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Scott Greczkowski
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 Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:25 am Post subject: Cinemagic GONE! |
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Damn it...
No more Cinemagic... (Well until next year...)
From XM's Website it says this...
Cinemagic - Sirius XM's channel that lets you Escape into the Movies - is currently on hiatus. Please join us again on January 2nd for more memorable moments from the Movies!
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jblues
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Joined: 22 Jul 2004
Posts: 491
Location: South of Detroit, Michigan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| Yep, bandwidth used by Holly (Channel 35). |
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djqwikcut
Everyday Listener
Joined: 05 May 2008
Posts: 53
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:40 am Post subject: Well |
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| Cinemagic was a channel I listened to all the time.. Get rid of one of those SINGLE ARTIST CHANNELS that are not needed and we could have it back. |
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k4tbn
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Joined: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 29
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:46 am Post subject: |
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What an idiot decision. Does anyone have the name and phone number of who made this move? I'll like to share my feelings in detail and at some length with the cretin.
No wonder the stock is in the toilet with decisions like this being made.
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GunbladeVIII
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Joined: 20 Oct 2006
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Location: Havertown, PA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:48 am Post subject: |
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It's not like this is a new practice. I suppose it hurts a bit more because it feels like it's getting piled on to the other, permanent, channel losses.
Was Cinemagic one of the channels that was sent on hiatus last year? Might not even be new for this channel.
Still, for those annoyed, at least it's coming back. That's more than we can say for most missing XM channels this morning.
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k4tbn
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Joined: 21 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe Dave Z will post under a fake name and give us the story. |
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shelterguy
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Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Posts: 376
Location: midwest
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:00 am Post subject: |
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| I went to my car last night and noticed that cinemagic was not on. This morning I checked the lineup on Dish, they listed cinemagic and it was some sort of soundtrack song. Went out to my car this morning, still nothing. S@#@ |
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Starshift
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Joined: 22 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:11 am Post subject: |
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Cinemagic has never gone on hiatus for holiday music. It will be returning on 1/1/09. I agree, dumb move. My brother, who is a Sirius person, was really looking forward to listening. Now he has to wait until New Years Day.
I for one will be going through Cinemagic withdrawal. I'm thankful I have some really good Cinemagic Moments saved on my radio.
I'm just so, so relieved that Cinemagic has made the cut. If having to be without it for a month and a half means keeping it forever then I'm all for it. I already took one hard loss this year when Dish Network ripped my beloved Monsters HD channel from its service. At least I got a win with this one. |
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marker101
10 years of XM and counting
Joined: 02 Mar 2006
Posts: 12727
Location: Northeast PA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:14 am Post subject: |
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It's only a channel. It's coming back. It was Cinemagic's turn this year. We wouldn't want to piss off the uPop and listeners of Chrome. Wait...
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blooker68
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Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:46 am Post subject: |
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I just got off the phone with a CSR in India (or wherever - not the US) and said I had zero use for XM for six weeks. They said how about the next 3 months for $15? I said no dice. We finally settled on placing my account on hiatus until Jan 1 and no reactivation fee.
And people wonder why the stock is tanking. |
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ryaninc
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Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Posts: 26
Location: Central Florida
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:49 am Post subject: |
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Cinemagic moved to channel 76 and will resume playing on January 1.
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grivo
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Joined: 20 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: |
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With Cinemagic gone I'm one step closer to shitcanning XM. All its gonna take is for them to screw up O & A or Ron & Fez.
I hate Sirius. |
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blooker68
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Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: |
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The man responsible for screwing us for six weeks is Scott Greenstein.
"Scott Greenstein is President and Chief Content Officer of SIRIUS XM Radio, overseeing all of the satellite radio broadcaster's programming, marketing and corporate marketing activities."
Give Scott a call, (212) 584-5100, and share your thoughts on his decision to dump XM for six weeks. |
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shelterguy
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Joined: 05 Jan 2006
Posts: 376
Location: midwest
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| ryaninc wrote: | | Cinemagic moved to channel 76 and will resume playing on January 1. |
Jon Zellner said it would return Dec 26th. |
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ryaninc
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Location: Central Florida
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| shelterguy wrote: | | Jon Zellner said it would return Dec 26th. |
I just switched to 76 and they currently have a low-quality voice loop playing saying that it will return in January, so... 
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