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« on: August 15, 2011, 11:07:14 PM »
During the early days of cable TV, has there been a time where cable networks have to share the same channel spot(s)?
When my area was served by Paragon Cable, three networks had to share the same spot: Prevue Channel, Sneak Prevue (for PPV promos), and Playboy TV. Here's how it was arranged on Ch. 24 on a daily basis: From 5AM to 11PM, they have The Prevue Channel showing in its entirety in its first and last hours. From 6AM to 9PM, Sneak Prevue would occupy the :10-:22/:40-:52 slots with The Prevue Channel showing in the remaining slots. The final 15 minutes of Prevue Channel were scrambled at 10:45PM to switch over to Playboy TV from 11PM to 5AM. It's kinda confusing, but that was their arrangement up until 1999 when Prevue/TV Guide Channel finally had its own spot.
From 1995 to 2002, with the introduction of E! and Cartoon Network to the lineup, the 2 C-SPANs moved to the 70s spots. Months later, C-SPAN2 had to share channel spots with Bravo on nights and weekends on Ch. 72 (Ch. 96 on cable-ready TVs).
The biggest laugh, The Prevue Channel/TV Guide Channel had Bravo listed on Ch. 16, however in Irving, we had one of the Public Access channels occupying it.
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