Changes to Comcast channel lineup

We have received questions from many of you concerning changes to Comcast's lineup.  The changes go in effect Tuesday October 23rd with new HD channels.

Here is what the company sent us today:

 

• National Geographic HD (Channel 283)
• USA HD (Channel 284)
• A&E HD (Channel 285)
• History Channel HD (Channel 286)
• HGTV HD (Channel 287)
• Food Network HD (Channel 288)
• CNN HD (Channel 299)

The seven new HD channels follow the simultaneous launches earlier this month of TBS HD and NFL Network HD and five other HD networks in June.

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With today’s announcement, Comcast continues its industry-leading pace of HD expansion, providing the most HD viewing choices and setting the standard for true HD quality.  Including the new additions, Comcast will offer 30 HD channels, such as CBS, ABC, NBC, CW, FOX, PBS, National Geographic, USA, A&E, History Channel, HGTV, Food Network, ESPN, ESPN2, VERSUS/ The Golf Channel, TNT, MHD: Music High-Definition, Universal, MOJO, CNN, HD Theater, FSN, TBS, Cinemax, HBO, Showtime, Starz, HDNet, HDNet Movies and NFL Network.

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Comcast said it has also enhanced its Spanish-language lineup by launching nine new channels tomorrow to the popular Canales Selecto package.  The new networks include Cine Mexicano (Channel 500), Once TV - Mexico (Channel 501), TeleFormula (Channel 502), Latele Novela (Channel 505), Canal 52MX (Channel 507), SUR Mexico (Channel 508), AYM Sports (Channel 514), History en Espanol (Channel 516) and Galavision (Channel 517).  These nine channels replace four networks – Cine Latino, VH Uno, Canal Sur, Cartoon Network Espanol – that were not highly viewed.

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In an effort to more closely group channels by genre, Comcast adjusted the location of several networks in the channel lineup.  Last week, the following networks moved channel position while remaining in the same level of service: TBS (to Channel 51 from 31), Spike TV (to Channel 68 from 32), The Golf Channel (to Channel 32 from 68), ABC Family (to Channel 48 from 70), Court TV (to Channel 67 from 71), FX (to Channel 31 from 72) and MSNBC (to Channel 80 from 73).  WE TV is now part of the Digital Classic lineup on Channel 350 and was previously part of Standard Cable on Channel 48.

For more information the company says to go to Comcast.com.

UPDATE:
We had posted that the changes went effect last week, but it is actually Tuesday October 23rd.

Comments

[Laura W]

Friday? No...try today! All of the sudden, MSNBC is not at 73. ABC Family has moved, too. There is still no guide available to customers without a set top box like there was 2 years ago. They are pushing me to consider ATT. Why not lump all the Spanish channels together? They are spread throughout the lineup. The new lineup arrived in my mail yesterday...not a lot of warning. I am annoyed.

[DeWitt Gravink]

Why don't they just change the whole line-up so that all channels are grouped by genre? The line up here is so scattered.

[LYNNAE WILLIAMS]

WHY IS IT THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA $100+ A MONTH THEN YOU DON'T DESERVE GOOD CHANNELS? AND WHY IS IT THAT THE PEOPLE WITH CABLE BOXES THAT TELL THEM EVERY SHOW ON EVERY CHANNEL WITH A TOUCH OF A BUTTON NEED TVGUIDE CHANNEL,WHILE PEOPLE WITHOUT A BOX HAVE TO WAIT ON BREAKS TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE WATCHING?

[Jeanne Allen]

Comcast has increased my bill $5 a month and taken away channels I watched, WE.
Of course they left the Spanish channels!?!

Fed up with ComCast already. When do we get a real choice.

Every thing is all reruns - even the same movies play year after year... HELP!!!

[RJ]

Comcast will soon lose yet another customer, their service really sucks! They're constantly changing the channels we like to watch and I've been a long time Dallas Cowboys fan and can't watch the game unless we're willing to pay even more money than the $179 we're paying per month already! This does include digital phone and internet but it isn't worth it! The signal we now get constantly cuts out for no reason. If it's not the picture messing up it's the sound. Never thought I'd miss Time Warner but now I do, for sure. We will be changing all our services soon, count on it!!!!

[Anna]

I am gonna miss WE tv. The Blue Lagoon comes on today and I can't watch it cuz i don't get that channel anymore.