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CBC Television Winnipeg (CBWT-TV).
Transition to Digital Television
Transition to digital television for CBC and Radio-Canada in Winnipeg has been delayed until November 30.
Hopefully we will be able to get CBC OTA after this date............Fingers crossed.
OTA CBC Winnipeg is a joke ( or more like Over-the-AIRFARCE )
laughing stock of canada
but, will be nice when it's on and in action
:o)
cbc windsor is great 4 hockey night in canada !!!
the 30th is almost here
what you figure will be their next excuse
too cold to lay the framework, or too windy for construction crews too work on top of big building....
sure they're in discussions/meetings right now contemplating how they are going to get the digital move extended some more.....
So, anyone have digital OTA signal in Winnipeg for CBC ?
(i'm not at home to check )
:)
Not yet...................11 hours to go LOL.
I work in downtown Winnipeg with a view of the top of the Richardson building. I have seen workers on the biggest tower, which I assume is the CBC tower. They have been up there for a few hours at a time on about 4 or 5 different days for the past week. I see them up there right now. I have been looking to notice new hardware but can't make any out.
You would think that we would get some kind of status update from the CBC--but they have been quite silent on their website (they used to have a blurb about postponement dates--now nothing.) Calls to their info desk don't provide any meaningful status update. I have informed the CRTC of my disappointment in the commuication of CBC Winnipeg's digital transition. CRTC forwarded my concerns to CBC and asked them to respond within 20 calendar days.
That's my bit of update for y'all.
At 11:00 a.m., I see two workers high up on the Richardson building tower. I presume they are working on the CBC Winnipeg digital transmitter.
Over the AIR - FARCE on Winnipeg CBC still has nothing going on
no signals shooting to my antenna yet
Friday, Dec. 2 @ 9:55 a.m.--workers are climbing back up the Richardson Building tower.
Monday, Dec. 5 @ 10:00 a.m.--workers back on the Richardson tower. They were on the tower Friday until 3 pm. It appears to be that there are some small but new pieces of hardware on the tower that I didn't notice on Friday, so I presume some work was done on the weekend? I am surprised that they are up there in such cold.
CBC Manitoba website now indicates transition will happen on Dec. 7. Here's the link:
Code:http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/dtv/Winnipeg_CBC.shtml
UPDATE on CBC Website:
IMPORTANT NOTICE – UPDATED DECEMBER 5, 2011
CBC and Radio-Canada’s new DTV transmitters in Winnipeg will begin broadcasting on December 7, 2011.
CBC will broadcast on digital channel 27.
Radio-Canada will broadcast on digital channel 51.
Remember to re-scan for channels to find these new digital signals on your converter box or television.
Analogue transmission will continue in conjunction with the new digital signals for a total of 5 days—until December 12, 2011—to ease the transition for viewers.
The transition to digital transmission in Winnipeg was delayed because of circumstances outside of the CBC/Radio-Canada’s control. The tower on the roof of the Richardson Building had to be reinforced before the antennas could be installed. Unfortunately, the necessary materials were not available as expected. CBC/Radio-Canada thanks viewers for their patience and understanding during the delay.
anyone using SV8000 for their OTA needs........pls let me know what freq to scan to make the process faster
if i find it, i'll post it here
i am NOTseeing signal yet on CBC (27) as of 12:15am Dec.7th (through tuner on tv)
I'm using SV8000 and VS9000. Scan not coming in yet. I think it should scan at around 548000 on UHF.
Dec. 7 @ 8:57 a.m.--There's a worker high up on the tower right now. Hopefully just minor adjustments--I hope to get CBC digital today!
Dec.7 @ 9:49 a.m.--What the heck! For this first time in my observations, I am seeing them lift a pretty big structure up the tower. This thing looks like a long lattice tower section itself. I thought since there was almost no activity yesterday that we were good to go--especially with the Dec. 7 announcement. That's a pretty big piece of hardware to be installing today, on the day we are (hopefully) supposed to go live!
Update,
IMPORTANT NOTICE – UPDATED DECEMBER 7, 2011
Due to high winds in the Winnipeg area, installation work on the transmission tower has not proceeded as planned. The launch of the new DTV signals has therefore been delayed from December 7 until further notice. Please check back again for regular updates.
Once the work completed, CBC will broadcast on digital channel 27, Radio-Canada will broadcast on digital channel 51. You will need to re-scan for channels to find these new digital signals on your converter box or television.
Analogue transmission will continue in conjunction with the new digital signals for a total of 5 days to ease the transition for viewers.
The transition to digital transmission in Winnipeg has been delayed because of circumstances outside of the CBC/Radio-Canada’s control. The tower on the roof of the Richardson Building had to be reinforced before the antennas could be installed. Unfortunately, the necessary materials were not available as expected. CBC/Radio-Canada thanks viewers for their patience and understanding during the delay.
Not surprised that they are delaying. At 12:50 pm there are at least 4 workers installing big tower add-ons. This is the most activity and worker-power I have seen to date.
Update--according to CBC Manitoba site:
CBC and Radio-Canada’s new DTV transmitters in Winnipeg will begin broadcasting during the morning of December 9, 2011.
It's aliiiiiiive LOL.
Yup just scanned in and it is active now. Scanned at 551000 khz.
Now 6 Locals woohoooo :yes:
just saw MTS with SRC HD so, did a scan and voila !!
CBC is alive !!
all channels 1080i except cbc/cbc-french which are 720p
all mpeg2