03-23-2012, 06:32 AM
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HD Net on Shaw
Has it been removed for you as well? I didn't notice, but a friend did. What's the deal here Shaw?
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03-23-2012, 07:03 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Nov 2009
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Not part of the channel lineup any more.
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03-23-2012, 07:05 AM
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That's crap! I really liked Drinking Made Easy.
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03-23-2012, 08:15 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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F'ing Shaw removed it as of the 20th.
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03-23-2012, 08:46 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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This came up in another thread (can't remember where), but apparently HD Net is re-branding this summer and will come back as a new channel. Apparently the MMA and concerts will remain intact, but I'm not sure what else:
http://www.hd.net/press_articles/hdn...become-axs-tv/
I guess we will have to wait and see if the new channel is offered, and if it will be worth watching in its new form. I'm not sure why Shaw dropped it now instead of waiting for the re-brand, but the demise of HD Net as we know it certainly isn't Shaw's doing.
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03-23-2012, 08:47 AM
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Norm!
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What no more Art Mann, and Get Out
I love those shows.
But HDnet was just a weird channel, they followed the old CBC model of having reality porn on after 11:00 with Girls Gone Wild.
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03-23-2012, 08:48 AM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
That's crap! I really liked Drinking Made Easy.
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Yeahhhhh.. You're going to miss HD Net because of Drinking Made Easy... Good cover 
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03-23-2012, 09:03 AM
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Interesting. I certainly didn't watch it much but I enjoyed the odd concert and soft core pron show that they aired. I'm becoming a little disillusioned with Shaw, regardless of this decision about HD Net. It's starting to cost too much money for what I watch.
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But living an honest life - for that you need the truth. That's the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, leads to liberation and dignity. -Ricky Gervais
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03-23-2012, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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HDNET went off Bell a year or so ago. Apparently they couldn't reach a deal as IIRC HDNET wanted more money and a bigger audience. By bigger audience I mean that it would be on everyone's plan. Probably the same problems with Shaw. I agree it is a pretty good station, too bad it's gone.
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03-23-2012, 09:33 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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HDnet is dying, it was dropped by carriers in the States, and Shaw is the last of the big three in Canada to drop it.
Shaw added two more movie central channels to mirror the sd line up
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03-23-2012, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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I think the fact that other stations are dropping it as well leads me to believe that it is HDNet that is asking for too much for what they offer.
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03-23-2012, 01:00 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North of the River, South of the Bluff
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
HDnet is dying, it was dropped by carriers in the States, and Shaw is the last of the big three in Canada to drop it.
Shaw added two more movie central channels to mirror the sd line up
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Good news. HDNet to me was always the HD Gimmick channel, mainly used to showcase the wow factor of the new HD world. Kind of like "The Fifth Element" was to the DVD's in the 90's, on full time at a Future Shop near you.
Given that HD is now mainstream, they never kept up, and I never found their mish-mash of programming worthwhile.
Hopefully Shaw can get more channels like FX, and the like up here.
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03-23-2012, 01:29 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Good news. HDNet to me was always the HD Gimmick channel, mainly used to showcase the wow factor of the new HD world. Kind of like "The Fifth Element" was to the DVD's in the 90's, on full time at a Future Shop near you.
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Yeah, they might as well rebrand as "3Dnet" since that's what HDnet was, a way to showcase new TV technology.
I'll miss it for Inside MMA, but I actually haven't watched it in a while.
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03-23-2012, 03:58 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Well Bell just added a couple of useless rerun HD channels. Anyone want to watch Ugly Betty or Friends again. I never watched them the first time around. W-HD which I think is the Woman's channel and ABCSpark HD. Why can't they add something useful like Animal Planet HD or Speed HD. I want to see Moto GP in HD, the SD picture Bell provides is terrible.
Last edited by Vulcan; 03-23-2012 at 04:01 PM.
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03-23-2012, 05:26 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Surprised at the opinions here. I loved the channel (and I don't even like MMA).
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03-23-2012, 06:47 PM
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Scoring Winger
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I really liked this channel when it first came out but I found I got bored of it pretty quickly as it showed the same thing over and over. I didn't even realize it was gone until I read about it in this thread.
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03-23-2012, 07:39 PM
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Looks like Shaw replaced HDNet with W Movies.
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03-23-2012, 09:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Where am I going to get my Jersey Barbershop fix from?
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03-23-2012, 09:58 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Goon
Where am I going to get my Jersey Barbershop fix from?
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The interwebs.
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03-24-2012, 06:34 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatWhiteEbola
The interwebs.
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Nah, that's not as much fun. My wife and I would watch this and say to each other, "How is this a TV show? How?"
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