PBS on AMC-4/16 (analog)

[awh]

In looking at this weeks PBS Sked-X programming listing they list Thursday (2/12/09) as "off-air" - are they eliminating their analog C-band feed?

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[skysurfer]

interesting observation.

I know the schedule is being discontinued, but I don't know of the analog feed going away. I always assumed the HD east channel would just be downres'ed to use for the analog channel when the Schedule X is discontinued.

we'll find out soon enough what is going on....

[Iceberg]

from everything I read all SD PBS channels are leaving on 2/11/09 and will be HD only for down converting. This includes AMC21 & AMC4

World, V-Me & Create are staying SD....Montana PBS has nothing to do with this changeover either

[jself1982]

Could this have anything to do with my local PBS stating they were going digital on Feb 17th no matter what? Or does this not affect that situation?

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nope doesnt affect it. PBS in Minneapolis is staying analog until 6/12

basically instead of a HD & SD feed there will be a HD feed only and stations will downrez/crop/zoom whatever to make it fit

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nope doesnt affect it. PBS in Minneapolis is staying analog until 6/12
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My local PBS station terminated it's analog signal over a month ago, except on translators. I'm not sure what their plans are for the translators. The FCC site says that they have a construction permit for a local digital version of the one closest to me.