International Channel

[Timothy D. Sergay]

Yes, as of March 27 you won't be able to watch Vremia (or sometimes Vesti)
and Nochnoi polet any more on International Channel. Merzopakost. Here's a
snippet from their press release of Jan. 19, 2005:

Englewood, CO - As the next step in International Channel's strategic
evolution to focus entirely on the Asian audience in the United States,
International Channel will undergo a complete channel re-branding and
reprogramming, including increasing its English-accessible Asian
programming, to better reflect this audience. These changes will debut early
second quarter 2005. The announcement was made by Steve Smith, managing
director, International Channel Networks. "Our goal is to create a
destination network for and about Asian Americans by continuing to build on
the existing channel and the success of the two-year old Asia Street
programming block," said Mr. Smith. "International Channel Networks is
uniquely positioned to relaunch and market this channel, given its expertise
in the cable industry coupled with 10 plus years working locally in the
Asian communities around the country." <...> Since 4th quarter 2004, the
amount of European and Middle Eastern language programming on International
Channel has been decreasing and will all be completely removed in the 2nd
quarter 2005 schedule revamp. However, International Channel Networks will
continue to feature programming for these audiences, as well as more
in-language Asian product, through its premium networks and On Demand
services.

The channel invites viewers to investigate whether the premium networks
Channel 1 and/or RTN are available from their local cable providers, which
you can do at their site,
http://www.i-channel.com/premiumnetworks/russian.asp.

Tim Sergay


----- Original Message -----
From: "Renner-Fahey, Ona" <Ona.Renner at MSO.UMT.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] International Channel


Hello all.

Has anyone else heard that the International Channel is dropping all
programming except that of Asian languages?

Ona

Ona Renner-Fahey
Asst. Professor of Russian
Russian Section
Dept. of Modern and Classical Langs. and Lits.
The University of Montana
Office phone: (406) 243-4602


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