Dave Z just sent this out to the Facebook fan group:
Ok everyone, here's the situation. Long story sort of short...As part of the merger agreement, SiriusXM is supposed to carry a certain number of minority owned channels. The FCC approved the channels and the company is slowly instituting them. Bandwidth is an issue and certain channels needed to be dropped to make room for them and unfortunately Cinemagic was one such channel. I was told of the news last week and to be honest it hasn't really sunk in just yet. That being said, the channel isn't going away completely as it will still remain on the online version of SiriusXM as well as the mobile apps. In addition, at this time a few shows will migrate over to other channels such as Reel Time being featured on Stars Too. If you want to express your opinions of this decision, feel free to contact listener care to let the powers that be know how you feel. I'm sorry to bring you this news. It's been killing me for the past week because the channel has been a labor of love for me for the past 10 or so years and even though it's not going away completely, it still is a radical change since it will no longer be on the satellite side of programming. It's been an honor to bring you this channel and a thrill of a lifetime to know how many of you feel about it.
Sincerely, Dave Z
