Sling remains the largest player in the total OTT pay-TV landscape with
over 2.34 million subscribers. DirecTV Now T had hit 1.8 million
subscribers by the end of June, which means the two largest players now
control over two thirds of the more than 6 million total OTT pay-TV
subscribers, according to Digiday.
While Sling leads the pack, the gap
with DirecTV Now is shrinking, with only 535,000 separating the two
providers, down from 836,000 at the end of the first quarter. While
Sling had 41,000 net adds in the second quarter, the pace of expansion
is slowing, as the service added 120,000 subscribers in the second
quarter of 2017 and 91,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2018. In
contrast, DirecTV Now added 342,000 subscribers in the second quarter
versus 152,000 in same period in 2017 and 312,000 in the first quarter
of 2018. We expect that DirecTV Now will overtake Sling within the next
year, but that YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV will expand faster than
their slightly older peers.
Monday, August 27, 2018
Friday, August 10, 2018
Oceanic channel updates (direct connect)
[12/13/18] HDJ
[8/10/18] Noticed OC16 was missing as well as COZI and SURF. So I decided to re-scan. SURF moved to 9-4, OC16 moved to 9-16, COZI moved to 83-5. Also I'm getting CW-HD on 105-2, but I don't expect that to last long.
So here's the updated lineup:
2-8 CSPAN2
2-13 ANTENNA
9-16 OC16 SD
9-220 Program Guide (silent) [I think this is for the digital transport adapter]
[6/26/18] Well, I returned the boxes and canceled Spectrum. But I'm still getting some channels via direct connect. I guess they don't bother disconnecting it since it's now carrying only the few oddball channels. Maybe they think I might re-subscribe?
Anyway I decided to rescan since I wasn't getting a couple channels that I got on previous scan. Here's what I'm getting now.
2-8 CSPAN2
2-13 ANTENNA
[5/12/18] That was fast. The cable boxes arrived the next day via Priority Mail 1-Day. I hate for them to waste all that postage. I guess they figure they'll make it up eventually with the monthly rental fees.
Hook it up and let's see.
Got some loading message or something on the screen. In the meantime, set up the remote for my TV. Then the power went off on the cable box. Turn it on with the remote.
Then got the message your TV will be right with you. Wait several more minutes.
Now there's a message "To Restore Or Activate Services Call us at 643-2100. But the pamphlet says to call 1-877-309-5869. I wonder if it goes to the same place? I'll call the 877 number since I remember the last time (at the in-laws) I called the local number and I had to speak to somebody.
Activate digital receiver cable box. Nope, went to somebody talking.
Asked for my name, address. Then the last 4-digits of my SS#. Now on hold, waiting for the next person.
Wait a few more minutes and the signal came in.
Let's see. Nope, no Spectrum Sports. Mentioned briefly to the rep that the other rep said I would get Spectrum Sports. She seemed sympathetic. And also gave me a tip that if I pressed Guide twice I would get the option to view only the channels that I subscribe to. OK, that's cool.
Hmm. I'm getting the same problem that I got at the in-laws house. The picture changes every other channel. The solution was to reset the box on their side. But they said if I had that problem next time that I could pull out the power and plug it back in. Let's try that.
Nothing happens when I first plugged in the power. Let me wait a while.
Now it says Acquiring Application Information ...
Then the screen went blank.
OK, let's turn on the power with the remote.
Your TV will be right with you ... [with a countdown ball with a number in it]
then the screen went blank again
then it goes to channel 1016.
OK, not skipping the channels now.
OK, here's the channels.
1 iCONTROL Movies on Demand [shows both free and pay movies and TV]
2 HKBFD
3 KHONHD
4 KITVHD
5 KFVEHD
6 KLEI
7 KGMBHD
8 KHNLHD
9 KIKU
10 KHETHD
11 KWHE
12 SPCSP To receive this channel, call Customer Care at 643-2100
13 Spectrum Sports Enhanced Interactive / [sports highlights on demand]
14 Spectrum OC16 On Demand / [entire games On Demand, including Wahine volleyball] but when I tried Hawaii vs. UCLA HD, it said unavailable / I was able to load a high school baseball game in SD though. Might be a bandwidth problem
15 Spectrum OC16 Interactive
16 OC16
17 XCAST
18 XCAST2
19 XCAST Multiview
20 SPCSU (Surf Channel)
21 Spectrum USurf
25 KALO
26 KAAH
27 KPXOHD (ion)
28 DSTAR
30 EWTN
31 INSP
45 CSPAN
46 CSPAN3
47 CSPAN2
49 olelo (FOCUS)
50 KKAI
53 olelo (NATV)
54 olelo (VIEWS)
55 olelo (OAHU)
56 KUPU (COZI)
61 TBS
79 ARIRANG
80 KBS
81 Korea Lifestyle on Demand (pay)
93 KHON2 HD (CW)
100 Online Cable Billing Center
114 Hawaii News On Demand
126 KITV2 (MeTV)
131 LEASE
132 jtv
150 EVINEHD
152 HSNHD
153 QVCHD / blank screen
154 HSNShop (on demand)
155 SZ9 (Gem Shopping Network)
156 SHOPLC
157 RFN1
158 GEM
160 RFN1
162 SHZL3 (shop zeal)
183 Government On Demand
184 OLELO On Demand
200 SportsChoice multi-screen
330 Free On Demand
332 The Green Channel
342 Information for the Ages
354 EDUTV
355 UHTV
356 TEACH
358 UH Distance Learning On Demand
408 EWTN
409 BYUTV
410 INSP
411 Digitial Instructions (blank screen - I think my signal is marginal)
432 Multi-Screen Mosaic For Kids
443 KHET2 (PBS Kids)
520 QVCHD
541 KHNL2 (Antenna TV)
543 KHON3 (get TV)
544 KGMB2 (this)
546 REELZ
551 TBS
552 HSNHD
596 Free On Demand
620 iCONTROL Movies on Demand
695 KLEI
700 In Demand Barker
782 CSPAN2
783 CSPAN3 (blank)
912 Job Listings (blank)
919 PETS (adoptable Humane Society Pets)
943 Music Choice On Demand
951 OC16 On Demand
953 Hawaii News On Demand
959 Oceanic Sports and Fitness On Demand
963 TW Cable How-To On Demand
975 Primetime On Demand
990 iCONTROL Movies On Demand
1000 iCONTROL Movies On Demand
1002 HKBFD
1003 KHONHD
1004 HKBFD
1005 KFVEHD
1006 KITVHD
1007 KGMBHD
1008 KHNLHD
1010 KHETHD
1013 Spectrum Sports Enhanced Interactive Programming
1014 Spectrum OC16 On Demand
1015 Spectrum OC16 Interactive
1016 OC16
1017 XCAST
1018 XCAST2
1019 Spectrum XCast Multiview HD
1020 Surf Channel
1021 USURF
1027 KPXOHD (ion)
1028 DAYSTAR
1045 CSPAN HD
1046 CSPAN3 HD
1047 CSPAN2 HD
1093 KHON2 HD (CW)
1132 HJEWL
1150 EVINEHD
1152 HSNHD
1153 QVCHD
1154 HSNShop
1316 The Inspire Channel
1320 CookSpace
1326 Oiwi
1330 The Green Channel
1342 Information for the Ages
1408 EWTN
1409 BYUTVHD
1410 INSPHD
1546 REELZHD
1551 TBSHD
1810 KLEI
1975 Primetime On Demand
1990 iCONTROL Movies on Demand
1999 Bulletins On Demand
Yeah, so there are a lot of channels. But the only main channels are FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, TBS, PBS, CW. I get the first five on YouTube TV. I can get CW on demand (but not the live Saturday morning shows). And of course PBS on demand. The other channels I would be interested in are OC16 and XCAST. But I don't know if that's enough for me to cough up $34 a month.
