like to see them carry BBC World or even Deutsche Welle's English service. I find most US news sources too superficial where international news is concerned. Anyone know how Murdoch's Sky B/C measures up?

[da_smush]

I never watched CNNi anyways. If they get a good like World Headline News thing, some people would watch that I'd bet.

[robert luzzi]

i wish all cnn would be dropped,,,,,,,,,,,,,,go fox

[rad]

It's not that D* is dropping the channel but that CNN has decided to discontinue it.

[RLuyster]

It's not that D* is dropping the channel but that CNN has decided to discontinue it.

This is not true. CNN/FN is being discontinued by CNN. CNNI, which was sharing the channel with CNN/FN is NOT being discontinued. It might require a separate contract but D* COULD continue to carry it if they chose to do so.

[mhking]

Well, it's official, according to a crawl on CNNI/fn (D* Ch. 358) last night:

Beginning Dec. 16th, 2004 CNN International will no longer be available on DIRECTV. Customers can still view CNN on channel 203 and CNN Headline News on channel 204.

Which makes for three -- count 'em -- THREE English-language signals being pulled from D* within a two week span: CNNI/fn (yes, I know CNNfn is going away, but it would be nice to have CNNI there -- after all, NWI is pretty piss poor as a singular choice for International news), FSN Chicago, and Trio.

Yet D* keeps piling on the foreign language programming. How long before we get a Malaysian cooking channel? Maybe a Spanish bullfighting channel? Oh, I know, a Russian infomercial channel!

D* promised more programming at the beginning of this year, didn't they?

From this vantage point, Comcrap - at least here in Atlanta - has the same programming as D* (not to mention E*) and now they are starting to add stuff with regularity to the point that they will strip D* soon.

Ah, let me get down off of my soapbox. After all, D* will be nice and launch another foreign language channel if I stand still for another day or two.

[rad]

This is not true. CNN/FN is being discontinued by CNN. CNNI, which was sharing the channel with CNN/FN is NOT being discontinued. It might require a separate contract but D* COULD continue to carry it if they chose to do so.

Sorry my misunderstanding, I thought CNN was pulling it all.

[ScottChez]

I like CNN-I

Its the only channel that is live after 1AM ET when there is breaking news.

CNN switches to it for after midnight live.

Fox and MSNBC are all tape after 1am ET (except for those brief news updates).

[BFG]

I think they're talking about the same channel. I don't think DirecTV carries the 24/7 CNN-I channel (at least I couldn't find it) so they must be talking about the same channel. I bet dish will also be dropping rather than carrying CNN-I 24/7. But we'll probably find out tonight.

[cr0mag]

Personally, I'm hoping for a Tai shopping channel....
lol