MTV & VH-1 east analog feeds going bye-bye

[dishrich]

From ads in Multichannel News and B&C - no cutoff date, but they are switching to DCII digital.

 

[rtt2]

I am glad Viacom is stick with Motorola and not going SciAtlantic like everyone else. Its still good to keep competition alive.

Too bad there is no combo mode receiver though

 

[tdti1]

Well soon all our great analog feeds will be gone...

 

[photoman76]

Info about the changeover can be found here:
http://www.irdrollout.com/mtvnetworks/
Service interruptions will begin on April 18th and the analog feeds will end on May 1, 2005.

 

[tdti1]

FROM VIACOM:
The service interuption date is scheduled for May 2. This is a friendly reminder that we are currently conducting the MTV East and VH1 East IRD rollout. The current east coast feeds of MTV and VH1 will be dual illuminated in analog on AMC 10, transponder 17 and transponder 23 and in digital on AMC 10, transponder 11 starting February 1, 2005. Starting May 2, 2005, MTV Networks will begin service interruptions on the analog feed of MTV and VH1 on transponders 17 and 23. This will be in the form of a banner scrolling across the screen and loss of video. These service interruptions will continue and increase in frequency until the analog service has been discontinued.

 

[Stargazer]

I remember when MTV2 was in the clear a few years back. I picked it up with a small BUD.

 

[tdti1]

I remember when MTV2 was in the clear a few years back. I picked it up with a small BUD.

Yes it was FTA for a long time, I think it was AMC-1 Transponder 20.

 

[moon1234]

It is much more likely that these channels will be added to the current MTV mux that is available from NPS as part of the Absolute Digital Package which can be received by the 4DTV.

These channels will not be going away. I do belive the quality of the signal will go down though. Nothing beats a 27 or 34Mhz Analog Master br*adcast (br*adcast misspeeled so I won't be helping DTV advertise) signal, except maybe an HD feed.