PAC12 Network HD GONE

Somewhat of a related question, but I went to watch channel 1329 (Pac12 HD) today and it is no longer there.  Only the SD channel 419.  Is there a reason why we no longer have Pac 12 HD in the midwest?

I live on the east coast but am a fan of both Pac 12 football and Basketball.  I was away on Friday and Saturday, arrived home Sunday and hoped to catch some Pac 12 football on replay via Pac 12 HD.  Much to my dissappointment I see Xfinity has decided to remove the Pac 12 HD from my package without any notice.  Talked to an Xfintiy rep last night he kept asking me to tune to channel that no longer exists  Noticing the Pac 12 network was in HD was the reason I added the sports and entertainment package again as I really do not care about REDZONE and NFL football.

Combine this with still no deal from the ACC network three weeks into the season I am really concerned over my ability to stay with Xfinity.  I am currently using a free trial with Sling tv which offers all the versions of the Pac 12 network AND ACC network.  I really may have to consider seriously downgrading my nearly $300 a month Xfinity package to obtain the content I want and that they wont provide.  Can someone please provide info of why the PAC 12 HD suddenly dissapeared and also the status of Xfinity and the ACC Network?

I knew something did not look quite right with those channels.  Not sure what IP channel is but definately looked different.

Yeah, my Pac 12 HD (1329) also disappeared. Only the SD (419) available now. What the heck? (Chicago area.)

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@billmich88888 wrote:

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@Ryanj112111 wrote:
What is a pm to Comcast experts. I am having the same issue (Chicago area). I’m wondering who I can reach out to

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I reached out to a "Comcastbob" (name changed)  who helped me with a prior issue and I still had our correspondence in my email box here on this forum

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The OE's generally don't respond to unrequested PM's.  Plus, there are a lot of OE's that no longer work here.

FWIW, an Official Employee is not an Expert.  An Expert is not an employee, either.  We are customer volunteers that help the OE's in the forums.

I am in the designated marketing area of Detroit, Michigan.

Pac–12 Network, on ch. 1329, was also being carried in HD.

It is gone from here as well.

I don’t know the answer.

I do suspect, if it is for fact no longer being available in my area (plus some others), it may be attributed to Comcast making it available only in particular markets—especially those in the footprint of Pacific 12 Conference.

This is a theory of mine. I think there have been some providers of cable-television service which have taken the college networks of Big Ten Network, SEC Network, the new ACC Network and, given this topic, Pac–12 Network and reached contract to carry only in applicable areas of those college networks.

Again—I don’t know for fact. The contracts, the details, for carrying programming are of importance.

PAC 12 network used to be on channel 1329 in addition to 717 and now only appears on 717. Are there other channels located on lower channel numbers not in the 1000 range?  I was originally told all the channels were and it was just a means to group like channel content together.

ITS BACK IN CHICAGO!! YESSSSS!!! GO BUFFS!!!!!!!!