The Weather Channel coming back to Verizon Fios

[uncle2000mike]

Does anyone know if The Weather Channel is negotiating with Verizon Fios?

[22appaar]

Probably Not.

[texasstooge]

If it does return to FiOS services, it'll more than likely be areas served by Frontier Communications, including those acquired from Verizon in California, Florida, and Texas 2 years ago.

[TWCJim]

Looks like The Weather Channel will be returning to Verizon FiOS starting next week. 

https://www.multichannel.com/news/the-weather-channel-inks-verizon-fios-carriage-deal

[kb77]

Looks like The Weather Channel will be returning to Verizon FiOS starting next week. 

https://www.multichannel.com/news/the-weather-channel-inks-verizon-fios-carriage-deal

Awesome!

I have missed watching TWC on FiOS so much!
Hoping they also bring back Weatherscan to FiOS too...

[Jonathon]

Looks like The Weather Channel will be returning to Verizon FiOS starting next week. 

https://www.multichannel.com/news/the-weather-channel-inks-verizon-fios-carriage-deal

Awesome!

I have missed watching TWC on FiOS so much!
Hoping they also bring back Weatherscan to FiOS too...

It's doubtful that Weatherscan will come back. TWC doesn't show any interest in maintaining it anymore (they're only doing it because they have to), and Verizon probably doesn't care enough to get Weatherscan back on the lineup. Not saying it won't happen, but I'd be surprised if it did happen.

More than likely you'd see a simulcast of Local Now in place of Weatherscan. It'd be cheaper, and they wouldn't have to worry about maintaining a computer that's almost 20 years old for a channel that's damn near obsolete.

[kb77]

Looks like The Weather Channel will be returning to Verizon FiOS starting next week. 

https://www.multichannel.com/news/the-weather-channel-inks-verizon-fios-carriage-deal

Awesome!

I have missed watching TWC on FiOS so much!
Hoping they also bring back Weatherscan to FiOS too...

It's doubtful that Weatherscan will come back. TWC doesn't show any interest in maintaining it anymore (they're only doing it because they have to), and Verizon probably doesn't care enough to get Weatherscan back on the lineup. Not saying it won't happen, but I'd be surprised if it did happen.

More than likely you'd see a simulcast of Local Now in place of Weatherscan. It'd be cheaper, and they wouldn't have to worry about maintaining a computer that's almost 20 years old for a channel that's damn near obsolete.

Dang. 

Local Now looks meh, but i'd take anything that's remotely close to what Weatherscan was. The only reason I would think Weatherscan was coming back too was because they dropped both the actual TWC channel and Weatherscan together, not just Weatherscan like other cable providers have done.

I'm praying it will still be in the lineup.

[Jonathon]

Trust me, I'd love Verizon to add Weatherscan back. I think that it'd be stupid of them not to add it back. But I stepped back from the position of a fan to the perspective of the bean counters (which I think made me lose a few IQ points). To them, it wouldn't make sense to bring Weatherscan back, as they'll have both TWC *and* AccuWeather now. Weatherscan would seem redundant in that respect. And Local Now would be redundant.

Hopefully they do add it back. It might force TWC to give it some sorely needed attention.

EDIT: Byron Allen is known for using rather unorthodox techniques to get his networks on cable lineups...no doubt that's what he did to get TWC back on FiOS. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a clause to have *all* ES networks on the lineup now, so Weatherscan might get put back on...but I still have my doubts.

[kb77]

TWC returned to the lineup, but there seems to be no sign of Weatherscan so far.   

[crazybangles]

I hate to be the breaker of bad news, but I don’t think that weatherscan will be back.