Re: DAMN! GBH Drops PBS HD Channel
- From: dmaster <dan.woj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:40:37 -0800 (PST)
On Feb 28, 5:06 pm, "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <el...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In article <wzGxj.2737$CD4.1793@trndny02>,
"Rick Evans" <h1ELt0nNOS...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just like that. WGBH in Boston was running the PBS HD channel on its 2.2 HD
channel.
Now it just duplicates its 2.1 480i channel in the same 480i format. Well I
suppose some
of the quality stuff like Nova and Nature will be in HD but lost are a lot of
great programs
like Inside:_____ , Secrets of the Dead, etc. Man what a waste. The most
painful part is
I can look forward to dreck like Suzi Orman, the Three Tenors, DoOp whatever
and any
number of pacing guru infomercials. Welcome to the 'future'
I said this a long time ago, and the (hopeful) crowd here booed me. (I
wasn't alone--others agreed.) The world will dump MORE channels of SD
rather than FEWER channels of HD, because here in America MORE IS BETTER!
MORE CHANNELS! AMERICANS WANT MORE CHANNELS!
Of course we want more channels *all else being equal*. But your
prediction continues to fly in the face of what is happening in the
Chicago market. Of the English language digital stations:
9 months ago Today
-------------------- ----------------
2.1 HD HD (CBS)
5.1 HD HD (NBC)
5.2 SD SD (weather)
7.1 HD HD (ABC)
7.2 SD SD (ABC news + talk)
7.3 SD SD (weather)
9.1 HD HD (WGN - independent)
9.2 SD HD (The Tube was replaced by a
multicast of 9.1, often in Spanish)
11.1 HD HD (PBS HD)
11.2 SD SD (WTTW - PBS)
11.3 SD SD (Create)
11.4 ---- SD (WTTW Spanish)
20.1 SD HD (WYCC - PBS)
20.2 ---- SD (WYCC SD simulcast)
20.3 ---- SD (MHZ Worldview)
26.1 SD HD (WCIU - independent.)
26.2 SD SD (METV - independent)
26.3 SD SD (Foreign Language channel replaced
by METV2 on 3/1/08)
26.6 ---- SD (Foreign Language channel moved
here)
32.1 HD HD (FOX)
38.1 SD SD (ION - independent)
38.2 SD SD (QUBO - ION kids)
38.3 SD SD (ION Life)
38.4 SD SD (ION Worship)
38.5 SD ---- (ION West is gone)
50.1 HD HD (WPWR - MY50 - independent)
56.1 SD SD (WYIN - PBS - going HD in 2008)
56.2 SD SD (Create)
62.1 SD SD (WJYS - independent)
So, what's the net result? 2 SD channels went HD. No HD channels
went SD. 4 SD subchannels were added. 2 SD subchannel was removed.
(9.2 dropped The Tube SD and became an HD multicast of 9.1) So, Jan
2007 saw 5 remaining SD only stations. Jan 2008 saw 3 remaining SD
stations. Of those 3, 1 has announced that it will go HD this year.
So, the trend definitely continues to be for OTA stations to go to HD
in the Chicago market. There is also a slight move towards more SD
subchannels. Unlike some, I don't try to tell you the future (since I
can't), I can only report what has happened.
Dan (Woj...)
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