Xfinity dropped WB and subchannels

[dfecarter]

Comcast has removed WPIX, Court TV and Antenna TV as of a few days ago! Fortunately I can pull in Antenna TV via OTA antenna in Western CT thanks to WTIC Fox61 61.2
Hoping they return them !

 

[ejb1980]

WB hasn't exsisted in many many many years..... WPIX is The CW.

 

[dfecarter]

WB hasn't exsisted in many many many years..... WPIX is The CW.

Ok I stand corrected, that's what I meant CW aka PIX11 NYC

 

[Peter Parker]

Thread titles like this are misleading. Most of us still have the CW. they dropped certain stations and one of them is WPIX which is the CW station in nY but we are not all deprived of that network.

 

[Don in CT]

Did Comcast resolve their dispute with Nexstar, they haven't gone dark yet.

 

[Bruce]

Did Comcast resolve their dispute with Nexstar, they haven't gone dark yet.

Yes.

Comcast & Nexstar Sign Carriage Deal; Blackout Threat Is Over - The TV Answer Man!

Comcast and Nexstar have agreed to a new carriage deal that will allow the cable operator to continue carrying 90 Nexstar-owned local network affiliates and the cable news network, NewsNation. In addition, the New York-based CW affiliate, WPIX, a Nexstar-operated station which had been blacked...

tvanswerman.com

 

[dfecarter]

Yes noticed it late last night!
WPIX, Antenna TV and Court Tv

 

[Justin Hill]

Oh how I wish CBS would sell their share of The CW, so they could change the network's name back to The WB...

 

[Don in CT]

Oh how I wish CBS would sell their share of The CW, so they could change the network's name back to The WB...

Does it matter?

 

[Bruce]

Oh how I wish CBS would sell their share of The CW, so they could change the network's name back to The WB...

CW has already been sold off to Nexstar and the plan is to cancel all their scripted programming and just put up cheap programming, they have already been canceling the majority of older series and stopping production on their new series, for example, that is why The Winchesters only had 13 episodes this year, supposed to be 22.

The CW Lays Off 30+ Employees Following Nexstar Takeover

30-40 employees of the CW were laid off by Nexstar on Tuesday, in the first major action since the channel was acquired.

www.indiewire.com

 

[Justin Hill]

CW has already been sold off to Nexstar and the plan is to cancel all their scripted programming and just put up cheap programming, they have already been canceling the majority of older series and stopping production on their new series, for example, that is why The Winchesters only had 13 episodes this year, supposed to be 22.

The CW Lays Off 30+ Employees Following Nexstar Takeover

30-40 employees of the CW were laid off by Nexstar on Tuesday, in the first major action since the channel was acquired.

www.indiewire.com

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I guess they should just rename it "Nexstar TV," since that what it's basically going to be at this point...

 

[harshness]

Oh how I wish CBS would sell their share of The CW, so they could change the network's name back to The WB...

Be careful what you wish for.

 

[Justin Hill]

Be careful what you wish for.

I will...

I think The WB would be better off coming back as a streaming service, it would be great if they decide on that for a new name for CW Seed, since The CW will dissolve as a brand under Nexstar's ownership...

 

[harshness]

I think The WB would be better off coming back as a streaming service, it would be great if they decide on that for a new name for CW Seed, since The CW will dissolve as a brand under Nexstar's ownership...

Based on how well the HBO/Warner/Discovery thing seems to be going, I caution you not to get your hopes up.

 

[Justin Hill]

Based on how well the HBO/Warner/Discovery thing seems to be going, I caution you not to get your hopes up.

Here's an update on the situation:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GITFjGEM5ek

 

[harshness]

The Chief Financial Officer's perspective on the new business plan probably doesn't have much to do with how well other departments execute those plans.