***
[5/11/18] Called Spectrum to cancel my service. Told the rep that the only reason I had been keeping my basic service was that I was getting channels I wasn't supposed to have. And that the main reason was because of Spectrum Sports (and secondarily CW). She said I would still get Spectrum Sports. So I caved and decided to order the cable boxes and see how it is.
Logging into the spectrum app (on my ipad) and watch.spectrum.net (on my laptop) shows the channels I'm supposed to get (theoretically). I'll know for sure when I get the box.
16 - Spectrum OC16 (1016)
31 - insp (410, 1410)
45 - CSPAN (1045)
46 - CSPAN 3 (783)
47 - CSPAN 2 (782, 1047)
132 - jtv (1132)
152 - HSN (154, 1152)
153 - QVC (520)
154 - HSN (152, 1152)
410 - insp (31, 1410)
520 - QVC (153)
782 - CSPAN 2 (47, 1047)
783 - CSPAN3 (46, 1046)
1016 - Spectrum OC16 HD (16)
1045 - CSPAN HD (45)
1046 - CSPAN 3 HD (46, 783)
1047 - CSPAN 2 HD (47, 782)
1132 - jtv HD (32)
1152 - HSN HD (152, 154)
1153 - QVC HD (153, 520)
1154 - HSN HD (152, 154, 1152)
1410 - insp HD (31, 410)
then if you have Spectrum internet at home, you can also watch
2 - KBFD
3 - KHON (Fox)
4 - KITV (ABC)
5 - KFVE
7 - KGMB
8 - KHNL
9 - KIKU
10 - KHET
11 - KWHE
25 - KALO
26 - TBN
27 - ion
28 - Daystar
30 - EWTN (408)
43 - MSNBC (107)
56 - KUPU
61 - tbs
80 - KBS World
93 - CW (1093)
107 - MSNBC (43)
126 - MeTV
150 - evine
156 - SHOP
157 - Shop Zeal (160)
158 - Gem Shopping Network
160 - Shop Zeal (157)
I also asked the rep if they still offer the Basic service because when I tried to downgrade Tom at the Ward office, the guy said it's no longer available. She said it's still available. But I kind of doubt this too.
[5/1/18] The dreaded day has arrived when Spectrum has gone all digital in our area. While most of the channels are gone or encrypted, not all were.
Here's what my scan this morning turned up. I'm going to cancel my service after this, so this will likely be the final lineup I post.
Current Spectrum Channel Lineup (via direct connect, updated 5/1/18)
3 Spectrum's network is now all digital. This channel has moved to a new location. Please go to www.spectrum.com/digitalnow for a complete list of channel locations
9-220 Program Guide (silent) [I think this is for the digital transport adapter]
57-1 Great news! Spectrum TV is now 100% digital in your area. This will require you to have an existing set-top box, CableCARD, or Spectrum receiver on each TV in your home to get service.
57-2 same message as on channel 3
57-10 same message as on channel 57-1
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN
78-21 KBS
78-29 State of Hawaii Emergency Operations Center
78-30 TEC
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-4 SURF
79-10 ON DEMAND previews
79-16 OC16 SD
112-14 KWHE
112-26 TBN
112-49 olelo
112-53 olelo 53
112-54 olelo 54
112-55 olelo55
[5/9/18 - rescanned after scanning with the Mohu antenna attached. Noticed that the signals are weak when my Roku Stick is attached. Must be interference.]
***
Current Spectrum Channel Lineup (via direct connect, updated 11/25/17)
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (82-14)
12 OC16 (83-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 Spectrum Sports (83-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (82-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD, 47-27 SD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ion HD (27, 47-27 SD)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (81-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27, 46-1 HD)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (82-53)
54 olelo (82-54)
55 olelo (82-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-4 SURF
79-10 ON DEMAND previews
79-16 OC16 SD (83-16 HD)
81-3 CW HD (favorite 7) [changed from 66-3]
81-63 QVC (2) [changed from 66-63]
81-64 INFO [changed from 66-64]
82-14 KWHE (11) [changed from 119-14]
82-26 TBN (26) [changed from 119-26]
82-49 olelo [changed from 119-49]
82-53 olelo 53 (53) [changed from 119-53]
82-54 olelo 54 (54) [changed from 119-54]
82-55 olelo55 (55) [changed from 119-55]
116-5 COZI TV
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
2/2/18 - try wait
2/1/18 - Spectrum to go all-digital starting Tuesday. I guess they're going to remove all the analog channels? Are they going to move any more of the analog channels to digital? Well, we'll see if I can still catch anything without a cable box. I think I'll still get the broadcast channels via ClearQAM?
