In Demand

American cable television service

For the song by Texas, see In Demand (song).

Television channel

In Demand

Ownership
Owner| iN DEMAND L.L.C.
(33.3% Comcast,
33.3% Cox Communications,
33.3% Charter Communications)
Sister channels| Too Much for TV, Hot Choice
History
Launched| November 27, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-11-27) (as Viewer's Choice)
January 1, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-01-01) (as In Demand)
Former names| Viewer's Choice (1985–1999)
Links
Website| www.indemand.com

In Demand (stylized as iN DEMAND) is an American cable television service which provides video on demand services, including pay-per-view.[1] Comcast, Cox Communications, and Charter Communications (with former independent companies Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks) jointly own In Demand.[2]

## History

[edit]

Viewer's Choice logo from 1985 to 1999.

The origins of the service (which is/was unrelated to Canada's Viewers Choice) date back to 1978 and the well-known interactive television experiment in Columbus, Ohio, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment's QUBE system. Viewer's Choice started as one of ten channels on QUBE, with its name arising from the service presenting viewers one of five films to be aired on the channel with their QUBE remotes, though at that time, it was a multiple choice by viewer vote of which film would air on the channel space, rather than a selection of films. Viewer's Choice expanded with QUBE as the service launched in additional cities. Warner satellite-linked their QUBE systems, and Viacom, partnered at the time with Warner-Amex with the merger of their competing pay-TV services, Showtime/The Movie Channel Inc., joined the venture, adding Viewer's Choice to their own cable systems and eventually becoming the pay-per-view selection of channels under its now traditional concept.

The QUBE project was ended in 1985 among financial losses, resulting in the sale of the Warner-Amex assets to Viacom. The pay-per-view arm was split off from the rest of the Warner-Amex assets (which became known as MTV Networks) and instead was placed under the Showtime/TMC division.[3] The service was launched nationally via satellite to cable companies in six states on November 27, 1985, with one channel of pay-per-view content, still under the Viewer's Choice name.[4] A second channel, utilizing cassette tapes delivered to cable operators, was also available; this eventually evolved into Viewer's Choice II in 1988, which has since been rebranded and refocused as the Hot Choice service.[5] In 1989, Group W Satellite Communications bought a 50% stake in Viewers' Choice and Request TV.

Also in 1988, VC merged with a competing PPV service, Home Premiere Television, a joint venture of multiple cable companies. The service (which Viacom eventually gave up its stake in) retained the Viewer's Choice name, but utilized HPT's legal name, Pay-Per-View Network, Inc., until the rebrand to In Demand.[6][7] Viewer's Choice continued to expand in the 1990s as it acquired other pay-per-view systems, along with cable companies deciding to outsource their pay-per-view systems rather than maintain them internally.[1] As a result of this, as well as its various competitors gradually ceasing operations (including Cable Video Store and Request TV[8]), the Viewer's Choice name was gradually phased out from on-air reference towards the end of the decade, generally only being referred to as "pay-per-view" in promos, on-screen graphics and voiceovers; the name remained in on-screen copyright graphics and on listings services such as the Prevue Channel until late 1999 when it was eventually renamed "PPV1".

Aside from Hot Choice, VC also operated 3 channels of programming under the brand of Continuous Hits; as the name implied, it offered one movie at all times of the day for a week-long period, as opposed to the mix of movies, sports and events found on the main Viewer's Choice network. Originating in May 1990 as a two-year test backed by Warner Bros., only available in certain areas (such as Comcast's Philadelphia cable systems[9]) and fed by tapes delivered to cable headends, the service was expanded in February 1993 to a satellite-fed nationwide service, with two more Continuous Hits channels launched that summer.[10][11][12][13] This brand was retired along with the Viewer's Choice brand itself in 2000, with the Continuous Hits channels becoming additional In Demand channels.

On January 1, 2000, the service changed its name and on-air look to In Demand; the logo was rendered as "iNDEMAND" with all of its letters except the beginning "I" capitalized. This was done to take advantage of the "i-prefix" product naming trend of the time, as cable companies launched complementary cable broadband services to tie into In Demand's rebranding.[14][15] The rebranding was telegraphed as early as April 1999, when the schedules and offerings of their analog and digital services were consolidated.[16] The first program upon relaunch was Rave Un2 the Year 2000, a New Year's Eve concert performed by Prince, taped a couple weeks prior.[17] Traditional analog service was eventually discontinued, and it is currently an all-digital service.

