TLC from Welcome Pak?

[trojan67]

Anyone with TLC missing from their Welcome Pak?

 

[pattykay]

UH-OH! From James Long's Uplink Report:

1/18/18 at 4:01pm ET (v13) – 7 changes seen
Other Changes
183 TLC The Learning Channel 119° TP 14 SD Instant Order – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)
183 TLC The Learning Channel 77° TP 14 SD MPEG4 Instant Order – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 110° 20s48 and 20s49 (Cuba / Puerto Rico) HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (24)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° 2s55 (Hawaii) HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (24)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° 5s1 (Alaska) HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (24)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° TP 17 HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 61.5° TP 6 HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)

 

[trojan67]

UH-OH! From James Long's Uplink Report:

1/18/18 at 4:01pm ET (v13) – 7 changes seen
Other Changes
183 TLC The Learning Channel 119° TP 14 SD Instant Order – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)
183 TLC The Learning Channel 77° TP 14 SD MPEG4 Instant Order – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 110° 20s48 and 20s49 (Cuba / Puerto Rico) HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (24)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° 2s55 (Hawaii) HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (24)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° 5s1 (Alaska) HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (24)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° TP 17 HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 61.5° TP 6 HD Hidden – x8C: Channel Group Removed (25)

Thanks for the info.

 

[MikeD-C05]

So we lost this channel or not?

 

[comfortably_numb]

I have Welcome Pack and it's in my guide. Currently airing "My 600 Pound Life."

 

[trojan67]

I have Welcome Pack and it's in my guide. Currently airing "My 600 Pound Life."

Just check mine it came back, It went off today.

 

[pattykay]

Latest uplink report:

1/18/18 at 6:30pm ET (v14) – 7 changes seen
Package Flag Change
183 TLC The Learning Channel 119° TP 14 SD Instant Order – Package Flag Change x8C:9 Channel Groups Removed (16)
183 TLC The Learning Channel 77° TP 14 SD MPEG4 Instant Order – Package Flag Change x8C:9 Channel Groups Removed (16)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 110° 20s48 and 20s49 (Cuba / Puerto Rico) HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:9 Channel Groups Removed (15)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° 2s55 (Hawaii) HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:9 Channel Groups Removed (15)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° 5s1 (Alaska) HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:9 Channel Groups Removed (15)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 129° TP 17 HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:9 Channel Groups Removed (16)
9488 TLC (183 HD) The Learning Channel 61.5° TP 6 HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:9 Channel Groups Removed (16)

I have no idea which Channel Groups are being removed, but it would seem that Welcome Pack is not one of them. For those Welcome Pack subscribers who may have temporarily lost TLC between these two uplink reports, keep in mind that the same thing happened to Boomerang a few years ago when Dish was making changes to which packages included it.

 

[Ziptied]

Beginning 2/21, TLC will no longer be included in the Welcome Pack and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries will be added.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Beginning 2/21, TLC will no longer be included in the Welcome Pack and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries will be added.

Source?

 

[Ziptied]

Source?

Received an email from DISH this afternoon.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Received an email from DISH this afternoon.

I have that package and I haven’t received notice (yet). If it’s true, I don’t like it!

 

[Ziptied]

I have that package and I haven’t received notice (yet). If it’s true, I don’t like it!

Yeah, not a good swap in my opinion.

 

[trojan67]

Yeah, not a good swap in my opinion.

Just received an email, with that message also

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Not the kind of news one likes to see especially after a recent price increase....Maybe we can try to persuade Dish not to do so or to lower the price back down to $19.99/month....

 

[dare2be]

I have TLC in Flex Pack and I skip right past it in the guide. There just isn't anything for me worth watching anymore. Certainly isn't a "learning" channel anymore.

 

[pattykay]

Prediction: after this change takes place, there will be fewer free previews of Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, and maybe some occasional free previews of TLC.

On a related note, there is another thread commenting about a free preview of Weather Channel, which is already in Welcome Pack. The conspiracy theorist in me now says that Welcome Pack may lose Weather Channel when the free preview ends.

 

[pattykay]

On a related note, there is another thread commenting about a free preview of Weather Channel, which is already in Welcome Pack. The conspiracy theorist in me now says that Welcome Pack may lose Weather Channel when the free preview ends.

From a recent uplink report:
1/19/18 at 4:50pm ET (v23) – 5 changes seen
Package Flag Change
9438 WEATH (214 HD) The Weather Channel 110° 18s48 and 18s49 (Cuba / Puerto Rico) HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:11 Channel Groups Removed (15)
9438 WEATH (214 HD) The Weather Channel 129° 4s55 (Hawaii) HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:11 Channel Groups Removed (15)
9438 WEATH (214 HD) The Weather Channel 129° 7s1 (Alaska) HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:11 Channel Groups Removed (15)
9438 WEATH (214 HD) The Weather Channel 129° TP 23 HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:11 Channel Groups Removed (13)
9438 WEATH (214 HD) The Weather Channel 61.5° TP 11 HD Hidden – Package Flag Change x8C:11 Channel Groups Removed (13)

Note that this is right before the free preview. Normally, the start of a preview would show Channel Groups being added, or just a Preview tag added at the end. So something else is going on with Weather Channel, and the timing of this, combined with the TLC announcement, is just too much of a coincidence.

 

[comfortably_numb]

If TLC and TWC both disappear from Welcome Pack, that would be a significant blow.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Beginning 2/21, TLC will no longer be included in the Welcome Pack and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries will be added.

Well that sucks.

 

[Bobby]

Let’s keep in mind that this channel is leaving the Welcome Pack but not the others. Dish is simply replacing it with another channel.