I guess, not. The FCC decided in 2012 that cable companies can encrypt the broadcast channels. Goodbye ClearQAM. I dunno, this blurb just says the cable operator can choose to carry broadcast channels only in digital form and that digital TVs with a QAM tuner should still be able to get them. But this CNET article says that cable operators will be allowed to encrypt basic cable TV service which includes broadcast TV.
If they don't give me OCSports any more, it's probably goodbye Spectrum for me. Stay tuned. [According to this, Spectrum Sports is not included with Basic Service.]
Well, in Akron in November, customers TV went black. OK, not looking good.
Apparently the signals will be encrypted. Not looking good. Maybe time to shop for an antenna.
OK, got a robo-call from Spectrum that they're going all digital. Then I checked my bill in the mail. My bill went up to $34.18 from $27.19 with this notice:
"Spectrum is going 100% digital in your area. We are upgrading your TV service to 100% digital to bring you better picture quality, more channels and great entertainment options. In the coming weeks. all channels will be delivered digitally and your television will require a digital receiver in order to watch these channels. For more information call 643-2100 to learn more about how to receive your equipment."
Well, maybe I'll get the free cable box / digital adapter and see what kind of channels I'll get. [It looks like it's free for two years.] Then maybe cancel the next month if I don't like it.
11/22/17 - XCAST disappeared from 109-2. Re-scanned and XCAST turned up on 110-1 with SURF HD on 110-2. But then they disappeared shortly after that. 11/25/17 - Re-scanned again. SURF HD showed up on 86-5, but was gone a few hours later.
11/5/17 - while going through finish labeling the channels again, I checked to see if the missing channels were back (didn't have to re-scan, but just entered the numbers of the channels that were missing from before, and the TV apparently scans for all the sub-channels of that particular channel.). They're back! PBS Kids (79-1), getTV (79-3), On Demand trailers (79-10), KBFD HD (114-5). 116-5 is also back, but it's now COZI TV instead of the Catholic Channel. SURF also showed up at 79-4, but we'll see if it (and the others) stick around. And XCAST HD (109-2) has stuck around.
***
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 Spectrum Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (119-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD, 47-27 SD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ion HD (27, 47-27 SD)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (81-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27, 46-1 HD)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (119-53)
54 olelo (119-54)
55 olelo (119-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS [gone]
79-3 getTV [gone]
79-10 ON DEMAND [gone]
79-16 OC16 SD (99-16 HD)
81-3 CW HD (favorite 7) [changed from 66-3]
81-63 QVC (2) [changed from 66-63]
81-64 INFO [changed from 66-64]
82-14 KWHE (11) [changed from 119-14]
82-26 TBN (26) [changed from 119-26]
82-49 olelo [changed from 119-49]
82-53 olelo 53 (53) [changed from 119-53]
82-54 olelo 54 (54) [changed from 119-54]
82-55 olelo55 (55) [changed from 119-55]
116-5 CATHOLC [gone]
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
10/8/17 - rescanned since I noticed last night that the 119 series had disappeared. The 119 series has now moved to channel 82. Also popping up (temporarily I assume) were 104-2 XCAST OC16, 107-1 SURF, 108-1 XCAST SD, 108-2 XCAST Multiview, 109-2 XCAST HD. 108-1 and 108-2 have already disappeared. Gone are the 79 series: PBSKIDS, getTV, ON DEMAND, OC16 SD. Also gone are 114-5 KBFD HD and 116-5 Catholic. I wouldn't be surprised they pop up again in the coming days.
*** [9/30/17]
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 Spectrum Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (119-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD, 47-27 SD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ion HD (27, 47-27 SD)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (81-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27, 46-1 HD)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (119-53)
54 olelo (119-54)
55 olelo (119-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 SD (99-16 HD)
81-3 CW HD (favorite 7) [changed from 66-3]
81-63 QVC (2) [changed from 66-63]
81-64 INFO [changed from 66-64]
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
119-8 CSPAN2 [changed from 134-8]
119-13 ANTENNA [changed from 134-13]
119-14 KWHE (11) [changed from 134-14]
119-26 TBN (26) [changed from 134-26]
119-49 olelo [changed from 134-49]
119-53 olelo 53 (53) [changed from 134-53]
119-54 olelo 54 (54) [changed from 134-54]
119-55 olelo55 (55) [changed from 134-55]
[9/28/17] Noticed that CW HD and the Olelo digital channels were missing, so I decided to rescan. CW is still missing and the Olelo channels have changed their location. The Olelo channels (along with CSPAN2, ANTENNA, KWHE, TBN) have changed from 134 to 119. Now gone: 66-3 CW HD, 66-63 QVC, 66-64 INFO, 78-21 KBS, 78-29 CIVIL, 78-30 TEC. 46-4 CW SD is still there, so I'm hopeful that CW HD might return. But it's not like I watch it very often (I now watch the Arrowverse shows when they come on Netflix -- the CW app is frustrating with their quirky subtitles and long commercial breaks). Oh yeah, Oceanic is now Spectrum.
[9/29/17] Scanned again. 78-21 KBS, 78-29 CIVIL, 78-30 TEC are back. And good news, channel 66 has moved to channel 81. It's now 81-3 CW HD, 81-63 QVC, 81-64 INFO. So didn't lose any channels after all. 108-2 is SURF (which pops up temporarily then goes away). Yesterday also got an XCAST channel that has gone away.
[9/30/17] Noticed Spectrum Sports and OC16 HD were missing last night, so I scanned again. Spectrum Sports has moved from 99-4 to 83-4 and OC 16 HD has moved from 99-16 to 83-16. SURF is gone again, but XCAST showed up on 86-1 and XCAST2 showed up on 108-2 (where SURF had been). We'll see how long they stay up.
***
Current Oceanic Channel Lineup (via direct connect, updated 4/7/17)
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 OC Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (134-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ION HD (27)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (66-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (134-53)
54 olelo (134-54)
55 olelo (134-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC (2)
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 SD (99-16 HD)
98-4 GUIDE
99-4 OCSPORT HD (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
134-8 CSPAN2
134-13 ANTENNA
134-14 KWHE (11)
134-26 TBN (26)
134-49 olelo
134-53 olelo 53 (53)
134-54 olelo 54 (54)
134-55 olelo55 (55)
[4/7/17] Decided to rescan the channels on my Panasonic plasma (because I felt like starting over). Well, not totally nuts because I decided to rescan just the digital channels so as not to lose the labels on the analog. Pretty much no changes. The major difference is that the digital SD channels in the 83-90 range moved to the 47 range. Also this time, no captions were provided by Oceanic during the scan (they had previously provided the channel captions for the main HD channels), so I had to re-input all the digital captions. Also corrected KALO and KAAH. I had them switched on the TV. According to the Zap2It guide, KALO is channel 25 and KAAH is channel 26. I put on TBN instead of KAAH because that's what shows in the corner when you tune to the channel. Similarly I put on ION instead of KPXO. Channel 23 is now Spectrum Sportsnet instead of Time Warner Cable Sportnet (since Spectrum bought out Time Warner Cable).
[10/30/16] Current Oceanic Channel Lineup (via direct connect)
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 OC Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FOXSPT
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 LAKERS (TW Sports)
25 KALO (47-25)
26 KAAH (134-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 SPIKE
40 BRAVO
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 KPXO HD (favorite 11)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 1)
46-4 CW (66-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-4 CSPAN
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion (27)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 4)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 2)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (134-53)
54 olelo (134-54)
55 olelo (134-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC (2)
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL (favorite 14)
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 get TV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 (99-16 HD)
83 DKHON (46-3)
85 DKFVE (49-1)
87 DKGMB (48-1)
88 DKHNL (49-3)
90 DKHET (49-12)
98-4 GUIDE (favorite 20)
99-4 OCSPORT HD (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD (favorite 12)
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
134-8 CSPAN2
134-13 ANTENNA (favorite 13)
134-14 KWHE (11)
134-26 KAAH (26)
134-49 OLELO
134-53 olelo 53 (53)
134-54 olelo 54 (54)
134-55 olelo55 (55)
[10/30/16] MeTV is finally back. Along with the other channels on channel 47 such as this and CSPAN. So they were absent about 3-1/2 months. I lived.
[9/11/16] ESPN News no longer on 122-2.
[9/7/16] Still no MeTV, but noticed today a new channel get TV (channel 79-3). Like MeTV and Antenna TV, it plays old TV shows. Right now there's an old Western on (apparently Tombstone Territory). And now The Restless Gun.
Looking at the web site, it's a Sony company. They have shows like Sonny and Cher, In the Heat of the Night. Not many comedies, but I do see Nanny and the Professor, The Ghost of Mrs. Muir.
Oddly, I don't see it on the regular Oceanic digital lineup (yet). Doing a search, it's channel 2.3 via antenna and channel 373 on DISH.
ESPN News has been on for a while on channel 122-2, so I'll add it to the lineup. And I think I'll move the latest channel lineup at the top of this post and leave the comments below.
[8/6/16] My OCD compels me to rescan. But before rescanning, I'm double-checking the labels (so I can re-enter them after scanning wipes most of them out). Noticed a few more channels. 48-4 is the digital KIKU. 48-5 is KBFD SD. 48-6 is KITV SD.
Nope, still no MeTV. Well there's another hour (or two) wasted (putting back in the captions).
[8/5/16] Noticed a couple more channels popped up on my direct connect channel list. 46-4 CW which is the SD counterpart to 66-3. And 46-56 TEACH-f which looks like a public access channel. I'll add them to the lineup. Still no MeTV. Don't feel like re-scanning right now.
[7/18/16] decided to rescan the Oceanic channels. Now there's nothing in the 47 range. Disappearing were MeTV, this, CSPAN, KALO digital. However the "main" network digital SD channels in that range have been moved to: 83 DKHON, 85 DKFVE, 87 DKGMB, 88 DKHNL, 90 DKHET.
So here's the updated lineup:
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 OC Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FOXSPT
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 LAKERS (TW Sports)
25 KALO
26 134-26 (KAAH)
27 ion (46-1 HD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 SPIKE
40 BRAVO
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 KPXO HD (favorite 11)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 1)
46-4 CW (66-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV (waiting for it to come back for me)
47-2 this (ditto)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 4)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 2)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (134-53)
54 olelo (134-54)
55 olelo (134-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC (2)
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL (favorite 14)
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 get TV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 (99-16 HD)
83 DKHON (46-3)
85 DKFVE (49-1)
87 DKGMB (48-1)
88 DKHNL (49-3)
90 DKHET (49-12)
98-4 GUIDE (favorite 20)
99-4 OCSPORT HD (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD (favorite 12)
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
122-2 ESPN News
134-8 CSPAN2
134-13 ANTENNA (favorite 13)
134-14 KWHE (11)
134-26 KAAH (26)
134-49 OLELO
134-53 olelo 53 (53)
134-54 olelo 54 (54)
134-55 olelo55 (55)
[7/16/16] Noticed that MeTV is no longer at 47-1 (or anywhere else I can find). I see in the agreements with programmers document dated 7/4/16 that MeTV digital was one of the channels due to expire. It's still listed as channel 126 on the zap2it guide.
[6/17/16] KGMB HD is back on 48.1.
[6/16/16] Well, still no KGMB HD. In fact 48.1 disappeared from the list of channels. So I'm going to do a new scan. The problem with scanning is that all my labels that I inputted disappear and I have to manually set them again. So at the bottom of the post, I will put the latest channel lineup with the labels I had put on.
[6/15/16] As of last night, I noticed that KGMB HD (48.1) has no signal. This doesn't affect me too much since I subscribe to CBS All Access. KGMB SD digital still works (47.9). Couldn't find any notification of this on the Oceanic site. It may be just a local problem to my area like KITV earlier. We'll see how long it takes to come back, if ever. KITV HD took over 2 months before the problem was corrected.
[4/19/16] Lost a few channels this morning. CNBC HD is gone, CW HD is gone, KBFD HD is gone. And OC Sports has moved to 99-4. And it looks like KHON HD is duplicated at 66-3. Or it could be CW HD since they show the morning news at the same time. I'll know in abount 30 minutes. Yep, it's CW. OK, so only CNBC and KBFD are gone with OC Sports and CW moving to new channels.