## Service overview

[edit]

In addition to Hollywood films and a limited selection of adult films, along with live and recorded concert programming, the service mainly distributes ring sports through pay-per-view, including the events of the WWE, All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor, boxing events through HBO Boxing and Showtime Boxing, and independent circuits such as those with lucha libre. It also distributes out-of-market sports packages such as MLB Extra Innings, NBA League Pass, MLS Direct Kick, NHL Center Ice where provided (and formerly distributed ESPN Full Court/ESPN GamePlan until they were brought in-house in 2015 as ESPN College Extra), along with Too Much for TV, a service which features 'uncensored' content from the series of American Television Distribution and NBCUniversal Television Distribution's tabloid talk shows.[18] It was the former distributor of Howard Stern's Howard TV component of his self-titled Sirius XM radio show until 2013.[19] The UFC ended their relationship with all traditional wireline pay-per-view providers with UFC 235 (including In Demand), choosing to go with a new distribution model through ESPN+, which is now its exclusive pay-per-view provider as of April 2019.

Since this network's first inception, the first main Viewer's Choice/In Demand channel (usually labeled as 'IN1' or 'PPV1' since 2000), signs off weekday mornings from 8AM to 11AM (Eastern Time) to feed promotions of upcoming movies and events of the next month to its headend affiliates. These are now sent digitally, though the channels continue to maintain routine maintenance periods in these low-purchased timeslots one or two days per month.

In Demand's logo from 2001 until 2014.

In 2010, In Demand began providing a free movies on demand service, Vutopia, offered on Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. The service offered uncut older movies organized in themes. It was closed down on June 1, 2015.

As of early 2012, as cable providers use more channel bandwidth for high-definition, video-on-demand and broadband services which do not require starting films at several intervals on several channels, providers such as Spectrum and Xfinity have removed most of In Demand's linear channels - beyond 1-3 standard-definition and one high-definition channel for mostly event programming - from their public channel lineups, though the service offers up to 31 standard definition and 19 high definition channels, many of which are used internally within cable companies to distribute content to their VOD servers. In Demand shut down its final three linear English-language movie channels on May 31, 2016, though a Spanish-language channel of rotating films and specials continues to air.[20]

## PPV.com

[edit]

On December 3, 2021, PPV.com was launched as an app/digital media player option to view In Demand's live ring sports content, along with replays of purchased content, with Kiswe providing the video backbone. The app does not require a cable subscription to view or bill event purchases.[21][22][23]

## Wind down of operations

[edit]

On Friday May 10, 2024, current In Demand CEO Dale Hopkins released an internal memo that In Demand was beginning to transition its operations back to Cox, Comcast and Charter internally by the end of 2025, and that In Demand as it is known now would wind down operations over the next eighteen months, along with its associated channels, with the departure of both Showtime and HBO from sports broadcasting at the end of 2023 and the wind-down of wireline pay-per-view services due to the rise of streaming video. PPV.com will remain in operation to provide cable and IPTV operators a venue for their services as wireline services are transitioned to fully IP-based video distribution.[24]

## See also

[edit]

* Hot Choice (sister network)
* Request TV
* Cable Video Store
* List of United States pay television channels

