Charter Comunications Changing Channels on Saturday

Charter Communications is getting the word out that it is adding 28 new high definition (HD) channels and relocating more than 90 percent of its channels.

On Saturday, April 21, the Charter cable channels will change for Arnold and Jefferson County, said a news release and the Charter website.

“We want our customers to have the best in high-definition – from movies to series to educational shows,” said Sean O’Donnell, Charter’s Vice President and General Manager for Missouri and Illinois. “More than 60 percent of U.S. households enjoy HD programming, and we’re committed to providing our customers with the best HD experience. Adding these HD channels at no additional cost to customers helps achieve that goal.
 
“We also understand that switching channel locations may cause some customer confusion at first, but we’re starting early to educate our customers about the transition and we’re confident our customers will find the category-based groupings more convenient,” added O’Donnell.

Due the channel changes, customers should reprogram all DVR series recordings with the new channel locations.

With these HD channel additions in April, Charter will create genre categories.

Digital View and Digital View Plus channels including faith and values, kids, science, history, news, home and entertainment channels will be located in the 100 channel range.

Sports view and league packages will be found in the 200s. 

Adult and pay per view programming will be available in the 400s

Premium services will be in the 500s; the 600s through 800s will contain high definition channels; and music, government and education, as well as Charter On Demand will be found in the 900s.

Basic and Expanded Basic channels will remain in the first 99 channel listings. The genre-based listing was designed to make it easier to find favorite channels and HD versions of favorites.

The 28 high-definition channels being added include: 

Channel

Channel #

HBO 2 HD

602

HBO Signature HD

603

HBO Family HD

604

More Max HD

617

Action Max HD

618

Showtime Too HD

642

Showtime Showcase HD

643

Showtime Extreme HD

645

TMC Extra HD

652

Starz In Black HD

663

Starz Cinema HD

665

Starz Kids and Family HD

666

Encore HD

670

EPIX HD

685

The Hub HD

726

TV Land HD

732

OWN HD

741

Style HD

744

BET HD

749

Planet Green HD

757

Investigation Discovery HD

771

Fox Business Network HD

791

The Tennis Channel HD

810

Outdoor Channel HD

830

Sportsman Channel HD

831

Game Show Network HD

843

G4 HD

844

Turner Classic Movies HD

861

Prior to the transition period from April 11 to April 25, this month customers will receive a new channel listing highlighting the 28 new HD channels, and detailing the new location of other channels. Information about channel locations is also available at www.mycharterchannels.com.
 
An HDTV and a Charter HD receiver are necessary to view programming services in high-definition.