Spot Channels in CS6 wont import into Indesign and Incompatable with CS5

File imports into Indesign but without spot channels.
File will not open in Photoshop CS5
By changing the spot color to Pantone Solid and resaving, I was able to open in Photoshop CS5, however the channel still did not import into Indesign CS5.
I resaved the file from CS5 and the file imported correctly into Indesign.
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You didn't use Pantone Solid, you most likely used Pantone+ Solid (which is a new book).
If you want to open that in Photoshop CS5, you'll need to copy the new book to CS5.
InDesign - they had several bugs relating to spot color channels, which they should be fixing.
But they too may need the new color book data.

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Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID                                 : mp42
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Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 3 631 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-06-04 18:37:53
Tagged date                              : UTC 2014-06-05 03:48:51
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ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=12
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 9mn 44s
Bit rate                                 : 3 499 Kbps
Width                                    : 720 pixels
Height                                   : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 25.000 fps
Standard                                 : PAL
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Interlaced
Scan order                               : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.338
Stream size                              : 244 MiB (96%)
Language                                 : English
Encoded date                             : UTC 2014-06-04 18:37:53
Tagged date                              : UTC 2014-06-04 18:37:53
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Source duration                          : 9mn 44s
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