24994J 5327 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 "BOB TV" will not be hitting the airwaves to replace the NBC "Nonstop" channels come January...and that is good. Instead, the X.2 channels will be rebranded as "COZI TV", a classic tv network in the style of MeTV, Antenna TV and the 1990's TV Land. Now, the article does not indicate where on the digital dial "COZI" will fall, but I think it's a fairly safe bet that "Nonstop" will hit the proverbial wall on New Years Day. http://timeoutchicag...digital-network With a little snooping around the internet, it seems as if this is the first report of the new channel, and NBC has yet to confirm the launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qunewsguy 376 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Wonder if WVIT will be on board with this or continue with their 24/7 weather channel? The article says "all 10 NBC-owned stations" however WVIT's missed a couple of these .2 channel swaps over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1846 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 This is exactly what we need!!! Another useless TV Land ripoff!!! NBC sure is thinking outside the box here!!! That said, couldn't this be replacing Universal Sports? There's no mention that Nonstop is going away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 409 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 This is exactly what we need!!! Another useless TV Land ripoff!!! NBC sure is thinking outside the box here!!! That said, couldn't this be replacing Universal Sports? There's no mention that Nonstop is going away... That's what I'm thinking. The .3 channel (at least here anyway) is just dead air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 This is probably the national replacement for Nonstop. The plans for a national Nonstop were announced at the end of last year, but around July TheWrap began reporting that the refocused network would feature classic repeats in addition to the Nonstop lifestyle stuff - I believe the plans were reruns during the day and the lifestyle stuff at night. Stations would still be permitted to substitute their own programming (read: the local news) in place of some of the networked stuff, but those wouldn't be aired across the network. And yes, one of the proposed names was "Bob TV". But if Feder's right about the schedule, something changed between July and now. Since it remains unannounced, that leaves a range of possibilities: NBC renames Nonstop to COZI, adding the repeats but keeping at least some of the Nonstop programming, as per the Wrap report. NBC replaces Nonstop with COZI, which would be an all-classic TV channel featuring none of the Nonstop programming, as Feder suggests. NBC keeps Nonstop in some form, but launches COZI on another subchannel. Either of these three options is feasible. Option 1 is essentially what NBC was planning to begin with, and it'd keep some of the flavor of Nonstop while lessening the burden on the station. Option 2 could be either way - the all-repeats network thing has to be lucrative if there's so many of them, and it would free the stations entirely from having to program the subchannel while squeezing some more revenue out of the NBCU library. But they're running national contests for the existing Nonstop format, and they have a number of units producing stuff for the existing network that would have nothing to do if it went. So I can see door number 3 happening, where they can reap the benefit of a low-cost rerun channel while retaining the lifestyle programming (and giving LX.TV and Studio Ten something to do). My gut leans towards #1, however. The name COZI just seems like it works too well for both lifestyle and classic repeats, so I'm sure there's more to the schedule than just repeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 They couldn't have just affiliated with MeTV, RTN or Antenna TV? They really had to start their own? MeTV has an incredible offering when it comes to retro television. I would hope COZI, since it will be run by NBC, will dig deep and find some stuff that hasn't run its course on cable or other retro nets (Lucy, Matlock, etc). Show me some Ironside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 409 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Well you have to think COZI will dig into the NBC and Universal libraries for a majority of its content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 They couldn't have just affiliated with MeTV, RTN or Antenna TV? They really had to start their own? I think the question isn't "They really had to start their own?" as much as it is "they waited this long to start their own?" NBCUniversal has one of the biggest libraries of television series in the world. If you just programmed the channel with stuff from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, you'd have enough to last for years. While a lot of those are licensed out, if NBC is able to get enough of them back, they could conceivably earn quite a lot off the library with comparatively little investment. Honestly, I'm half-surprised that CBS hasn't done this yet. I think CBS' back catalog consists of, well, basically everything. If CBS could pull something together and put it on as a digital channel, they'd have a goldmine. As of my favorite... well, whatever one winds up with MacGyver or Quantum Leap automatically wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1846 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 As much as I'd like to see some really old stuff from the archives, I have the strangest feeling NBC will invest as little money as possible in this and won't dig any further back than things that are on a format they can still digitize themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 As much as I'd like to see some really old stuff from the archives, I have the strangest feeling NBC will invest as little money as possible in this and won't dig any further back than things that are on a format they can still digitize themselves. How do we know the majority of the NBCUni library isn't digitized? They own a million cable channels that, in large part, subsist on their vast programming archives. They already have a lot of stuff on some of these other retronets, they have them all on Netflix, and obviously they have a bunch of cable networks subsisting on their programming. I'd be surprised if it took more than minimal effort to do this, and it's being controlled by Valari Staab