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Who is iNDemand". Bloomberg News.
2. ^ "Awards and history".
3. ^ "The Cable Center - Scott Kurnit". www.cablecenter.org. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
4. ^ "Showtime Offers Pay-Per-View TV". New York Times. Associated Press. 1985-11-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
5. ^ Gendel, Morgan (1986-03-04). "Showtime To Expand Offerings". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
6. ^ Yarrow, Andrew L. (1988-11-14). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; Pay-Per-View Television Is Ready for Takeoff". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
7. ^ R. Thomas Umstead (1998-08-17). "Heyworth Resigns at Viewers Choice". Multichannel News. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
8. ^ R. Thomas Umstead (1998-05-04). "Viewers Choice to Lead PPVs Future". Multichannel News. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
9. ^ Comcast "Rave Reviews" Pay-Per-View Previews, 1991, retrieved 2023-01-31
10. ^ ""Testing movie-of-the-week waters in PPV"" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. 16 July 1990. pp. 38–40. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
11. ^ Variety Staff (1993-02-03). "Viewer's Choice launches new services". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
12. ^ Epstein, Robert (1990-12-13). "Risky Coming of Age for Pay Per View : Television: The new cable ventures offer Hollywood blockbusters at $4 or $5 each. But can last summer's hits still find an audience?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
13. ^ Dempsey, John (1993-06-30). "PPV distribs race to add channels". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
14. ^ R. Thomas Umstead (1999-09-13). "Viewers Choice Hopes PPVs In Demand". Multichannel News. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
15. ^ Katz, John Dempsey,Richard; Dempsey, John; Katz, Richard (1999-09-13). "In Demand for PPV". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-31.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
16. ^ R. Thomas Umstead (1999-04-19). "Viewers Choice Unifies PPV Lineups". Multichannel News. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
17. ^ Bernstein, Paula (1999-11-23). "Ex-Prince to party like its PPV '99". Variety. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
18. ^ "Too Much for TV". Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
19. ^ "Howard Stern TV". 21 May 2006.
20. ^ LoFrisco, Lauren (February 23, 2016). "Memo from InDemand explaining ceasing of PPV movie service" (PDF). sectv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
21. ^ Woods, Michael (2023-03-27). "PPV.com Has Gamebred Boxing, BKFC and Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia To Come - NY FIGHTS". nyfights.com. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
22. ^ "iNDemand launches PPV streaming website". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
23. ^ Staff, Cablefax (2021-12-03). "iNDEMAND Launches PPV Streaming Service | Uncategorized". Cablefax. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
24. ^ Umstead, R. Thomas (11 May 2024). "In Demand To Shut Down at End of 2025". Multichannel News. Retrieved 1 June 2024.

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* Spotlight
* Starion Premiere Cinema
* Star Channel2
* Sundance Channel1
* Take Two

Adult premium|

* American Exxxtasy
* Escapade (TV channel)
* Uptown (TV channel)

Pay-per-view|

* BET Action
* Cable Video Store
* Drive-In Cinema
* Guest Cinema
* The HiLife Channel
* NCAA Mega March Madness
* Rendezvous (TV channel)
* Request TV
* Spectradyne

Sports|

* ESPN College Extra
* ESPN GamePlan
* ESPN Full Court
* NCAA Mega March Madness
* MLS Direct Kick
* NASCAR Hot Pass
* PASS Sports

Subscription TV|

* Hawkvision
* In-Home Theatre
* MovieBeam
* MovieVision
* ONTV
* Phonevision
* Preview
* PRISM
* SCORE
* SelecTV
* Showbiz
* Spectrum
* Sportsvision
* StarCase
* Star TV
* SuperTime
* Super TV
* Tele1st
* Telemeter
* VEU
* Wometco Home Theater
* Z Channel

1 Indicates the channel is still in existence, but currently operates as a basic cable channel.
2 Star Channel was part of Warner Communications' QUBE interactive cable service, and was the precursor to present-day The Movie Channel.

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Additional resources on North American television

North America|

* List of local television stations in North America
* DTV transition
* North American TV mini-template

Canada|

* Canadian networks
* List of Canadian television networks
* List of Canadian television channels
* List of Canadian specialty channels
* Local Canadian TV stations
* List of United States stations available in Canada
* 2001 Vancouver TV realignment
* 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment

Mexico|

* Mexican networks
* Local Mexican TV stations

United States|

* American networks
* List of American cable and satellite networks
* List of American over-the-air networks
* Local American TV stations (W)
* Local American TV stations (K)
* Spanish-language TV networks
* 1989 South Florida television affiliation switch
* 1994–1996 U.S. TV realignment
* 2006 U.S. TV realignment
* List of Canadian television stations available in the United States

See also
U.S. movie channels
Canadian movie channels
Canadian premium channels

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National sports broadcasting in the United States

Sports broadcasting contracts in the United States

Broadcast|

| Major Networks|

* CBS Sports
* CW Sports
* ESPN on ABC
* Fox Sports
* NBC Sports

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Other|

* Scripps Sports
* Telemundo Deportes
* TUDN on Univision

Cable|

| General|

* beIN Sports
* beIN Sports en Español
* CBS Sports Network
* ESPN
* ESPN2
* ESPNews
* ESPN Deportes
* FS1
* FS2
* Fox Deportes
* Next Level Sports
* TUDN (Univision Sports)
* TyC Sports

