• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

QVC has a new OTA home in Phoenix

dhett

dhett

Ion Media Networks has added the QVC home shopping network to its OTA lineup, to air nationally on channel x.5. Here in Phoenix, that would be KPPX channel 51.5. The subchannel appears on PSIP with the title KPPX QVC, but it does not show up in a transport stream read.

Ion has also cut back its Airbox programming to just three channels: the Airbox barker channel, the NFL Network and the Starz movie channel.
 
Tuesday morning and QVC is actually broadcasting on WNPX 28.5 in Nashville. I note that 28.4 ShopTV is gone. (there is no 28.4)
 
Well, I take that back about 28.4 being gone.. TS Reader says it's still there, and if I manually punch in 28-4 it works but for some reason my TV won't scan it in. Don't see anything weird about the PSI/PSIP data that would explain that.
 
QVC is up and running today. KPPX has all 5 open subchannels up, plus the 3 encrypted Airbox English-language subchannels. The 5 Spanish-language Airbox subchannels are gone.
 
Sounds like Airbox might be fizzling. Not a surprise.

Here in Houston the Airbox website is still up, promoting the full package of channels on local KPXB and KPXD in DFW. Might float a question on the Texas TV board as to whether either of those stations has chopped any Airbox channels.

At least the Airbox receivers can function as a regular OTA digital tuner, so they won't necessarily become a doorstop like all those OTA subscription converter boxes in the early 1980's.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom