WBZ-TV 4 rebranding

Garrett Wollman wollman@csail.mit.edu
Mon Feb 5 16:49:27 EST 2007


<<On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:39:32 -0700, "Sid Schweiger" <sid@wrko.com> said:

> ...which, in the world of digital TV, is all irrelevant anyhow. 
> Channel numbers can be reprogrammed in the software, so that even the HD
> channel for a certain TV station can show up as their old analog
> channel, if they so desire.

I believe the latest word from the FCC is not "if they so desire" but
rather "as the FCC requires".  Last time this came up, Scott said that
the FCC's current rules for PSIP implementation by DTVs require the
use of the analogue channel number.

-GAWollman



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