Sunday, August 17, 2008

Cablevision goes digital early with public access channels

This is from the Lewisboro Ledger web site (http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6702:cablevision-goes-digital-early-with-public-access-channels-&catid=19:lewisboro-news&Itemid=79) but it applies to Yorktown as well. It means that customers without a digital cable box or new digital ready TV will no longer be able to watch the government and education channels. I don't like this at all, but Cablevision is doing it system-wide (as they did with the recent moving of Family Cable channels to digital) so I am not sure what can be done to stop it.

As of Sept. 16, Cablevision’s public, education and government access and local programming channels will be transmitted only in a digital format. Lewisboro channels affected are channels 18, 20 and 74.

As a result of the change, a digital cable-ready television, a digital cable box or a CableCARD will be needed to receive these channels.

Residents with questions may contact Robert Hoch of Cablevision at 378-4515.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have a hd digital cable ready tv. What are the digital channels for public access?