DirecTV Dropping TWC

[WeatherSTARIII]

I think you misread. NETWORK WEATHER wants to acquire TWC.

Ooops... Thank you for correcting that.
Anyways, I don't even think that Network Weather Channel even has the money to buy TWC. Either way, they might already be doomed.

[TWCToday]

I hate to break it to you folks but The Weather Network isn't happening.

Lets look at the clues on their website:

"The Weather Newspaper" shows a sample cover coming out on Feb 14, 2014. The article talks about a tornado that hit a school "nearly seventeen and a half years ago". The event happened in 1989... thats 24 years ago. The article was clearly copied from somewhere.

Founders: Michael E. Smith, Steven W. Smith, Eric Welch..... for successful entrepreneurs they are pretty absent online. The largest weekly publication they claim to own is the OC Post Sentinel. The website is copyrighted in 2011 and very poorly designed. Yes there are a few current blog posts but thats about it.

They have no graphics system, no professional equipment, nothing. Perhaps they'll have a 24/7 subchannel in TV market #200 but nothing mainstream. If this was a serious operation... upon any type of press release or announcement, there would be something out there other than a website that looks like it was built in Geocities. The post on their Facebook page just goes to further prove its a joke.

[Stormsentinel]

I hate to break it to you folks but The Weather Network isn't happening.

Lets look at the clues on their website:

"The Weather Newspaper" shows a sample cover coming out on Feb 14, 2014. The article talks about a tornado that hit a school "nearly seventeen and a half years ago". The event happened in 1989... thats 24 years ago. The article was clearly copied from somewhere.

Founders: Michael E. Smith, Steven W. Smith, Eric Welch..... for successful entrepreneurs they are pretty absent online. The largest weekly publication they claim to own is the OC Post Sentinel. The website is copyrighted in 2011 and very poorly designed. Yes there are a few current blog posts but thats about it.

They have no graphics system, no professional equipment, nothing. Perhaps they'll have a 24/7 subchannel in TV market #200 but nothing mainstream. If this was a serious operation... upon any type of press release or announcement, there would be something out there other than a website that looks like it was built in Geocities. The post on their Facebook page just goes to further prove its a joke.

That the feel I get from it as well. I think this one is dead on arrival and for it to be taken seriously is shocking to me.

Right now, TWC's biggest competitor is WeatherNationTV and soon AccuWeather's New Channel. I feel those two in itself is scary situation for TWC. You could call WeatherNation an Upstart, but that won't fly for Accuweather as they been in weather forecasting since 1966. I could see a situation where DirecTV have up both and get AccuWeather as major weather provider for digital interactive apps, and it's active channel. That could be a death nail for TWC speaking for Satelitte. This is just me going off of what could make DirecTV money and sticking it to TWC

[WeatherWitness]

I hate to break it to you folks but The Weather Network isn't happening.

I'm assuming you meant Network Weather?  Isn't The Weather Network Canada's version of TWC?  (Ha, maybe the fact that they couldn't even come up with an original name is a bad sign.)

Anyway, while I agree with what you said, I am a little confused as to why they would make all this stuff up.  It appears they have a lot of followers - I think it would be such a stab in the back to say that this was all a joke. But does that mean that the entire "company" is vanishing, or just the fact that going 24/7 on air just won't become a reality while they still do online, quick forecasts?

[IceManNYR]

Weather Nations maps are much better than TWCs over simplified no terrain maps.

For those who are members of The Front Panel the survey on TWC being dropped by DTV is back.

[HulkieD]

I actually like the new TWC maps.

A lot of weather apps on smartphones and tablets use those kinds of maps, mostly because they're the default look that Google/Apple/Bing/whatever use.  Forecast.io is one of the examples I'd use.  Hell, weather.gov uses those styles of maps.

I really like TWC's graphical look as opposed to, say, what WPVI is doing with their whiz-bang WSI/VizRT setup.  They can generate an accurate map of all of Atlantic City's casinos, or they can do a morning rush forecast with cars whizzing under an overpass with absolutely no lag... and there's so much flying around that I can't understand the forecast.  WCAU's a bit better (actually a lot of the NBC O&Os have really good weather presentation).

[Adrian]

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/accuweather-advertises-24-hour-channel-on-atlanta-billboard_b212419

AccuWeather Advertises New Network in Weather Channel’s Backyard

[IceManNYR]

The new TWC promo that says DTV dropped TWC without warning is comical.
What was TWC doing in the days before DTV dropped TWC? Warning people that the channel was going to be dropped.

[Evan2015]

According to The Weather Channel, this is what "without warning" means.

[IceManNYR]

TWC just ran a super lame promo mocking the DTV don't switch to cable TV ads.
In the midst of their Storm coverage it's not appropriate and childish.
http://bcove.me/j5zg8cqj

[TWCJim]

I thought TWC's DirecTV commercial parody was funny. I laughed when I watched it on the channel earlier today. 

[GEAUXmedic]

TWC just ran a super lame promo mocking the DTV don't switch to cable TV ads.
In the midst of their Storm coverage it's not appropriate and childish.
http://bcove.me/j5zg8cqj

wow thats lame.. they think way to highly of their crappy channel

[stormymikala]

I thought TWC's DirecTV commercial parody was funny. I laughed when I watched it on the channel earlier today. 

I also thought it was funny

[Joe The Dragon]

TWC just ran a super lame promo mocking the DTV don't switch to cable TV ads.
In the midst of their Storm coverage it's not appropriate and childish.
http://bcove.me/j5zg8cqj

wow thats lame.. they think way to highly of their crappy channel

they are full of them self's Comcast needs to stop this before it's like G4 TV.

[skian]

Here is a thought.
If WeatherNation continues down their new path, chances are good that they will only improve.
If TWC continues down their path, chances are great that they continue to suck.
 Its been a month and I don't miss the stupid reality programming that makes up so much of TWC.