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Pro league affiliated|

* MLB Network
* Extra InningsO
* Strike ZoneP
* NBA TV
* NBA League PassO
* NFL Network
* NFL RedZoneP
* NHL Network
* NHL Center IceO

Occasional|

* AXS TV
* CBS Sports:
* Nickelodeon
* NBC Sports:
* CNBC
* USA Network
* Universo
* Prime Video:
* MGM+
* TNT Sports:
* HBO
* TBS
* TNT
* TruTV

College specific|

* ACC Network
* Big Ten Network
* ESPNU
* SEC Network

Sport specific|

* Fox Soccer PlusP
* Golf Channel
* MAVTV
* Racetrack Television Network
* Tennis Channel
* Willow

Gambling|

* FanDuel TV
* FanDuel Racing

Outdoor|

* The Cowboy Channel
* The Action Channel
* Outdoor Channel
* Sportsman Channel
* World Fishing Network
* Pursuit Channel

Streaming|

| General|

* DAZN
* ESPN+
* FloSports
* Red Bull TV
* Stadium
* Venu Sports

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Pro league affiliated|

* MLB Network
* MLB.tvO
* MLS Season PassO
* NBA League PassO
* NFL+ (NFL RedZoneP)
* NFL Sunday TicketO
* NHL.TVO

Occasional|

* Apple TV+
* Max (TNT Sports)
* Netflix
* Paramount+ (CBS Sports)
* Peacock (NBC Sports)
* Prime Video (MGM+)
* The Roku Channel
* Tubi (Fox Sports)

Sport specific|

* T2

Gambling|

* FanDuel TV+

Outdoor|

* Cowboy Channel+
* MyOutdoorTV

Combat sports|

* TrillerNet
* Triller TV+
* TrillerPass
* Honor Club
* TNA+
* UFC Fight Pass
* WWE Network

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Regional sports broadcasting in the United States

Fenway Sports Group|

* NESN
* SportsNet Pittsburgh

MSG Entertainment|

* MSG Network
* MSGSN
* MSG Western NY

NBC Sports Regional Networks|

* Bay Area
* Boston
* California
* Chicago
* Philadelphia
* SportsNet New York (part ownership)

Sinclair Broadcast Group|

* Nevada Sports Net
* Marquee Sports Network (part-ownership)
* YES Network (part-ownership)

Bally Sports|

* Detroit
* Miami
* Florida
* Sun
* Midwest
* Indiana
* Kansas City
* North
* Cleveland
* Ohio
* Great Lakes
* Southeast
* South
* Southwest
* Oklahoma
* New Orleans
* Los Angeles
* West
* SoCal
* Wisconsin

Spectrum Sports|

* Hawaii
* Kansas City
* Los Angeles
* Spectrum SportsNet
* SportsNet LA
* SportsNet New York (part ownership)

Gray Television|

* Arizona's Family Sports
* Peachtree Sports Network
* Silver State Sports & Entertainment Network

Independent|

* Altitude Sports
* BYU TV Sports
* Chicago Sports Network
* Cyclones.tv
* LFSN
* Longhorn Network
* MASN
* Monumental Sports Network
* Root Sports Northwest
* Space City Home Network
* Buckeye Cable Sports
* Midco Sports
* Nevada Sports Net
* Scripps Sports (local broadcast)
* SWX Right Now

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Defunct television sports networks in the United States

National|

* America One
* American Sports Classics
* American Sports Network
* Back9Network
* Baseball Network
* CNN/SI
* ESPN 3D
* ESPN Classic
* ESPN Goal Line & Bases Loaded
* ESPN Events
* Football Network
* Fox Soccer
* Lorimar Sports Network
* Mizlou
* NBCSN
* NHL Network
* NewSport
* One World Sports
* ONTV
* Olympic Channel
* Speed
* SportsChannel America
* Stadium College Sports
* Sports Network
* Universal Sports Network

