Just when Time Warner Cable was on a roll with new HD channels, it confirmed today that the two-channel HDNet will exit quietly later this month.

HDNet, the high-definition network from Mark Cuban (of Broadcast.com, Dallas Mavericks fame), was one of the first HD-only (actually, probably the first) networks that offered movies and canceled TV shows, like “Jag” and “Arrested Development” in pure HD. 

“After many discussions and a lot of hard work, we have not been able to reach terms. We were therefore required to provide legal notice that we’d have to drop HDNet and HDNet Movies,” said Darryl Ryan, spokesman for Time Warner’s Southern California office. 

1. FOX Sports West HD, channel 463, will include Los Angeles Lakers, Angels and Los Angeles Kings games, plus PAC-10 football and basketball games.
2. FSN Prime Ticket HD, on Channel 464, will include Los Angeles Clippers, Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Dodgers games, plus UCLA and USC sporting events.
3. Crime & Investigation HD, Channel 420, is A&E Television’s channel dedicated crime and mystery. Programs will include “Headline Crime,” “The Big House,” and “With Malice.”
4. KPXN (ION) HD, Channel 410, will feature older TV shows including “NCIS,” “Boston Legal,” “ER,” M*A*S*H” and “The Drew Carey Show.”

The sports channels and KPXN will be included with all basic cable subscribers plans beginning May 27. The Crime & Investigation channel will be added to the HD tier.

With the changes, this leaves the cable company’s HD tier, which is $5/month, with just two channels, Universal HD and the recently added MGM HD. But the tier goes back up to four channels after adding in the new ‘Crime’ channel plus the Smithsonian HD, which joins the HD tier next month, as previously reported.

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