WHY IS COMCAST CHANGING TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES TO SPORTS PACKAGE IN OCTOBER?

some of us have complained directly to tcm.com we shall see if they can do anything

What do you do, see what people watch the most and then add those channels to premium packages so yoiu can make more money?  Does Mr. Tom, your president know how corrupt his company really is?  Time to find a new provider!

Yesterday I was shocked to find out that my favorite channel TCM was removed — without any notice — from my contracted Xfinity plan!! How can you do this? Can someone please explain to me how Xfinity can change my channel lineup without letting me know and instead offer a paid package as a replacement? I have been committed to 3 years of my existing channel lineup and gladly accept that. What gives Xfinity the right to change my 3-year contract — without any notice — and expect me to pay? I want to know from Xfinity how they plan to make this right for existing users who are under contract for 3 years with a channel lineup contract.

I have been watching TCM for years but not willing to pay more to Comcast for something that was always there.  I'm already paying $200+ for tv+internet and will start shopping around for alternative companies.  ***Dumb move, Comcast***

So TCM is now part of the premium sports subscription package.  Sorry, but I'm struggling to understand how that's a "good* fit at all given that the two have absolutely nothing in common.  I'm wondering if perhaps that particular sports package is losing subscribers, and so TCM got moved over to try to pump up the revenue a bit.  Until TCM goes back to being part of my premium digital package, I'll be watching it through other means and not by paying extra for a sports channel I'll never otherwise use.  

Re: your costs doubling since 2006, I'm pretty sure my bill has doubled also in that time. So that is not a valid excuse.

 Just noticed last night that I could no longer get TCM on Comcast.  There are many other chanels I could do without!  It was great to watch some of the old movies.

Very disappointed that TCM has been moved from basic tier to a more expensive tier that includes a sports package.  Makes no sense to inculde TCM with sports.  Family members enjoy the programming on TCM and usually can't get those movies anywhere else.  Whoever made that decision to move  TCM and charge more does not know the auidence that watches TCM.  In NO world should TCM be with a sport packge!!! Make the change back to including TCM with basic cable tier! 

It's clear that TCM is being moved in an effort to charge customers more by forcing them to get the sports entertainment package.  I completely understand that costs rise over time but this is just a blantent rip off.  Why should I pay another $10 a month to get back a channel I had and add channels I don't want and will never watch    I'm in an area where Comcast is a monopoly, I have few options.  I try to see the opportunity in every obstacle, I think the universe is telling me I watch to much tv and it's time to cut the cord.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet but I know what I won't be doing.  I'm not adding another package and increasing an already bloated charge for Comcast

Comcast has a lot of nerve adding TCM to the sports package. My 95 year old aunt watches the old movies all of the time and now she has to add the sports package? Such logic. Just for the sake of taking more of her money. And when you call Comcast they say no one watches TCM.  I live in a retirement community and, believe me, older people watch the old movies. Good way to screw seniors, Comcast. You should be ashamed. And if no one watches it, just keep it where it was. Are you losing money or do you just want to make more? No need to answer. And you are without competition where I live. Another yacht for the CEO?

ill tell you why so the rich can screeze more out of the poor

     Just noticed that TCM was removed from my already expensive cable package and am furious.  Upon contacting Comcast, I  was informed that this was a "business decision" and occasionally it is "necessary to make changes to channel lineups". 

     So much for customer service.  What in heaven's name do TCM, Military History or CMT have to do with Sports?  What is the rationale to include those channels in this package?  Might part of it be competition with other media corps.?

     Seems odd that Comcast feels compelled to move so many channels to a sports package for an additional fee, yet none of those channels that I could see are ones owned by Comcast-NBC.  TCM is owned by Turner, Military History Channel by A&E, ESPN News by Disney, CBS Sports Net by CBS, CMT by Viacom...but nothing owned by NBC.  So, all the NBC nets remain the price but a viewer needs to spend more to receive these other nets.

     Comcast's decision to move these channels to a tier with an additional charge (a not insignificant $9.95) will reduce viewership to these channels, channels which compete with Comcast's own channels.  This is one of the big issues when a cable system (Comcast) buys a broadcast Corporation (NBC Universal).  Abusing their power to further their own properties with little regard for their loyal viewing customers.

     Really, Comcast?  Is it smart to do this in an era of increasing cord-cutting?  I have been a mostly-satisfied, loyal Comcast customer for over 15 years, ever since my AT&T Cable became part of Comcast.  Never have I been as angry about a Comcast "business decision" as I am now. 

     I am not ready to cut any cords yet...but have just been shoved closer.  This camel's back is getting woefully overloaded with straws.

     TCM is a favorite channel of my family's and I am extremely disappointed Comcast felt the need to demonstrate such utter disregard to its loyal customer base, which tends to be older than the average cord-cutter and thus more likely to watch TCM.  It is a shameless abuse of their power.

I'm disconnecting Comcast and going with YouTube TV where TCM is in the $50 per month package! After paying $220 a month for years,

I don't believe this for one moment. If what you say is true, it's not going to hurt your bottom line to make TCM. It would be nice if you posted these surveys to prove the point. It's probably more true that viewers enjoy TCM more than "twice a month" and this is an opportunity to squeeze a little bit more out of your subscribers. One of the reasons I switched from Uverse to Xfinity was the continual creeping rise in costs. Now you're doing it, disguised as "helping our subscribers." 

Obviously you've weighed the effects and believe the people you lose won't hurt you too much. But this is more than that. Just read the comments and you'll see how passionate your customers, whom you profess to care about, love this channel but are unwilling to have to put up with more sports channels just to get it. We already have to put up with mulitiple shopping channels!