Why can't providers get US movie networks right?

by blondedre3000

How can providers almost always get the sky cinema channels 100% correct, but the US movie networks are more like 30% of the US movie channels that exist, and of those 30% maybe 20% will be accurate and working?

For instance on Epic we have showtime east, showtime west, and showtime 2 - which are all the same exact stream, who knows which channel. The same thing with their starz lineup. Same thing with the 3 cinemax channels. So out of 9 or 10 channels there are actually maybe 3 working correctly with the correct channel name and EPG.

HBO is a little better, there's 4 or 5 channels, and most seem to have the correct name + EPG, but at least one doesn't, and another one is out of sync. Epix, another network I like, they only have one out of the 3 Epix channels on the service - Epix 2, which works when there's not a splash screen on the image.

Every service I've tried is like this to some extent - Epic, Vaders, Fab, Flawless, etc.

manosteel9423

You are right. Its a consistent issue across almost every provider. At least every provider I have tried and thats quite a few.

It would be nice if someone could fix it but I’m not holding my breath! Haha

0Seru0

That’s most likely a source problem. Nobody goes through the trouble of directly providing channels. Even American ones.

PinchyThaLobster

Strange issue but can't complain its cheap as chips!

Peterrooter

Agreed. That is a big area that needs to be improved

Tamar1nd

Have to say Movie channels in USA seem to be a joke and 3 years behind Europe. Let alone that 90% of adds are damn healthcare shit. Americans = under-educated and over-medicated :P