Let's check the channel lineup at oceanic.com. The lineups have been updated. The digital lineup is dated 4/12/16. The analog link goes to the digital adapter list and is dated 4/13/16. The digital adapter link goes to the digital adapter list dated 6/26/15. That could mean that Oceanic no longer officially supports analog and will phase it out. Here's the old "analog" lineup dated 4/7/14 which lists CNBC on 51.3 and OC Sports on 51.1.
Ah. Here's something. (I don't know how I would find this page if I didn't have it linked below. Well, I guess I can google it.)
"On or about 4/11/16, Oceanic Time Warner Cable will be making technical changes to our cable system that may disrupt our customers’ ability to view unencrypted (“in-the-clear”) channels on a digital television or other device that includes a QAM tuner (a “ClearQAM device”). If this occurs, viewers will need to go into the settings menu on their ClearQAM device and perform a new channel scan in order to resume viewing these channels. Customers using digital cable set-top boxes will not notice any change. In-the-clear channels on Oahu, Maui and Kauai: CW HD from Ch. 50.7 to 66.3; KUPU from Ch. 50.6 to 116.5 (Oahu only); CNBC HD from Ch. 51.5 to 117.2; OCSports HD from Ch. 51.1 to 99.4 and KBFD HD from Ch. 115.3 to 114.5."
OK, rescan and see if I can get CNBC and KBFD back.
(Shucks should have wrote down all the channel number caption descriptions before I scanned because scanning wipes them out. I only scanned the digital, so hopefully the analog captions are not wiped out. Well most of them are at the old list, so no biggie.)
OK there you go. KUPU is the Catholic channel. Whew, the analog captions are still intact. That saves me some work. But my favorites are all wiped out. OK, let's put the favorites back at least.
So now here's my updated favorites on my Panasonic plasma which includes the current HD lineup.
46-3 KHON
49-1 KFVE
48-9 KITV
48-1 KGMB
49-3 KHON
49-12 KHET
66-3 CW
99-16 OC16
99-4 OC Sports
117-2 CNBC HD
46-1 KPXO
114-5 KBFB HD
47-1 MeTV
134-13 Antenna TV
There is now also a channel guide in HD at 98-4. But it's the lineup for digital cable, so it might not be there for long. Actually it looks like it's the listing for those with a digital adapter (e.g. it doesn't have the premium channels), so it might stick around.
The complete channel lineup (before today's changes) is here.
[3/27/16] Noticed a couple of weeks ago that KPXO HD 66-1 is now 46-1. Updated the channel list.
[1/18/16] Hey KITV HD is back. This is contrary to what the Oceanic guy (working at Reef's house last week) told me. He said they're taking away those channels because we're not supposed to get them. I found it odd when I noticed a couple of weeks ago that KITV HD was still available via direct connect at my cousin's house who doesn't live far away (even after my cousin had their service discontinued).
[11/11/15] Lost KITV HD yesterday (48-9). Rescanned. Nope still not there. The KITV SD digital channel 48-6 doesn't come in either (see the analog channel lineup here). Maybe Oceanic lost to rights to telecast it digitally (but no mention here). Maybe they don't even know it's gone. Well, we'll see if it (and when) it comes back.
[9/13/13] Oh well, it didn't last too long. OC Sports HD is no longer on 115.3. Looks like the blacked it out. Funny it was working at 7:00 PM, then I went back to Rosanne and when I came back for the 7:30 PM game (Wahine vs. Northwestern), it was black. And what's worse TW Sports HD is no longer on either at 51.2, though the SD signal is still at 51.4.
Couldn't resist and rescanned. What do you know? OCSports is now back on! And a minute later, it disappeared :( And now it's on again... stay tuned.
[9/11/13] Latest scan. Apparently Ion (KPXO) HD is no longer on direct connect. It used to be on 46-1 for a long time, then I recently saw it on 66-1 for a little while, though I never saw a full screen picture (though transmitting in 720p).
However, more than making up for it is OC Sports back on HD. This time it's on 115.3. I've seen it on for a day or so. We'll see if it lasts (cross fingers). OC Sports is no longer on 82.1 (SD) and 51.1 (HD). Just on 16 and 115.3 (as far as I can see).
That direct connection TV lineup on Oceanic.com is outdated. They do have Me TV on channel 47.1. And Antenna TV on 134.13. CNBC on 51.3. But not This on 47.2.
[11/23/11] A couple more channels on Oceanic
Me TV (channel 126)
and You TV (channel 604) which is actually youtoo.
(Not to be confused with Me Too which is apparently an additional Me TV channel.)
Both are kind of like TV Land showing old shows for the 60s and 70s.
[5/14/12] Antenna TV
[8/13/12] OC16 moving to channel 12 (and vice-versa)
[8/23/12] In the mail, I get a notice that Oceanic is no longer going to carry CNBC on analog. One more reason to drop Oceanic. Looking at the latest agreements with programmers:
Statewide, on or about September 1, 2012, CBS College Sports on digital Ch. 247 and HD channel 1247 may be added to Digital Variety Pak (DVP).
Statewide, on or about September 20, the following new Free on Demand Channels will be added: Cutting Edge on Demand on Ch. 1974, Travel on Demand on Ch. 1970 and Health on Demand on Ch. 1956.
Statewide, on or about September 20, Gay on Demand Pay-Per-View will be added to Ch. 741.
Statewide, on or about October 1, 2012 Time Warner Cable Sports Network will be launched on analog Ch. 23, HD Ch. 400 and digital Ch. 1400 on the CPST tier.
Statewide, on or about October 1, Gospel Music TV Ch. 407 will be added to the Digital Variety Pak.
Statewide, on or about October 1, the following HD channels will be added: American Movie Classics to digital CPST HD Tier on Ch. 1600 and Sundance Channel to DVP, Movie Pass and TMC Premium Tiers on HD Ch. 1646.
Statewide, on or about October 18, 2012, CNBC and CSPAN (currently on analog channel 39 and 56, respectively) will be delivered in digital format only. These channels will remain in your existing package, however they will continue to be viewable with a digital set-top box or CableCARD. In addition, C-SPAN will continue to be viewable on digital TVs (and other devices) that include a QAM tuner on QAM channel 122.3.
[9/22/12] NFL Network! (Wow, ESPN charges $5.15 per subscriber per month!)
