Time Warner Cable adding four HD channels in Columbus, Ohio

Just over a month after Clevelanders were told of four new HD channels that are coincidentally launching on Time Warner Cable today, the folks down in Buckeye country now have four of their own to look forward to. Yep, Columbus-area residents can get prepared for the addition of Sports Time Ohio HD (Ch. 752; presumably the full-time edition), National Geographic HD (Ch. 761), A&E HD (Ch. 766) and HGTV HD (Ch. 768). According to a notice on the carrier's website, these four newcomers are slated to hit sometime this month, but word from Columbus says that TWC has already been airing an ad boasting that A&E HD would arrive on the 18th. [Disclosure: Engadget is part of the Time Warner family]

[Via HDColumbus, thanks Dan L.]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 11:59AM]

I would sure be nice if TWC would send some love to Southern California folk. The last HD channel we got was our local KTLA channel 5.

[av8or Posted Mar 4th 2008 12:31PM]

there's places everywhere that TW isn't adding hd, here in central/syracuse ny our twc brethren on both sides (rochester and albany/capital) have all had more hd than us, and are getting even more now in the last month and in the following month where we haven't even had an announcement that they might get more hd than our already paltry offering

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 1:32AM]

Who's got Sci-Fi HD with Time Warner?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 12:31PM]

As of 7:00 this morning, TWC in Northeast Ohio (NEO) had not added the new channels, nor have they swiched around the channels. Can anyone from NEO confirm if they have done anything? (I'm at work now, so I won't know anything until around 5:30).

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 1:49PM]

Just found out that Dayton/Cincinnati, Ohio Time Warner Cable will be adding National Geographic HD and Fox Sports Ohio HD on March 25th!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 5:09PM]

WTF Time Warner....Where's the love for So Cal?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 6:44PM]

Ya know, it would be really, really nice if they could just get their friggin' cable cards to work in San Diego. What a bunch of dopes. After five months (which they said it would take that long to work out the bugs) and my cable cards only work most of the time, and mostly on some of the HD channels I'm supposed to get.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 9:42AM]

TWC just confirmed a March 19th push for North East Ohio. 6 new HD channels coming.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2008 2:02PM]

Pushed back, huh? Thanks for the info. Now there will be 6 channels? From what I've read, there will be 5. A&E, HGTV, History, Food Network as "Free", and also Starz HD with the Starz package. What is the other one?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2008 11:07AM]

Yesterday, Time Warner told me that March 24th was the Cleveland area change date. Sounds like they don't have a clue. Wait... Are we suprised?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2008 2:18PM]

According to this article:

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/16325291.html

It says that they will be continuing with more areas next week, and will continue on into April until completed.

My favorite quote in the article: Asked if the change could erase the recorded programs, a Time Warner spokesman said, "We're not sure."

Does anyone know why recorded content would be erased as a result of the chang?