Regional|

* 4SD
* ACC RSN
* Arizona Sports Programming Network/Cox Sports
* AT&T SportsNet
* Root Sports Utah
* AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain
* Bally Sports
* Arizona
* San Diego
* Carolinas SE
* Comcast SportsNet
* Southeast
* Southwest
* Cox Sports
* Empire
* Fox Sports Networks
* Carolinas
* Chicago
* Houston
* Tennessee
* GiantsVision
* Hawkvision
* MountainWest
* NBC Sports Northwest
* Oregon Sports Network
* Pac-12 Network
* PASS Sports
* Prime Sports
* Prime Sports Upper Midwest
* PRISM
* Royals Sports
* San Diego Cable Sports Network
* Spectrum
* Spectrum Sports
* Carolinas
* Florida
* New York
* Ohio
* Texas
* Wisconsin
* SportsChannel
* Cincinnati
* Los Angeles
* Philadelphia
* Sports Time
* Sportsvision
* Sportsvue
* Victory Sports One

Syndication|

* Raycom Sports (ACC Network)
* Big 12 Network
* SEC TV
* TVS

Out-of-market|

* ESPN College Extra
* ESPN Full Court
* ESPN GamePlan
* NCAA Mega March Madness
* MLS Direct Kick
* NASCAR Hot Pass

* O. Out-of-market sports packages
* P. Premium channel

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NASCAR on television and radio

Broadcast television partners|

* Fox
* NBC/Telemundo
* The CW

| Former|

* ABC
* CBS
* Jefferson-Pilot
* Mizlou
* MRN TV
* SETN

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Cable television partners|

* Fox Sports 1
* Fox Sports 2
* NBC Sports Group (NBCSN, USA, CNBC, Universo)

| Future|

* TNT/TruTV

|

Former|

* ESPN
* Prime
* SCORE
* SportsChannel America
* TNN
* TBS
* TNT
* CNN/SI
* Hot Pass
* Speed
* Viewer's Choice

|

Streaming partners|

* NBC Sports App/Peacock

| Future|

* Amazon Prime Video
* Max

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Radio partners|

* MRN Radio
* IndyCar Radio Network
* Performance Racing Network
* Sirius XM NASCAR Radio

Current regular season|

* Daytona 1
* Atlanta 1
* Las Vegas 1
* Phoenix 1
* Bristol 1
* Austin
* Richmond 1
* Martinsville 1
* Texas
* Talladega 1
* Dover
* Kansas 1
* Darlington 1
* Charlotte
* Gateway
* Sonoma
* Iowa
* Loudon
* Nashville
* Chicago
* Pocono
* Indianapolis
* Richmond 2
* Michigan
* Daytona 2
* Darlington 2

NASCAR playoffs|

* Atlanta 2
* Watkins Glen
* Bristol 2
* Kansas 2
* Talladega 2
* Charlotte 2
* Las Vegas
* Homestead
* Martinsville 2
* Phoenix 2

Non-points events|

* Sprint Unlimited
* Can-Am Duel
* NASCAR All-Star Race
* Daytona 500 pole position races
* Winter Heat Series

Previous|

* Bristol Dirt
* California
* California 2
* Charlotte 2
* Chicagoland
* Daytona RC
* Dover 2
* Indy RC
* Kentucky
* Michigan 2
* Nashville Fairgrounds 1
* Nashville Fairgrounds 2
* New Hampshire 2
* North Carolina 1
* North Carolina 2
* North Wilkesboro 1
* North Wilkesboro 2
* Ontario
* Pocono 2
* Riverside 1
* Riverside 2
* Road America
* Soldier Field
* Texas 2
* Texas World 1
* Texas World 2
* Trenton

News television series|

* Inside NASCAR
* Inside NBS
* NASCAR America
* NASCAR in a Hurry
* NASCAR Nation

Prerace television series|

* NASCAR Countdown
* NASCAR Live!
* NASCAR RaceDay
* NASCAR Inside Nextel Cup
* NASCAR Now
* NASCAR Race Hub
* SPEED Center
* This Week in NASCAR
* Totally NASCAR

Postrace television series|

* NASCAR Victory Lane

Race rebroadcasts|

* Back in the Day
* ESPN Classic
* NASCAR Classics

Broadcast technology|

* Digger
* RaceCam
* Side-By-Side (graphic)

Reality television series|

* NASCAR Angels
* NASCAR Beyond the Wheel
* NASCAR Drivers: Non-Stop
* NBS 24/7
* Winners

Anthology television series|

* American Sports Cavalcade (TNN)
* SpeedWorld (ESPN)
* Sports Spectacular (CBS)
* Sportsworld (NBC)
* Wide World of Sports (ABC)

TV history by decade|

* 1960s
* 1970s
* 1980s
* 1990s
* 2000s
* 2010s
* 2020s

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