[10/1/12] $3.95 a month for the "Lakers" channel?
[6/16/16] The latest lineup from Oceanic (after I rescanned after losing KGMB HD). (The numbers are the corresponding digital channel.). (The lineup from 2015 is here.)
2 66-65
3 46-3
4 115-3
5 49-1
6 48-9
7 48-1
8 49-3
9 KIKU (formerly also on 48-4)
10 49-12
11 154-14
12 99-16
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 51-1
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSN
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 LAKERS
25 47-25 (KALO)
26 134-26
27 46-1
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FAMILY (now FREEFORM)
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 SPIKE
40 BRAVO
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 KPXO HD (favorite 11)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 1)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
47-1 MeTV (favorite 13)
47-2 this
47-3 46-3
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 49-1
47-7 48-1
47-8 49-5
47-10 49-12
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 46-1
48-1 KGMB HD (disappeared yesterday. favorite 4)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 2)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 134-53
54 134-54
55 134-55
56 ZAP2IT
57 76-10
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DISCVR
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 46-55
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 99-16
98-4 GUIDE (favorite 20)
99-4 OCSPORT (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD (favorite 12)
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
134-8 CSPN2
134-13 ANTENNA (favorite 14)
134-14 KWHE
134-26 KAAH
134-49 OLELO
134-53 53
134-54 54
134-55 55
[8/10/18] Noticed OC16 was missing as well as COZI and SURF. So I decided to re-scan. SURF moved to 9-4, OC16 moved to 9-16, COZI moved to 83-5. Also I'm getting CW-HD on 105-2, but I don't expect that to last long.
So here's the updated lineup:
2-8 CSPAN2
2-13 ANTENNA
2-14 KWHE
2-26 TBN
9-4 SURF
56-63 QVC
56-64 INFO
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN
78-21 KBS
78-29 State of Hawaii Emergency Operations Center
78-30 TEC
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-10 ON DEMAND previews
83-5 COZI TV
98-4 GUIDE (with music)
[6/26/18] Well, I returned the boxes and canceled Spectrum. But I'm still getting some channels via direct connect. I guess they don't bother disconnecting it since it's now carrying only the few oddball channels. Maybe they think I might re-subscribe?
Anyway I decided to rescan since I wasn't getting a couple channels that I got on previous scan. Here's what I'm getting now.
2-8 CSPAN2
2-13 ANTENNA
2-14 KWHE
2-26 TBN
9-220 Program Guide (silent) [I think this is for the digital transport adapter]
56-63 QVC
56-64 INFO
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN
78-21 KBS
78-29 State of Hawaii Emergency Operations Center
78-30 TEC
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-4 SURF
79-10 ON DEMAND previews
79-16 OC16 SD
98-4 GUIDE (with music)
116-5 COZI TV
No Olelo anymore. I did get CW HD on 108-1 at first, but that lasted less than an hour.
[5/12/18] That was fast. The cable boxes arrived the next day via Priority Mail 1-Day. I hate for them to waste all that postage. I guess they figure they'll make it up eventually with the monthly rental fees.
Hook it up and let's see.
Got some loading message or something on the screen. In the meantime, set up the remote for my TV. Then the power went off on the cable box. Turn it on with the remote.
Then got the message your TV will be right with you. Wait several more minutes.
Now there's a message "To Restore Or Activate Services Call us at 643-2100. But the pamphlet says to call 1-877-309-5869. I wonder if it goes to the same place? I'll call the 877 number since I remember the last time (at the in-laws) I called the local number and I had to speak to somebody.
Activate digital receiver cable box. Nope, went to somebody talking.
Asked for my name, address. Then the last 4-digits of my SS#. Now on hold, waiting for the next person.
Wait a few more minutes and the signal came in.
Let's see. Nope, no Spectrum Sports. Mentioned briefly to the rep that the other rep said I would get Spectrum Sports. She seemed sympathetic. And also gave me a tip that if I pressed Guide twice I would get the option to view only the channels that I subscribe to. OK, that's cool.
Hmm. I'm getting the same problem that I got at the in-laws house. The picture changes every other channel. The solution was to reset the box on their side. But they said if I had that problem next time that I could pull out the power and plug it back in. Let's try that.
Nothing happens when I first plugged in the power. Let me wait a while.
Now it says Acquiring Application Information ...
Then the screen went blank.
OK, let's turn on the power with the remote.
Your TV will be right with you ... [with a countdown ball with a number in it]
then the screen went blank again
then it goes to channel 1016.
OK, not skipping the channels now.
OK, here's the channels.
