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What happened to News24Houston?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by RKMAN, Jul 23, 2004.

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  1. RKMAN

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    This channel is not on TW anymore? Does anyone know what happened?
     
    #1 RKMAN, Jul 23, 2004
  2. MadMax

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    is it still on dish?? anyone know?
     
    #2 MadMax, Jul 23, 2004
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    http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=114133&SecID=2

    News 9 San Antonio, News 24 Houston close
    7/23/2004 10:35 AM
    By: Associated Press

    DALLAS -- Belo Corp., has ended its joint cable television news channel venture with Time Warner Cable.

    That pulls the plug on cable channels News 9 San Antonio and News 24 Houston.

    Belo said it lost almost $19 million on the channels, which went on the air in 2002 and 2003. The Dallas-based media company said it might take a third-quarter charge against earnings for the loss.

    Time Warner will continue to operate a third joint venture station in Charlotte, N.C. It already is sole operator of the News 8 Austin cable channel in Austin.

    Belo continues to run its Texas Cable News channel in Dallas. It also owns 19 other television stations and four newspapers, including The Dallas Morning News.
     
    #3 SoSoDef76, Jul 23, 2004
  4. RKMAN

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    Man, so many jobs will be lost because of this. Gai-Lynn Tatrai had a nice little body on her too :(.
     
    #4 RKMAN, Jul 23, 2004
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    Why is News8Austin so successful in comparison?
     
    #5 Rocket104, Jul 23, 2004
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    #6 rocketabc, Jul 23, 2004
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    Weather on the 8s. Their allergy forcast ROCKS!
     
    #7 bejezuz, Jul 23, 2004
  8. outlaw

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    if TWC-A can afford to run News8 by themselves then surely TWC-H can afford to run News24
     
    #8 outlaw, Jul 23, 2004
  9. rrj_gamz

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    I loved this channel...:(
     
    #9 rrj_gamz, Jul 23, 2004
  10. Smokey

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    The channels are already at a disadvantage by being cable only. IMO News 8 Austin is successful for two reasons, 1) news competition in Austin is weak compared to Houston and 2) live coverage of UT athletic press conferences.
     
    #10 Smokey, Jul 25, 2004
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