Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

So now we have a “firm” shutoff date for the analog stations, something like 2027. Are Stations going to keep their analog numbers, switch to the digital number, or will the digital freq change back to the analog? For example: KFOR in OKC, is “4″, K4, we’ll keep you 4-Warned; K27 and we’ll keep you [...]

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Just a heads up.
Sundays Bush Race on FOX will be affected by the Spring Solar outage. We will be using an upconverted SD feed during the event. HereÂ’s the message and timing we received from FOX Network.
“All HD splicers will lose the HD feed during the outage on the “A” receiver. Each station will need [...]

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Bye Bye Pioneer Guide.

Read: Cox Inks deal with TV Guide. Expect a new digital guide. »

Does anybody know which channel Gemstar uses to transmit it’s TV Guide info?

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I’ve heard from a reliable source that KWTV has HD gear on order for their studio. Any truth to that? Also, I notice KFOR is redesigning their studio right now. Any chance they are making changes for an HD broadcast as well? We can at least wish I guess.

Read: KWTV going HD? »

What do the local stations who have to manually switch to HD not have in their control room to allow automatic switching? For example, some channels seem to automatically switch to local commercials during HD shows, while some only rebroadcast the network commercial (commercials are different than what is on the analog side of [...]

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1. What do the engineers call the box or boxes that would allow the insertion of weather graphics into an HD broadcast?
2. Roughly how expensive is this equipment?
3. Which Oklahoma Stations have this equipment now?
4. Of those stations that do not have this capability, are there any with immediate plans to buy it?
5. Do any [...]

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Does anyone know what permanent digital channels our local broadcasters have requested?
FCC Advances DTV Channel Election Process — The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) today moved closer to completing one of the DTV transition’s key remaining tasks: determining permanent digital channels for the nation’s TV broadcasters.
Federal Communication Commission News Release: MS Word File | Adobe [...]

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Why do the networks still show some movies in SD? Isn’t is relatively easy to convert 35mm film to an HD image? Is there something here I don’t understand?

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I was recently in Omaha, home of thr College World Series and superinvestor Warren Buffett.
Directly behind Rosenblatt Stadium, where the series has been played since 1950, sits the zoo and the IMAX. I had the good fortune to see Wild Safari 3-D there, the most spectacular movie I have ever seen. That movie [...]

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Somewhere I heard or read that the FCC has mandated that all DTV stations must go to full licensed ERP (effective radiated power) in 2005.
First, is that true?
Second, when must they comply?
Third, which BB should I be reading so as to know stuff like this?

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Does anyone know if there are any stations in Oklahoma that can broadcast locally produced HDTV programing? Or is everyone just able to pass HDTV through.

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Most DTV broadcasters are using UHF channels right now but a few ( KOCO locally ) have elected to stay with VHF channels and apparently some broadcasters nationwide have plans to possibly switch back from UHF to their old VHF channels once the analog broadcasts cease.

Read: VHF/UHF Question for the Engineers… »

Apple Computer today announced iLife 05, which includes iMovie HD, the first consumer application for editing HDV video. Along with the Mac mini, this means you can get a Mac and all the software needed to edit HD video for under $500. Amazing…

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According to this thread, which I presume is from 2004 (there are no years on any of the dates), OETA is supposed to be broadcasting digitally at least 12 hours per day, KWTV-DT is supposed to be on from 6:00 AM until 11:38 PM (post-Letterman), and other stuff.
Now, clearly some of this is not true. [...]

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