Re: heh in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18258171 en Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:17:20 EDT Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:17:20 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18262194 Topmounter : Oh good, great idea, kids need to watch MORE television :mad:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18262194 Tue, 01 May 2007 08:58:00 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18261900 anon : Same here and I hate it. Our ABC station has several subchannels, one a radar and the other "the CW". I wish they would at least turn off the radar (if there is no bad weather) during prime time ABC shows like they do in Dallas.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18261900 Tue, 01 May 2007 08:27:50 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260765 Michieru2 : You are not the only one.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260765 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:59:07 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260709 Subaru :
said by Fox McCloud See Profile :

yep; I completely agree; heck, I can remember when they didn't even have a weather man, or anyone talking on the channel; it was just a 24/7 radar view with elevator music.
Ditto now everything I seem to turn it on it's some weather show or it seems like a news reporting channel.

I kid you not I used to have it turned to the channel 24/7
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260709 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:48:47 EDT Re: The Weather Channel http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260359 Time4aNAP : Ironically, TWC's weather.com website is as good as TWC on cable is bad.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260359 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:40:03 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260031 Fox McCloud : yep; I completely agree; heck, I can remember when they didn't even have a weather man, or anyone talking on the channel; it was just a 24/7 radar view with elevator music.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18260031 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:41:48 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259313 wvcaver : i used to watch them all the time!
now i would rather get my weather off of the internet!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259313 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:39:42 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259304 ricep5 :
said by Fox McCloud See Profile :

said by Hall See Profile :

said by ke4pym See Profile :

Many of the stations in my market shut down their weather radar channel because of this requirement.
Only one of my local stations operates a weather channel and they started it up not long before the Jan 1, 2007 deadline for this children's programming requirement. It's still running today too....
I'll second that; I'm really glad they did too; while it's definitely not an exciting channel, I find it far more beneficial to watch and listen to that THE Weather Channel, but that's just me.

Either way, I really like my HD offering off of my antenna; all but one of my regular channels broadcasts in HD at some time during the week.
The Weather Channel has become a wasteland of enhanced weather "specials", most hosted by mr. superlative Jim Cantore. They were better when they stuck to just weather reporting and analysis instead of trying to make it a soap.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259304 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:37:02 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259122 robertfl : If I were to encounter a programme with E/I on it, it should be commercial free. Why the FCC is allowing commercials to be put in kid's programmes is beyond me.

What a way to get kids today introduced to "ads"
(skip)

(There misleading anyway)

Rob]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259122 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:59:02 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259105 morbo : now why would they do that? seriously. the FCC wouldn't do it willy nilly. does it screw over cableco's somehow and benefit telcos?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259105 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:55:02 EDT Re: Compression http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259104 Time4aNAP : IIRC, ATSC uses MPEG2 compression, and DirecTV uses MPEG4. Cable can vary with the provider. IME MPEG2 gives a better picture than MPEG4. On paper, MPEG4 seems capable of providing a better overall picture. However in practice it seems to be used mostly to conserve bandwidth.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259104 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:54:49 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18259073 TACSPEED : I don't see where you come up with 20 hours per month. The FCC web site says 3 hours per week of core programing. Is the web site wrong?

»www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/childtv.html

In my area, no one has pulled the plug on local weather channel or the channel dedicated to a camera directed on the local airport.
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said by Hall See Profile :

said by ke4pym See Profile :

Many of the stations in my market shut down their weather radar channel because of this requirement.
Only one of my local stations operates a weather channel and they started it up not long before the Jan 1, 2007 deadline for this children's programming requirement. It's still running today too....
I'll second that; I'm really glad they did too; while it's definitely not an exciting channel, I find it far more beneficial to watch and listen to that THE Weather Channel, but that's just me.

Either way, I really like my HD offering off of my antenna; all but one of my regular channels broadcasts in HD at some time during the week.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258590 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:20:55 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258352 Hall :
said by ke4pym See Profile :

Many of the stations in my market shut down their weather radar channel because of this requirement.
Only one of my local stations operates a weather channel and they started it up not long before the Jan 1, 2007 deadline for this children's programming requirement. It's still running today too....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258352 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:30:06 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258285 cwh : Given that broadcasting a subchannel is very low cost, I cant see how it would not be worth while,even if you run the childrens programs at a loss.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258285 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:18:49 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258252 ke4pym :
said by cwh See Profile :

Childrens programs can have advertisements too. I bet the shutdown is only long to find content and advertisers. It seems like a dumb requirement.
There are a lot of limitations for commercials during kid's programming. Depending on going rates, it might not even be worth it.

»www.fcc.gov/parents/commercials.html
»www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/childtv.html

I also have it on pretty good authority that those sub channels are gone for good (atleast on the stations in question here).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258252 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:12:07 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258217 AJICQ499087 : I watch HDTV over the air for free on my 2005 XP Media Center PC and I often record the goodies to an exteral USB hard drive. :)
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The FCC recently mandated that each sub channel (even if it is just weather radar) must present a certain amount of childrens programming. And, it must be counted seperately of the main channel's childrens programming content.

So, if the requirement is 20 hours a month for your main channel and you're running 3 sub channels you've now got to come up with an additional 60 hours of content.

Many of the stations in my market shut down their weather radar channel because of this requirement.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258171 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:57:24 EDT Re: heh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18258150 en102 : Gotta love it...
Free (i.e. no cable/satellite bill) and better quality (no extra compression schemes).
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