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I notice that they're not listed as a digital channel. Is this because they're in "free preview mode"? Will it be digital once the signal is scrambled? Also, when the other cities go live in October, will they be given a free preview? Sorry, too much caffeine this morning! LOL
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I've been up since 4am... I'm already 6 coffees and 2 liters of Diet Pepsi into the day... I might actually blink again one day! .... although, I'm getting a helluva lot of work done around here!
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not digital?? i thought it was supposed to be, might have something to do with the broadcast problems...comcast in my area started hallmark about 12 days ago has i posted earlier, they had problems again last nite, no picture, audio only. this is the 3rd time since it started and as of yesterday still no announcment from comcast that its there.
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used to be...music's not what it used to be for me...different times and places....... don't really know what he's up to....
on topic--glad to see you readin' before askin'..........
quote:Originally posted by Just Looking: Off topic: King Crimson, are you an Adrian Belew fan? On topic: Now we need a news release and (more importantly) subscriber statistics!
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i can't find anywhere that they ever stated it would be digital. and i really think that would be good news, because a lot of people outside of metropolitan areas don't have digital cable.
i found this in their PR's:
" The company's programming will be available on a subscription basis to those desiring its programming. The network will broadcast 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Providing distribution via satellite ensures availability of the network across the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico."
and this: "We are very proud to announce that we have sponsors for any people who are housebound with AIDS. We are going to pay for their basic cable and provide the $7.95 per month subscription to Q Television Network at no charge."
"basic cable" usually does not include digital channels- just channels 1-13 etc. in my experience anyway... ~BB
quote:Originally posted by bill1352: not digital?? i thought it was supposed to be, might have something to do with the broadcast problems....
Q Television Network continues its drive towards its public launch and will air on May 15, 2004 a test of its broadcast signal. This signal will be sent out in analog format and will be viewable to all C-band dish owners. After this test is concluded, network will revert to a digital scrambled signal as it continues towards its regular soft launch to cable, satellite and advertising concerns. Further information regarding satellite and transponder for viewing will be posted in the coming days
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Home for a few minutes (on lunch - half hour..ugh)..this is great people!! I called Billy last night around 8 my time. He still wasn't home from work. I fell asleep on the couch watching to clock and didn't wake up until way after midnight. Will call him tonight (since I am sooo rested now). WOOT WOOT..CHA CHING!! Robin
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Firestone Communications, Inc., (www.firestoneinc.com) is a privately held media company based in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas. FCI’s core business is the network origination and uplink of cable and broadcast neworks, ownership of the cable network, Sorpresa!, and complete commercial and television production services. Company executives have produced television programming for Univision, Telemundo, Turner Broadcasting, and many other clients. The company’s facilities include over 43,000 square feet of offices, production studios, fully digital master control, Avid editing suites and a comprehensive tape library. .
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The signal is sent in digital format to the cable company... they can then choose if they send it out in digital format, or analog. I'm an AV junkie, just throwing in my .0045 cents worth.
------------------ Come on Qbid, the kids need a pool.
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edit: i didn't state this well.. let me try to clarify.
when Q states they are sending out a digitized, scrambled signal, i infer they mean to the CABLE OPERATORS. The satellite carries the signal to local cable companies (scrambled so that it isn't picked up by consumers along the way). the cable operators then DESCRAMBLE the signal and carry it via coaxial/fiber optic cable lines to paying subscribers. So, the method by which Q sends their signal has nothing to do with the method by which it is received at a consumer's tv. That's up to the cable company.
Ok- is that any clearer? ~BB
----------------------------------------- in my limited experience, a "digital signal" is simply a method of carriage through the cable lines, whereas a telephone line takes an "analog signal" and converts it to a "digital signal".
even "basic cable subscribers" are hooked up to a cable which carries the digital signal.
wish i had my lingo better, but do you know what i mean? i don't think there's any such thing as "analog cable". which is why cable operators can carry broadband & telephone companies can't... ~BB
quote:Originally posted by King Crimson: ~bb....from the q website......
Q TELEVISION NETWORK CONFIRMS SOFT LAUNCH
Q Television Network continues its drive towards its public launch and will air on May 15, 2004 a test of its broadcast signal. This signal will be sent out in analog format and will be viewable to all C-band dish owners. After this test is concluded, network will revert to a digital scrambled signal as it continues towards its regular soft launch to cable, satellite and advertising concerns. Further information regarding satellite and transponder for viewing will be posted in the coming days
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"Fully digital master control" has nothing to do with their signal. It refers to their operations equipment. In case you're wondering, I used to be a Master Control Operator at a network O&O.
quote:Originally posted by King Crimson: and there's this.......q website.......
