Talk:Channel drift

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Suggestion[edit]

If someone could include as an example the drift of the TLC network, that would be great. It's the first example that pops up in my head. When I was growing up it used to stand for The Learning Channel and was all educational programming (history, science, etc.), and now it's all housewife drivel about weddings, babies, makeovers and home improvement. Clearly they've moved to the "tender loving care" version of the TLC initialism. 76.18.60.13 (talk) 15:38, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Likewise the Fox Drift, Fox appeared to drift earlier than the 2000s with the success of the Simpsons, Xfiles, and other shows...long before Amerikan Idol... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.92.250.42 (talk) 19:37, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mtv[edit]

I was amazed to find that there's no mention of Mtv in this article! Not only did Mtv itself completely drift away from music videos, but so did M2! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.134.240.19 (talk) 18:28, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Drift vs. reformating[edit]

Is there a difference between drift even if combined with rebranding, and comlete reformating? 188.200.194.26 (talk) 15:12, 7 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Page Format[edit]

Good page, but I think it could use some formatting. Having one huge chunk of text at the top followed by the contents box way at the bottom is a little rough. Just a thought. Dusty8807 (talk) 03:38, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Examples[edit]

Perhaps someone could rewrite the example lists into a coherent paragraph. I can't think of how to do so myself. AmericanLeMans (talk) 20:35, 19 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Subchannel drift"?[edit]

Is it worth mentioning how the channels expands with more and more additional channels, and uses them to deliver what they originally promised on the main channel? Like how National Geographic now mostly airs crime and the occasional air crash, while the wildlife documentaries originally associated with the channel goes on "NatGeo Wild". Or how History Channel sends the actual history stuff on "H2", while the main channel is mostly Ice Road Truckers and Pawn Stars.

This seems like just another way of leeching money from the viewers, as getting these channels usually involves buying some additional premium cable package - provided they're available at all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.145.57 (talk) 06:45, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Organization[edit]

The United States examples are great but they aren't really sorted by any particular rhyme or reason. Maybe this section would benefit from being chronological or having some more subheads?

Withdrawretreat (talk) 00:52, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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AMC[edit]

If this article is to remain primarily just a listing and brief summary of the phenomenon of channel drift, then the change of AMC from its founding premise and name, "American Movie Classics", to just another programming outlet, needs to be included. And in in AMC's case in was truly a drift, interrupting the old movies for just the period piece Remember WENN. But over time, the focus switched largely to original programming, which culminated in it having a massive hit, The Walking Dead. 72.105.74.198 (talk) 11:51, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]