Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

DISH NETWORK® MEETS 100 HD CHANNEL MARK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE; ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF 17 MORE NATIONAL HD CHANNELS

Introduces Industry-First TurboHD, the Only 100% HD Service, Available August 1

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — July 10, 2008 — DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced plans to launch 17 national HD channels, surpassing its goal of reaching 100 national HD channels five months ahead of schedule. The new HD channels that will be added are:
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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 U-verse(SM) services, including AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet and AT&T U-verse Voice.

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I am curious if other cable operators or users are having problems receiving KFOR-DT UHF 27.

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

From Some Press for More Notice of Transition in TV in today’s New York Times:

On Monday, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights will release a report that criticizes the government’s publicity efforts so far. “The cost of a Senate campaign in Ohio in 2006 was nearly $9 million,” according to the group’s news release, “but for the nationwide campaign to educate consumers about the DTV transition, Congress has so far allocated only $5 million.”

If anything, perhaps the advertising campaign should have been started sooner, but there will always be people who resist change. I also don’t think that most people, such as the woman in the article, see any benefit in the switch, but billions in revenue will be generated by the auction of reclaimed broadcast spectrum. Certainly, the technology also allows for a better product to be produced by broadcasters in the form of higher quality broadcasts and more channels.

The Wimbledon Semifinals have started the Championships continues through the weekend on NBC in High Definition. This is the first time that Wimbledon as been broadcast in HD in the US.

OU is getting a new scoreboard that will have a 16 mm HD capable video system for the 2008 football season. They are also updating Soonervision cameras to HD as well. This presents some interesting questions if they are going to frame the shots for 16:9? How does this effect the Sooner Football replay shows and the Bob Stoops show?

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It was announced a few days ago that Warren Theaters is going to expand its presence in the OKC metro area. First the Warren Theater in Moore is going to get 6 more screen and 500 new parking spaces. The big plans it to build another theater at Rockwell and Memorial Road with 4 stadium style theaters. I imagine these will have the balcony/lounge feature. The new theater will not open until 2010. I have seen 5 or 6 movies in the new theater and I have loved every minute being in there. Be sure and check out the chocolate malts. They are yummy.

It’s never too early to post about college football! HDsportsguide.com has posted on its site that the Oklahoma State - Washington State game on FSN Saturday 8/30/2008 at 2:30 PM Central Time will be in HD 720p.

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Crown Media Holdings Announces Agreement with Cox Communications for Right to Carry Hallmark Movie Channel in HD

STUDIO CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Crown Media Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWN), owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Cox Communications for the right to distribute the High Definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel. Cox currently distributes Hallmark Channel and the Standard Definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel.
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I’ve converted the HDTVok.com forums based on XDForums, which was abandoned by its developer, to BBPress, which is maintained by the same people who do Wordpress.

Among the new features are:

1. RSS feeds for the main site, individual forums and individual posts
2. Tagging and a Tag Cloud showing the most popular subjects
3. A list of recent discussions and their “freshness”
4. Support for gravatars or globally recognized avatar. Your Wordpress.com gravatars should also work.

In theory, everything should be working now and you can add new topics or post to existing topics. The section labeled “Forums” in the far right sidebar will list the 10 most recent posts at any given time. It’s still a bit experimental so let us have your feedback.

Update: For anyone who might be interested in the process of doing this conversion, I’ve posted a long description of the process for converting XDForums to BBPress on fastpipe.com.

I have updated the Stillwater Suddenlink HD channel list. If you would like to add your Suddenlink area HD channel lineup, send an email to hidefsooner@yahoo.com.

I have updated the Cox OKC and Tulsa HD channel list today.

I was at Wal-Mart in Moore the other night and I saw this $300 Magnavox profile 1.1 Blu-Ray player. I like the idea of cheaper Blu-Ray players coming out to help drive down prices and push the format to consumers but why not just get a PS3 for $100 more.