A3N 996 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 It took them long enough. With the acquisition of The Weather Channel, it really did not make any sense to keep NBC WeatherPlus around any longer. NBC plans to phase out the operation by the end of the year. More from TVWeek... http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/nbc_shutting_down_weather_plus.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 yeah not much of a surprise there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhombics447 1 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'm predicting that many NBC affiliates will launch their own 24/7 weather channels, in order to remain competitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManNYR 223 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 What about the NBC O&O's and affiliates switching to Weather Scan? Difference between that and Weather Plus is Weather Scan currently does not offer live or taped weather reports, just graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKyuubi 0 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 And there goes another bandwidth hog into the abyss. Hopefully this will make Sunday Night Football look...a bit better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1812 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I think many stations will continue running a WX subchannel, possibly with the WeatherPlus name. Especially those like WTMJ who have the WX+ name heavily integrated on the set, in print, on the radio, and the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjohnson 15 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I suspect that KSDK will continue WX+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Former Member 207 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 With the closing of Weather Plus, this could pave the way for NBC launch Universal Sports fulltime in WX+'s place, while (at least here in L.A.), the NBC O&Os can go ahead and launch their local news channels 24/7 (maybe with Weather Channel reports sprinkled in between). It makes too much sense. I never fully understood why some stations (KABC for instance) having separate news and weather digital subchannels, while having a combined channel for all of that saves on bandwidth for HD purposes and channel space (at least as far being carried on cable). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I'm pretty sure Universal Sports IS being deployed across the O&Os. WCAU has started carrying it on 10.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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