1 iCONTROL Movies on Demand [shows both free and pay movies and TV]
2 HKBFD
3 KHONHD
4 KITVHD
5 KFVEHD
6 KLEI
7 KGMBHD
8 KHNLHD
9 KIKU
10 KHETHD
11 KWHE
12 SPCSP To receive this channel, call Customer Care at 643-2100
13 Spectrum Sports Enhanced Interactive / [sports highlights on demand]
14 Spectrum OC16 On Demand / [entire games On Demand, including Wahine volleyball] but when I tried Hawaii vs. UCLA HD, it said unavailable / I was able to load a high school baseball game in SD though. Might be a bandwidth problem
15 Spectrum OC16 Interactive
16 OC16
17 XCAST
18 XCAST2
19 XCAST Multiview
20 SPCSU (Surf Channel)
21 Spectrum USurf
25 KALO
26 KAAH
27 KPXOHD (ion)
28 DSTAR
30 EWTN
31 INSP
45 CSPAN
46 CSPAN3
47 CSPAN2
49 olelo (FOCUS)
50 KKAI
53 olelo (NATV)
54 olelo (VIEWS)
55 olelo (OAHU)
56 KUPU (COZI)
61 TBS
79 ARIRANG
80 KBS
81 Korea Lifestyle on Demand (pay)
93 KHON2 HD (CW)
100 Online Cable Billing Center
114 Hawaii News On Demand
126 KITV2 (MeTV)
131 LEASE
132 jtv
150 EVINEHD
152 HSNHD
153 QVCHD / blank screen
154 HSNShop (on demand)
155 SZ9 (Gem Shopping Network)
156 SHOPLC
157 RFN1
158 GEM
160 RFN1
162 SHZL3 (shop zeal)
183 Government On Demand
184 OLELO On Demand
200 SportsChoice multi-screen
330 Free On Demand
332 The Green Channel
342 Information for the Ages
354 EDUTV
355 UHTV
356 TEACH
358 UH Distance Learning On Demand
408 EWTN
409 BYUTV
410 INSP
411 Digitial Instructions (blank screen - I think my signal is marginal)
432 Multi-Screen Mosaic For Kids
443 KHET2 (PBS Kids)
520 QVCHD
541 KHNL2 (Antenna TV)
543 KHON3 (get TV)
544 KGMB2 (this)
546 REELZ
551 TBS
552 HSNHD
596 Free On Demand
620 iCONTROL Movies on Demand
695 KLEI
700 In Demand Barker
782 CSPAN2
783 CSPAN3 (blank)
912 Job Listings (blank)
919 PETS (adoptable Humane Society Pets)
943 Music Choice On Demand
951 OC16 On Demand
953 Hawaii News On Demand
959 Oceanic Sports and Fitness On Demand
963 TW Cable How-To On Demand
975 Primetime On Demand
990 iCONTROL Movies On Demand
1000 iCONTROL Movies On Demand
1002 HKBFD
1003 KHONHD
1004 HKBFD
1005 KFVEHD
1006 KITVHD
1007 KGMBHD
1008 KHNLHD
1010 KHETHD
1013 Spectrum Sports Enhanced Interactive Programming
1014 Spectrum OC16 On Demand
1015 Spectrum OC16 Interactive
1016 OC16
1017 XCAST
1018 XCAST2
1019 Spectrum XCast Multiview HD
1020 Surf Channel
1021 USURF
1027 KPXOHD (ion)
1028 DAYSTAR
1045 CSPAN HD
1046 CSPAN3 HD
1047 CSPAN2 HD
1093 KHON2 HD (CW)
1132 HJEWL
1150 EVINEHD
1152 HSNHD
1153 QVCHD
1154 HSNShop
1316 The Inspire Channel
1320 CookSpace
1326 Oiwi
1330 The Green Channel
1342 Information for the Ages
1408 EWTN
1409 BYUTVHD
1410 INSPHD
1546 REELZHD
1551 TBSHD
1810 KLEI
1975 Primetime On Demand
1990 iCONTROL Movies on Demand
1999 Bulletins On Demand
Yeah, so there are a lot of channels. But the only main channels are FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, TBS, PBS, CW. I get the first five on YouTube TV. I can get CW on demand (but not the live Saturday morning shows). And of course PBS on demand. The other channels I would be interested in are OC16 and XCAST. But I don't know if that's enough for me to cough up $34 a month.
***
[5/11/18] Called Spectrum to cancel my service. Told the rep that the only reason I had been keeping my basic service was that I was getting channels I wasn't supposed to have. And that the main reason was because of Spectrum Sports (and secondarily CW). She said I would still get Spectrum Sports. So I caved and decided to order the cable boxes and see how it is.
Logging into the spectrum app (on my ipad) and watch.spectrum.net (on my laptop) shows the channels I'm supposed to get (theoretically). I'll know for sure when I get the box.
16 - Spectrum OC16 (1016)
31 - insp (410, 1410)
45 - CSPAN (1045)
46 - CSPAN 3 (783)
47 - CSPAN 2 (782, 1047)
132 - jtv (1132)
152 - HSN (154, 1152)
153 - QVC (520)
154 - HSN (152, 1152)
410 - insp (31, 1410)
520 - QVC (153)
782 - CSPAN 2 (47, 1047)
783 - CSPAN3 (46, 1046)
1016 - Spectrum OC16 HD (16)
1045 - CSPAN HD (45)
1046 - CSPAN 3 HD (46, 783)
1047 - CSPAN 2 HD (47, 782)
1132 - jtv HD (32)
1152 - HSN HD (152, 154)
1153 - QVC HD (153, 520)
1154 - HSN HD (152, 154, 1152)
1410 - insp HD (31, 410)
then if you have Spectrum internet at home, you can also watch
2 - KBFD
3 - KHON (Fox)
4 - KITV (ABC)
5 - KFVE
7 - KGMB
8 - KHNL
9 - KIKU
10 - KHET
11 - KWHE
25 - KALO
26 - TBN
27 - ion
28 - Daystar
30 - EWTN (408)
43 - MSNBC (107)
56 - KUPU
61 - tbs
80 - KBS World
93 - CW (1093)
107 - MSNBC (43)
126 - MeTV
150 - evine
156 - SHOP
157 - Shop Zeal (160)
158 - Gem Shopping Network
160 - Shop Zeal (157)
162 - Shop Zeal (160)
408 - EWTN (30)
409 - buyTV
443 - PBS Kids
541 - Antenna TV
544 - this TV
546 - REELZ
551 - tbs
1002 - KBFD
1003 - Fox
1004 - KBFD
1005 - KFVE
1006 - KITV
1007 - KGMB
1008 - KHNL
1010 - PBS
1027 - ion
1093 - CW (93)
1107 - MSNBC
1150 - evin
1408 - EWTN
1409 - buytv
1546 - REELZ
1551 - tbs
I had earlier seen more channels, but maybe I didn't complete log out of the other account. [Actually it was because I was looking at the Guide section not the live TV section.] Looking the networks that's available On Demand, everything is locked out except for FOX, NBC, PBS, PBS Kids, Pop.
We'll see what I get when I get the box. If I don't get Spectrum Sports (as I suspect), I guess I'll return the boxes.
I also asked the rep if they still offer the Basic service because when I tried to downgrade Tom at the Ward office, the guy said it's no longer available. She said it's still available. But I kind of doubt this too.
[5/1/18] The dreaded day has arrived when Spectrum has gone all digital in our area. While most of the channels are gone or encrypted, not all were.
Here's what my scan this morning turned up. I'm going to cancel my service after this, so this will likely be the final lineup I post.
Current Spectrum Channel Lineup (via direct connect, updated 5/1/18)
3 Spectrum's network is now all digital. This channel has moved to a new location. Please go to www.spectrum.com/digitalnow for a complete list of channel locations
9-220 Program Guide (silent) [I think this is for the digital transport adapter]
57-1 Great news! Spectrum TV is now 100% digital in your area. This will require you to have an existing set-top box, CableCARD, or Spectrum receiver on each TV in your home to get service.
