Resident Student Association Issues
Cable System Update

Contact: Steve Weissenburger, President

Last updated on August 28, 2001.

Background
Interest was raised to review the cable system channel line-up to see if changes could be made.

Goal
Update the cable line up to better reflect the interests of current students who will be residents during 2001-2002.

Current Status
The new system is online with a total of 64 channels on the system.

New Channel Lineup for Xavier Cable
Locals & Nationals
8. WLWT (Local NBC)
9. WCPO (Local ABC)
10. WTBS Superstation
11. WGN Superstation
12. WKRC (Local CBS)
13. WBQC (Local UPN)
19. WXIX (Local Fox)
20. TNT
21. The National Network (TNN)
22. USA Network
48. WCET (Local PBS)
50. WSTR (Local WB)
News & Business
7. The Weather Channel
51. CNN
52. CNN Headline News
53. C-SPAN
54. C-SPAN2
55. Court TV
66. CNBC
67. MSNBC
68. Bloomberg Television
Movies
24. HBO
25. HBO Plus
26. HBO Signature
27. HBO Family
37. American Movie Classics
Music
56. MTV
57. MTV2
58. VH-1
59. Much Music
60. Country Music Television
Sports
28. ESPN
29. ESPN2
30. ESPN Classic
31. ESPNEWS
32. CNN/Sports Illustrated
33. Fox SportsNet - Ohio
34. Fox Sports World
35. NBA.com TV
Educational
61. The History Channel
62. The Learning Channel
63. Animal Planet
64. Discovery Channel
65. Discovery Health
69. Home & Garden Television
70. Food Network
71. Travel Channel
72. Tech TV
Entertainment
23. A&E
38. E! Entertainment
39. Comedy Central
40. Nickelodeon
41. FOX Family Channel
42. The Cartoon Network
43. Game Show Network
44. Sci-Fi Channel
45. FX
46. Black Entertainment Television
47. Lifetime
49. SCOLA
73. Trinity Broadcast Network
Xavier Stations
74. WVXU
75. Xavier Educational 1
76. Xavier Educational 2 

History

August 15, 2001 The final channel list has been submitted for installation on August 23.
July 31, 2001 The contract with DirecTV has been signed and is on its way to Purchasing. Details on the channel line-up will be posted as soon as available.
July 23, 2001 Residence Life and Physical Plant are waiting for the contract to be signed by the Vice President for Student Development. Details on the final deal will be posted when it occurs.
July 20, 2001 New Assistant Director for Residence Life, Beverly Bobbitt, is working directly with DirecTV to generate the final agreement for the new cable. Once approved, DirecTV requires only two weeks lead time for installation.
July 3, 2001 Residence Life is meeting with Physical Plant today to discuss the timeline to implement the cable by fall move-in.
May 15, 2001
 Cable Company Representative sent updated pricing on equipment upgrades and channel costs for switching to DirecTV using the channel line-up  provided.
April 2001
 RSA, Residence Life, and Physical Plant work with the University's Cable Company on options for changing the cable system. ITC proposes switching to DirecTV.  RSA receives pricing options for DirecTV and submits a proposal based on survey results
March 2001
 RSA Conducts a survey during the Freshman Housing Lottery which includes questions regarding keeping and tossing current channels, and what channels 2001-2002 residents would like to see added.
November 2000
 RSA Conducts a survey during the Upperclass Housing Lottery which includes questions regarding keeping and tossing current channels, and what channels 2001-2002 residents would like to see added.