who's pretty much shown by this point that she doesn't settle for "minimal effort". Obviously we're not going to see stuff like Law and Order since that's licensed out, and obviously they're not going to dig into the depths of their archive for stuff like Out of This World, but perhaps we'll see stuff like Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman (as the leaked schedule seems to indicate), and maybe they'll convince Syfy to let them have The Incredible Hulk inbetween their random weekday marathons. On the subject of the leaked schedule, I'm surprised Charlie's Angels is apparently one of the shows they licensed, because Sony has the rights to it. Aren't they partners with Tribune in AntennaTV? Wonder if WVIT will be on board with this or continue with their 24/7 weather channel? The article says "all 10 NBC-owned stations" however WVIT's missed a couple of these .2 channel swaps over the years. It's not that they opted out, it was that they were the last of the stations on the list to get a Nonstop. By the time they were supposed to launch, NBC was looking at tweaking it into a national service, so they decided to put WVIT's launch on hold until the revamp was completed. If COZI is the revamped Nonstop, then WVIT will launch the channel when it comes on air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 765 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 This is probably the national replacement for Nonstop. The plans for a national Nonstop were announced at the end of last year, but around July TheWrap began reportingthat the refocused network would feature classic repeats in addition to the Nonstop lifestyle stuff - I believe the plans were reruns during the day and the lifestyle stuff at night. Stations would still be permitted to substitute their own programming (read: the local news) in place of some of the networked stuff, but those wouldn't be aired across the network. And yes, one of the proposed names was "Bob TV". But if Feder's right about the schedule, something changed between July and now. Since it remains unannounced, that leaves a range of possibilities: NBC renames Nonstop to COZI, adding the repeats but keeping at least some of the Nonstop programming, as per the Wrap report. NBC replaces Nonstop with COZI, which would be an all-classic TV channel featuring none of the Nonstop programming, as Feder suggests. NBC keeps Nonstop in some form, but launches COZI on another subchannel. Either of these three options is feasible. Option 1 is essentially what NBC was planning to begin with, and it'd keep some of the flavor of Nonstop while lessening the burden on the station. Option 2 could be either way - the all-repeats network thing has to be lucrative if there's so many of them, and it would free the stations entirely from having to program the subchannel while squeezing some more revenue out of the NBCU library. But they're running national contests for the existing Nonstop format, and they have a number of units producing stuff for the existing network that would have nothing to do if it went. So I can see door number 3 happening, where they can reap the benefit of a low-cost rerun channel while retaining the lifestyle programming (and giving LX.TV and Studio Ten something to do). My gut leans towards #1, however. The name COZI just seems like it works too well for both lifestyle and classic repeats, so I'm sure there's more to the schedule than just repeats. It's official now, COZI will replace NBC Nonstop: http://www.mediabist...channels_b66860 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 409 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 NBCUniversal Direct has a nice video up explaining it on Youtube: [yt]8ANDOXSsHL4[/yt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 765 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 A couple of questions: 1. Are they going to market COZI TV as a subchannel-only network for just NBC stations, or market it to affiliates of other networks like Me-TV and Antenna TV have done? The latter two networks also have (or in Antenna TV's case, had) their own standalone primary affiliates as well. 2. How will the network affect NBCUniversal's existing program distribution agreements with Me-TV and Antenna TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimmer 240 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 2. How will the network affect NBCUniversal's existing program distribution agreements with Me-TV and Antenna TV? I wonder if the licensing of some Sony properties to COZI TV might be a sort of deal done the same time as NBCU's with Antenna? A trade-off, potentially? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 NBC renames Nonstop to COZI, adding the repeats but keeping at least some of the Nonstop programming, as per the Wrap report. Called it. Have to say - the branding actually looks really, really good. Meredith kind of just rambles on, but it makes sense - a mix of lifestyle, classic TV, and local programming. I think this has a shot at succeeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 226 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 According to the Titan TV listings there is no local programming WNBC 4.2 when Cozi TV starts on December 20th then some of it returns the last week of December. If the guide is correct the 7pm Newscast not being continued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1945 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 NBC Nonstop is now defunct. Cozi TV began at 6am/ET with an episode of Ozzie & Harriet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qunewsguy 376 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 The regular lineup looks like it'll be pretty promising. Right now it's all the same few Christmas-themed episodes over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 The 6:30 newscast is gone from KXAS 5.2 through the end of Titan TV's schedule. Not sure if it will return after the holidays... J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotJones 52 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Give it 8-12 months and it will be "tweaked" or replaced with something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1600 Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 From what I've seen it's pretty much now just a derivative of Me-TV with a bit of news thrown in. Where's the lifestyle? Gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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