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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork

« on: June 06, 2015, 11:06:09 AM »

I really like those concepts! Especially the first one.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: April 08, 2015, 11:32:07 PM »

I dont understand why they haven't removed channel 49 from the lineup (where Weatherscan used to be). They just have this image saying "This channel no longer exists." Why not remove it from the guide/lineup??

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: March 16, 2015, 09:17:09 AM »

Hmmm, where have I seen this before?   I'll give Verizon a month (which may be generous) before they come to an agreement with TWC and pick the channel back up again.

I'm waiting for TWC to create ads attacking Verizon (like they did with DirecTV)   

They're all over TWC's website and app already

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: March 10, 2015, 10:41:23 PM »

I saw Tyler's tweet on a boston.com news story about this...

Can you link me?

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: VZ FiOS dropped TWC

« on: March 10, 2015, 02:15:45 PM »

The Accuweather channel blows. It gives forecasts for major cities but the forecasts only include temp and not conditions which makes no sense. The video forecasts are only for Boston, NYC and DC it seems like. Haven't seen a video forecast for Pittsburgh, Baltimore or Philadelphia for example. Also the audio is out of sync.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: FiOS and IntelliStars

« on: March 10, 2015, 05:16:55 AM »

According to an email I got from Verizon, their contract with TWC is up and they are not renewing.

Dear Valued Verizon Customer,
 
Verizon’s agreements to carry The Weather Channel and Weather Scan have expired, and have not been renewed.  In today’s environment, customers are increasingly accessing weather information not only from their TV but from a variety of online sources and apps.  Verizon is therefore pleased to launch the new AccuWeather Network, which will be available on FiOS® TV on channel 119/619 (HD) and on our free FiOS Mobile App starting March 10, 2015.  Verizon will also provide the FiOS TV WeatherBug “widget” application, which features hyper-local weather, on FiOS TV channel 49. WeatherBug can also be launched by pressing the “widget” button on the FiOS TV remote.
 
Sincerely,
 
Your Verizon Team

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: February 10, 2015, 09:37:50 PM »

Echoing Tavores, it does make perfect sense that TWC is slowly replacing all IntelliSTAR units with IS2 Jr units, considering that the IS is about 12 years old and is constantly glitching. Also, that could explain why all if not many Comcast and Bright House headends who have adopted the IS2 replaced their SD TWC feeds with HD feed simulcasts. 

That also makes me wonder if TWC is planning on making a new Weatherscan model of the IS2 or IS2 Jr.? The current Weatherscan IntelliStar model came out back in 2003 and it's a year older than the main TWC model and hasn't received any graphics updates or new features since 2010 or so. That also makes me wonder if TWC will ever make Weatherscan HD? 

Wxscan is essentially frozen in time. No updates/upgrades planned, including hd.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: February 10, 2015, 12:56:25 AM »

I have the IS2jr now.

They are slowl replacing all original IntelliStars with I2Jrs or the I2xd

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 27, 2015, 09:03:41 PM »

It was taken off the Istar SD a while back but remained on the I2jr and I2HD the whole time. The video referenced from Charleston is an I2JR

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 22, 2015, 08:42:07 PM »

I have a feeling it's Bettes' tune for his new show

It could also be for Maria's new show. It seems more appropriate for a weekend morning show to me. We'll see.

Completely agree.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 13, 2015, 12:09:04 PM »

The county lines were removed from the regional radar on SD Intellistars

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: October 22, 2014, 03:56:42 PM »

Traffic is missing for me. I'm also seeing 36 hours now which is nice.

Glad to see the summary screen go. It was useless IMO. But replacing it with a hashtag screen doesn't make sense.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: August 20, 2014, 03:17:37 PM »

Alex Wilson and David Schwartz have got to be the best OCM pair in a long time. Their personalities mesh in well.

Last time I can picture a great pair together was Steele/Cantore, Goodloe/Lopez, Steele/Goodloe during EE weekday evenings in 2006

I fully agree with that statement

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: July 31, 2014, 08:11:02 PM »

TWC pres via Twitter:

"@daveclark: U may notice more detailed/precise maps on @weatherchannel today.  1st of many computer+atmospheric science driven leaps fwd happening here."

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Local Forecast / Re: Traffic on LDL

« on: July 25, 2014, 03:39:04 AM »

Guys, I have a feeling that TWC has a new contract with Traffic Pulse (now known as Here.com).

It's not Traffic Pulse. It's a new vendor, but I can't confirm which one yet.