Firestone Communications, Inc., (www.firestoneinc.com) is a privately held media company based in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas. FCI’s core business is the network origination and uplink of cable and broadcast neworks, ownership of the cable network, Sorpresa!, and complete commercial and television production services. Company executives have produced television programming for Univision, Telemundo, Turner Broadcasting, and many other clients. The company’s facilities include over 43,000 square feet of offices, production studios, fully digital master control, Avid editing suites and a comprehensive tape library. .
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excellent i dotn mind being pointed as being wrong when it comes to that. as of this morning when i posted that it was not there. Great developement, thanks for pointing that out RobinO.
this instills a lot more faith in to those that have been sceptical.
step by steps the little ducks are forming a row. way to go Q
quote:Originally posted by RobinO: Check again dude, they're listed on RCN's site now.
PARIS (AP) — The transgender sportscaster wears a miniskirt, the porn is gay, lesbian and bisexual, and Wonder Woman will be on every night at seven.
France's first gay television channel, PinkTV, is an eye-opener. And that's the point. Pink's founders believe there's a ready audience for the channel, and not just among France's estimated 3.5 million gays.
Pink's "a giant leap for television, a small step in high heels," said presenter Eric Gueho in a promotional clip shown at the channel's unveiling Tuesday, which was feted with pink champagne.
"Gays are speaking to the French. But not all French speak to gays. But it will come."
Well, maybe. This at times surprisingly conservative and largely Roman Catholic country is still divided when it comes to homosexuality.
France has in recent years made big strides, legally recognizing gay couples and electing a gay mayor for Paris. Homophobic remarks will be punishable with prison and fines under a draft law expected to be debated in parliament before the year's end.
But the group SOS Homophobia recorded a doubling in attacks on gays last year, with 86 cases against 41 in 2002. In January, a 35-year-old gay man was severely burned by attackers who doused him with gasoline and ignited it. Sebastien Nouchet told investigators that one of his aggressors said: "You're going to die, faggot."
The government suspended Noel Mamere, a figurehead in France's green movement, from his post as a town mayor for a month after he presided over France's first gay marriage on June 5.
A court in Bordeaux in the southwest later annulled the union of Bertrand Charpentier and Stephane Chapin — a ruling the couple has vowed to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
"Marriage is great! I recommend it to everyone," Charpentier said after the July ruling. But President Jacques Chirac and his popular finance minister and would-be successor Nicolas Sarkozy are among those who have spoken against gay marriage — even though a poll earlier this year showed that a majority supports such unions.
Pink says it will take part in the debate on homosexuality and other topics but not does plan to be militant. The channel launches Oct. 25 on cable and satellite. Subscription will cost $11 a month.
Britain already has two channels on the Sky Digital platform — GayDate TV, a teleshopping channel targeting the gay community, and GayTV, a late-night soft-core porn channel. And Sweden has gay-friendly programming.
But Pink is the first nationally broadcast gay channel of its kind, said its founder and president, Pascal Houzelot. Pink is aiming for at least 180,000 subscribers. Houzelot said he expects half the audience will be in the Paris region.
"Pink is coming at the right moment," he said. "There's an evident change in mentalities. We've seen society changed. We've seen the law change ... In France, we can clearly say that gays have gone from the era of tolerance to the era of legality, which simply means equality."
Aside from daily doses of Wonder Woman and Japanese "manga" cartoons, Pink plans to broadcast movies, documentaries, music programs, experimental video and series including "Queer as Folk."
There'll be debates Mondays on homophobia, gay unions, gay parenthood and other topics, a chat show Thursdays and X-rated films four nights a week after midnight. The actors will wear condoms.
Pink's sports presenter, Brigitte Boreale, used to be a he but now prefers the term transgender. She wore black high heels and a miniskirt to Tuesday's launch and plans to cover the often macho world of sports "with an angle of attack that's totally different."
She's also keen on marginal sports like — yes — underwater hockey. "It's totally mad," she said.
Houzelot said about 50 percent of programming will be devoted to subjects "of direct interest to or consecrated to gay guys and girls."
"Perhaps we'll set ourselves apart in the way we tackle subjects and the subjects that we tackle," he said. "Clearly, it will address itself in the first instance to gays but is much larger than that and will, I hope, seduce a diversified public."
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