Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

NBC Universal is pulling the plug on Weather Plus. This is great news because hopefully this will mean more bandwidth and better picture quality for the NBC HD. NBC bought a minor stake in the Weather Channel in July putting a bulls eye on Weather Plus.
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Wichita CBS affiliate KWCH will begin HD local newscasts in October according to promos the station has been running this week.

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Apple announced iTunes 8 today, which includes the ability to play back HD programming on Macs and PCs
Finally, iTunes 8 has the ability to play back high-definition TV shows, a newly added component to Apple’s iTunes Store. Apple also says that when users purchase an HD version of a TV show, they also get an [...]

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Just a reminder that we’ve had forums back up for more than a month:
kvhdtv writes:
I haven’t been able to pickup the signal for over twenty-four hours? My signal strenghth had been pretty strong. Does anyone know if they are down?

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On Aug. 25, World News with Charles Gibson and Nightline start broadcasting in 720-line progressive (720p) HD, first from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, then from the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul the following week.
World News Kicks Off HD Expansion at ABC

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I noticed this starting an hour or so ago. There’s a weird ghost image on the digital feed. I don’t see it on any of the other Olympics channels or any other channel for that matter. Look to the right of the NBC Olympics logo. It’s also showing up in the national commercials so I’m [...]

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According hdsportsguide.com the Cincinatti Bearcats vs Oklahoma Sooners football game from Norman at 2:30 on September 6 2008 will be in HD on ABC and ESPN2 HD. I

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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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On Monday, Dish and I finally hooked up to upgrade my MPEG-2 receiver (Dish 811) to an MPEG-4 receiver (Dish 211). They also replaced my Dish 500 dish with a Dish 1000 that sees the 110, 119 and 129 satellites.
I upgraded my programming package from the 5-channel HD legacy pack to 44 channels of Dish [...]

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DirecTV 11 is up and broadcasting. DirecTV now simulcasting the lower 100 MPEG2 HD channels in MPEG-4 format on the channels below. So if you have problems getting a satellite signal from 119 you may be in luck.
ESPN-HD (206)
ESPN2-HD (209)
TNT-HD (245)
HD Theater (281)
HBO-HD (501)
Showtime HD (537)
Universal HD (259)
In addition, the following channels have new channel [...]

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Dish network announced today that they will have 150 HD channels by the end of 2008. They will also start doing 1080p VOD in August.
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On the heals of the CBS Evening News going HD, ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson is going HD September.
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DirecTV will be launching around 30 HD channels on August 14th, some of these channels include Showtime Extreme HD, Showtime Showcase HD, Planet Green HD, ABC Family HD, additional DIRECTV HD pay per view channels and an additional 23 Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) in HD 24 hours a day.
DirecTV will be also launching some movie [...]

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According to Broadcasting & Cable, CBS will officially take Evening News with Katie Couric into the HDTV era Monday, July 28, when it will begin broadcasting in the 1080-line interlace format.
CBS Sets Date for Evening News in HD
No word yet on when Fox and ABC, the last two holdouts will begin broadcasting their nightly newcasts [...]

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Tulsa Customers Can Now Enjoy Next-Generation Integrated TV, Internet, Wireless and Voice Services - All on One Bill
TULSA, Okla., July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Tulsa-area residents now have a new — and better — choice for their television and communications services. AT&T Inc. NYSE: T today announced the launch of the company’s integrated suite of AT&T [...]

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