Local Digital Television Websites: A Sorry State of Affairs

The DTV transition in Humboldt County, California is so low-key, that you wouldn’t even know it was happening, if you relied upon news from the websites of local digital television broadcasters, that is. To put it mildly, web sites belonging to local digital (and analog) television stations in Northern California are nearly all but useless, [...]

Eureka Television Group owner Chester Smith dies

Chester Smith, country music singer, radio broadcaster, television empire-builder and owner of Eureka Television Group, died Friday at the age of 78.

SuddenLink HDTV – Humboldt County

Below are the latest channel listings as provided by SuddenLink Communications for Humboldt County, California. HDTV channels are indicated in RED. Channels listed as “basic” are transmitted via the cable system as an analog (NTSC) signal, and can be tuned-in without the need for a DTV tuner or converter at present. This is the case, [...]

DTV Terms and Definitions

Custom Search AACS – Advanced Access Control System. A computer specification for guarding next-generation optical-media content created by the film, electronics, and software industries. AC-3 – (see Dolby Digital 5.1) Aliasing – Jaggedness that appears at diagonal edges of objects in a pixel or raster image. De-aliasing (anti-aliasing) is a smoothing of the jagged edges [...]

List of Humboldt County TV Stations

<br /> @import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css);<br /> Custom Search We are still adding to this list, station by station.Hopefully, the page will be finished within the next couple of weeks. As they say in the TV industry… Stay Tuned!!! Below is a list of all known television broadcasters in the Eureka, CA and Humboldt County markets. Many [...]

Signal Availability On ETG HDTV Stations

Eureka Television Group (ETV), the broadcasting conglomerate that currently owns five television stations in the Eureka, California, market, recently posted information on the accessibility of their signals via broadcast, cable and satellite television. This includes VHF, UHF, UHF-LPTV and Digital or HDTV.

Humboldt County HDTV

HDTV Is On The Way HDTV and DTV service is coming soon to a television set near you, even if you live in Humboldt County. In February of 2009, most broadcasters across the county will be changing the frequencies that they currently broadcast at and start transmitting their signals in an all-digital format called DTV [...]