Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

DirecTV launched a new satellite, DirecTV 12 yesterday. The new satellite should be deployed sometime in March to launch more HD channels as well as 3D services.

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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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Newshawk writes:
Yesterday (8/19/09), DirecTV added OETA stations KETA in OKC and KOED in Tulsa to those cities’ HD line up.

Read: OETA stations added to DirecTV »

Today is the day!. I believe KOCO analog is going to go off the air at 9AM today. I am not sure about the other stations, so let us know what is going on out there.

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The final DTV cutoff is tomorrow. It is about time. Newsok.com had an article about the DTV transition tomorrow.

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The time has finally come for the 1st part of the DTV transition to now become reality. If you have a digital tv or a converter you will need to do a rescan for digital tv channels today.
In the Oklahoma City area KWTV-DT is moving its DTV channel from 39 to 9 at 1:00 PM. [...]

Read: Feb 17th DTV Transion is Here »

According to the official Excel file released today from the FCC, the following stations will continue to run analog transmitters after next Tuesday…
Oklahoma City

KFOR-TV
KOCO-TV
KOPX-TV
KSBI-TV
KTBO-TV
KTUZ-TV

Tulsa

KTPX-TV
KJRH-TV
KOKI-TV
KTUL-TV

Sherman, TX-Ada, OK

KTEN-TV

The other stations that cover Oklahoma, 16 of 28 stations, notified the FCC by last Friday that they would cut off their analog signals on the original cutoff date of [...]

Read: FCC Releases Official List of Stations Terminating Analog Broadcasts »

The Oklahoman is reporting that OKC stations KFOR, KWTV, KOCO, KOKH and OETA will shutdown their analog transmitter on February 17th as planned. KWSO in Lawton will also will shutdown their analog transmitter.
NOTE: KOCB will shutdown their analog transmitter as well.
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In another article things are less clear in Tulsa. KOTV is the only [...]

Read: DTV Switch Articles on Newsok.com »

Confusion reigns following house vote to delay DTV transition until June 12th.

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Congress passed today a bill that would change the DTV transition date from February 17th to June 12th. President Obama said he plans to sign the bill. I believe most stations in Oklahoma will still cut off their analog transmitter on February 17th anyways.

Read: Congress Passes DTV Delay Bill »

TBN’S KDOR CHANNEL 17 COMPLETES ITS TRANSITION TO DIGITAL WITH THE SIGN ON OF ITS FULL POWER DIGITAL TRANSMITTER
Today, January 28, 2009, KDOR-DT 17 Bartlesville/Tulsa began broadcasting on their digital post-transition Channel 17. Viewers in Northeast Oklahoma and Southeast Kansas with digital converter boxes or digital televisions (using an over the air antenna) may now [...]

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mzokc writes:
The OETA Oklahoma News Report began broadcasting in HD on Monday, Dec 8….
The telecast looks fantastic in HD and is another example of the continued excellence that OETA is showing with increased programming in HD. The majority of the ONR news stories from the field are now in HD. With the added HD graphics [...]

Read: The Oklahoma News Report on OETA now in HD »

doublej reports: KTUL, KJRH and KOTV now available in HD via Dish.

Read: Dish adds some Tulsa local channels »

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 [...]

Read: Cox Adds HD Channels More Coming Dec 31 »

Tulsa has ranked as one of the most unprepared areas for the Feb. 17 DTV switchover.
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