Do you think other cable compaines will drop TWC?

[Adrian]

Do you think other cable companies will drop TWC?

[Zach]

I doubt so. One factor is that a cable company would have to be in a dispute with TWC's owner, NBC (maybe even Comcast), but because NBC and Comcast own a large portion of cable networks, I don't see it happening.

[gt1racerlHDl]

Do you think other cable companies will drop TWC?

then what other "Weather Channel" will the cable company carry?

[Travis(:]

Do you think other cable companies will drop TWC?

then what other "Weather Channel" will the cable company carry?

WeatherNation

[texasstooge]

Yesterday, Victor has passed on the news to me that DirecTV may drop TWC as early as the end of this year, possibly diverting the viewers to WeatherNation (which is next to TWC on ch. 361).

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-weather-channels-stormy-negotiations-with-direct-tv_b208483

[Zach]

Yesterday, Victor has passed on the news to me that DirecTV may drop TWC as early as the end of this year, possibly diverting the viewers to WeatherNation (which is next to TWC on ch. 361).

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-weather-channels-stormy-negotiations-with-direct-tv_b208483

already being discussed in gen twc disc

[WeatherWitness]

I doubt cable companies will drop TWC, but I hope they make efforts to pick up WeatherNation (and Network Weather if that's ever launching).  Articles that I have read about DirecTV adding WeatherNation have said that TWC executives are upset about it, but to me that just sounds like TWC execs being a bunch of whiny cry-babies over the realization that someone is actually trying to compete with them for once.

[WeatherStarXL]

Looks like Charter, Comcast, Time Warner, Buckeye, COX, Conway, Wheco Cable and Suddenlink carry WeatherNation already in select markets, according to their "About Us" page http://www.weathernationtv.com/#about_us

[Metarvo]

This isn't only a DirecTV issue, then; it's a TWC issue.  Obviously, (NBC-)Comcast won't drop TWC, but the fact that they're carrying WN now says a lot.  By the way, the addition of WN doesn't necessarily mean the end of TWC; there are multiple news and sports networks, so why not weather?

[WeatherWitness]

This isn't only a DirecTV issue, then; it's a TWC issue.  Obviously, (NBC-)Comcast won't drop TWC, but the fact that they're carrying WN now says a lot.  By the way, the addition of WN doesn't necessarily mean the end of TWC; there are multiple news and sports networks, so why not weather?

Exactly, which is why I have said above, TWC's executives really have no right in complaining about this.  The days where there was one "Weather Channel" are over.  If TWC can't deal with competition (more like they're afraid to), then, well, that's just sad.

[WeatherStarXL]

Well, I think TWC has had plenty of viewer feedback from their viewers that have said they would rather be able to tune in and see a live weather broadcast instead of Prospectors or whatever show might be on. They've definitely  had more than ample opportunity to change things and cut back on the shows, and they haven't, so that is what they get for having so much longform programming IMO.  Who knows , if more people start tuning to WN than TWC, then maybe that will persuade TWC to change things, I mean it would be wise for them to change their programming in a attempt to compete with WN... but I kind of doubt it.. They'd rather just sit and be annoyed about it than to do something about it, and then they'd probably just try to add more longform in the end..

[Lightning]

I surely hope cable companies will not drop The Weather Channel.

[Travis(:]

Well if TWC eventually does what G4 did then maybe... People are already complaining about every part of TWC.   

1. Music being annoying and repetitive.
2. Local Forecast (Intellistar) not showing local weather.
3. Website cluttered with gore and blood. non weather stories. Plus the many ads.
4. Lack of live overnight weather. 

[WeatherWitness]

Well if TWC eventually does what G4 did then maybe... People are already complaining about every part of TWC.   

3. Website cluttered with gore and blood. non weather stories. Plus the many ads.

This is something else I don't appreciate.  Like, for example, when they showed the "Walking Dead and Weather" stuff on air for about a week.  In my eyes, some of this stuff is just plain inappropriate.

[Metarvo]

I've complained about and heard complaints about sensationalized weather before, whether in regards to TWC or some local weathercast.  At least weather's still mostly there, though.  The problem is that some of this other stuff crosses the line from sensationalized weather to pure sensation only IMHO.  I agree with the above list, although I would expand point 4 to include the sharp cutbacks on live weekend weather in my current critique of the network.