when analog TV signals end

[Laurence Glavin]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Fybush" 
>To: marklaurence@mac.com
>Subject: Re: when analog TV signals end
>Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:04:53 -0400


marklaurence@mac.com wrote:

> Wouldn't it be worth it for all the broadcast networks to get
> together and agree on a single channel number for all their
> affiliates? It would be temporary confusion for sure, but no more
> than when local stations swapped affiliates. They could promote
> their channel numbers nationally, and even rename themselves like
> "Channel 4" in the UK. It would give them a big advantage over all
> the cable networks which always find themselves in some forgettable
> position like channel 164.

>Channel-number branding is all but unknown these days in Canada, 
>anyway, since the CRTC mandates that big-city cable systems remap 
>VHF stations to channels away from their off-air signals. Cable 
>penetration in many big Canadian cities is over 80%, so most 
>Torontonians, for instance, don't even know that the CBC is on 
>channel 5 or CTV on channel 9.
>There's even some province-wide coordination of cable channel 
>numbering, so Global is seen on 3 in most of Ontario. It would make 
>lots of sense for them to eventually settle on "3" as a permanent 
>DTV virtual channel number. (CKVR, which is over-the-air 3 in 
>Barrie, would need a different virtual channel number under that 
>scheme.)
>s

I'd be wary of looking to Canada for consistency in standards...
I just observed that Labatt's Blue comes in 11.5-ounce bottles!


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