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Two situations bring most people to the question of what their cable lineup actually looks like. The first is moving into a new home, where service will be different from the last place even with the same provider. The second is shopping for a new package, where confirming a specific channel is included before signing…
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Two homes in the same state can turn on the local NBC channel and see entirely different local news. One sees a New York anchor reading the morning headlines from a New York studio. The other, less than two hours away, sees a Philadelphia anchor in a Philadelphia studio. The network programming that follows the…
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The same TV channel can appear on completely different numbers in different cities, even when the provider is the same. ESPN may sit in the 30s on one cable system, the 200s on another, and somewhere else again after a provider merger or a lineup refresh. Move from one metro area to another and the…
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Two homes with the same TV provider can have different channel numbers. They can have different local stations. They can even have access to different channels altogether, with one home getting a regional sports network the other does not.