Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

Taddeusz writes:
I’m not sure when it happened but KFORDT, KFORDT2, KOCODT, and KOCODT2 are currently available on two separate clear QAM channels in the OKC area, 84 and 116. Previously they were only on channel 84. I wonder if Cox is planning on moving those from 84 to 116 and they are keeping both [...]

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ESPN is going to create a 3D network starting in June 2010 and televise 85 live events.
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According to its Twitter account, Cox Oklahoma will be carrying the Jenks vs. Union football game in HD on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on channel 710. Not sure if this is in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa, but it is a state championship game.
To my knowledge, this is the first high school game broadcast in [...]

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From Cox Oklahoma’s Twitter feed via Philip Spicer:
Cox’s 8 New HD channels: NBA TV HD, NHL Network HD, ESPNU HD, MSNBC HD, WGN HD, CBS College Sports HD, The Movie Channel HD & MoreMax HD.

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John W. writes:
I spoke to a cox rep earlier, and they have shuffled their lineup here in OKC (moving WGN to ch 19 and such). Apparently, when they did this, they also quit sending the clear QAM channels. I used to watch the HD locals through the cable on channels like 69.25 for [...]

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KFOR local news goes HD tonight! There still will be a mix of SD and HD video probably for a good while but at least the studio camera shots are HD. This is a big hurdle, hats off the engineers! Upgrade done is 24 hours, Wow!

Nice intro logo!

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I got an email to watch KFOR-DT tonight at 10 PM. I have no idea what they are going to announce.

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I’m not sure about the rest of the state, but KETA-DT has recently been added to Suddenlink’s HD offerings in Stillwater. I noticed it at a friend’s house on Saturday. Then Monday, I help a friend rescan his channel lineup and found the channel is being send via clear QAM so it can be added [...]

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Cox OKC has added KAUT-DT on channel 714.

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OKC Cox cable added KSBI HD to their lineup on channel 715 yesterday.

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Cox has added Versus HD (716) and AMC HD (795) this week to their line up. Other HD channels like SPEED HD (728), FX HD (753), Cartoon Network HD (774) and FOX News HD (789) will launch on December 31st. Comedy Central HD is labeled as “come soon.” This is great news more HD channels [...]

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Suddenlink has added The Learning Channel HD (756), Discovery Channel HD (757) and Animal Planet HD (758)in the Muskogee Area.

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The Olympics starts tonight on NBC. Here is a list of Olympics channels on Cox OKC. Some channels are HD some are not. There is going to be lots and lots of HD programming. I would check out the schedule on hdsportsguide.com.
807: Olympic on-demand
808: KFOR HD
809: Universal HD
810: USA Network HD
811: Basketball HD
812: Soccer HD
813: [...]

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In the Sunday Oklahoman an article about the Ford Open house Saturday has a quote from Tim Linville saying that they are working lighting and wiring issue due to the demand for HDTV.
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My take on this is that local HDTV NBA Bastketball is coming to the Oklahoma City market. Cox will probably be the main [...]

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NBC Universal has purchased the Weather Channel for just under $3.5 billion dollars. This could be the end of NBC Weather Plus

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