TNA got some bad news this week when Comcast announced that Pop TV is being moved to their higher “Digital Preferred” tier of channels, which means Comcast subscribers will now have to pay extra to get the network. Here is the official statement from Comcast:
“In December 2015 and January 2016 we will be making changes to our channel lineup in select areas. CMT, Spike TV and POP will be moving to different tiers of service and in some areas RLTV will no longer be carried. We are making these changes to manage overall programming costs and better align our more popular packages with the most viewed programs. These changes do not affect all areas, so please refer to the grid below to see if your area will have a tier change for one of these networks.”
The news comes at a difficult time for TNA, since they are starting to get some footing on Pop TV. Impact viewership increased this week to 288,000 (up from 255,000 for the premiere), so fans are starting to find the show. Losing Comcast customers (who are not willing to pay extra for Pop, Spike and CMT) is not going to help their efforts to get viewership back to more comfortable levels.
It looks like the change has already gone into effect:
https://twitter.com/awfuljack/status/687019418430222336
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