57-2 same message as on channel 3
57-10 same message as on channel 57-1
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN
78-21 KBS
78-29 State of Hawaii Emergency Operations Center
78-30 TEC
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-4 SURF
79-10 ON DEMAND previews
79-16 OC16 SD
98-4 GUIDE (with music)
111-63 QVC
111-64 INFO
112-8 CSPAN2
112-13 ANTENNA112-14 KWHE
112-26 TBN
112-49 olelo
112-53 olelo 53
112-54 olelo 54
112-55 olelo55
116-5 COZI TV
[5/9/18 - rescanned after scanning with the Mohu antenna attached. Noticed that the signals are weak when my Roku Stick is attached. Must be interference.]
***
Current Spectrum Channel Lineup (via direct connect, updated 11/25/17)
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (82-14)
12 OC16 (83-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 Spectrum Sports (83-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (82-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD, 47-27 SD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ion HD (27, 47-27 SD)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (81-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27, 46-1 HD)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (82-53)
54 olelo (82-54)
55 olelo (82-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-4 SURF
79-10 ON DEMAND previews
79-16 OC16 SD (83-16 HD)
81-3 CW HD (favorite 7) [changed from 66-3]
81-63 QVC (2) [changed from 66-63]
81-64 INFO [changed from 66-64]
82-8 CSPAN2 [changed from 119-8]
82-13 ANTENNA [changed from 119-13]82-14 KWHE (11) [changed from 119-14]
82-26 TBN (26) [changed from 119-26]
82-49 olelo [changed from 119-49]
82-53 olelo 53 (53) [changed from 119-53]
82-54 olelo 54 (54) [changed from 119-54]
82-55 olelo55 (55) [changed from 119-55]
83-4 Spectrum Sports HD (moved from 99-4, favorite 9)
83-16 OC16 HD (moved from 99-16, favorite 8)
98-4 GUIDE
114-5 KBFD HD116-5 COZI TV
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
2/2/18 - try wait
2/1/18 - Spectrum to go all-digital starting Tuesday. I guess they're going to remove all the analog channels? Are they going to move any more of the analog channels to digital? Well, we'll see if I can still catch anything without a cable box. I think I'll still get the broadcast channels via ClearQAM?
I guess, not. The FCC decided in 2012 that cable companies can encrypt the broadcast channels. Goodbye ClearQAM. I dunno, this blurb just says the cable operator can choose to carry broadcast channels only in digital form and that digital TVs with a QAM tuner should still be able to get them. But this CNET article says that cable operators will be allowed to encrypt basic cable TV service which includes broadcast TV.
If they don't give me OCSports any more, it's probably goodbye Spectrum for me. Stay tuned. [According to this, Spectrum Sports is not included with Basic Service.]
Well, in Akron in November, customers TV went black. OK, not looking good.
Apparently the signals will be encrypted. Not looking good. Maybe time to shop for an antenna.
OK, got a robo-call from Spectrum that they're going all digital. Then I checked my bill in the mail. My bill went up to $34.18 from $27.19 with this notice:
"Spectrum is going 100% digital in your area. We are upgrading your TV service to 100% digital to bring you better picture quality, more channels and great entertainment options. In the coming weeks. all channels will be delivered digitally and your television will require a digital receiver in order to watch these channels. For more information call 643-2100 to learn more about how to receive your equipment."
Well, maybe I'll get the free cable box / digital adapter and see what kind of channels I'll get. [It looks like it's free for two years.] Then maybe cancel the next month if I don't like it.
11/22/17 - XCAST disappeared from 109-2. Re-scanned and XCAST turned up on 110-1 with SURF HD on 110-2. But then they disappeared shortly after that. 11/25/17 - Re-scanned again. SURF HD showed up on 86-5, but was gone a few hours later.
11/5/17 - while going through finish labeling the channels again, I checked to see if the missing channels were back (didn't have to re-scan, but just entered the numbers of the channels that were missing from before, and the TV apparently scans for all the sub-channels of that particular channel.). They're back! PBS Kids (79-1), getTV (79-3), On Demand trailers (79-10), KBFD HD (114-5). 116-5 is also back, but it's now COZI TV instead of the Catholic Channel. SURF also showed up at 79-4, but we'll see if it (and the others) stick around. And XCAST HD (109-2) has stuck around.
***
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 Spectrum Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (119-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD, 47-27 SD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ion HD (27, 47-27 SD)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (81-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27, 46-1 HD)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (119-53)
54 olelo (119-54)
55 olelo (119-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS [gone]
79-3 getTV [gone]
79-10 ON DEMAND [gone]
79-16 OC16 SD (99-16 HD)
81-3 CW HD (favorite 7) [changed from 66-3]
81-63 QVC (2) [changed from 66-63]
81-64 INFO [changed from 66-64]
82-8 CSPAN2 [changed from 119-8]
82-13 ANTENNA [changed from 119-13]82-14 KWHE (11) [changed from 119-14]
82-26 TBN (26) [changed from 119-26]
82-49 olelo [changed from 119-49]
82-53 olelo 53 (53) [changed from 119-53]
82-54 olelo 54 (54) [changed from 119-54]
82-55 olelo55 (55) [changed from 119-55]
83-4 Spectrum Sports HD (moved from 99-4, favorite 9)
83-16 OC16 HD (moved from 99-16, favorite 8)
98-4 GUIDE
114-5 KBFD HD [gone]116-5 CATHOLC [gone]
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
*** [9/30/17]
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 Spectrum Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (119-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD, 47-27 SD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ion HD (27, 47-27 SD)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (81-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27, 46-1 HD)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (119-53)
54 olelo (119-54)
55 olelo (119-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 SD (99-16 HD)
81-3 CW HD (favorite 7) [changed from 66-3]
81-63 QVC (2) [changed from 66-63]
81-64 INFO [changed from 66-64]
83-4 Spectrum Sports HD (moved from 99-4, favorite 9)
83-16 OC16 HD (moved from 99-16, favorite 8)
98-4 GUIDE
114-5 KBFD HD116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
119-8 CSPAN2 [changed from 134-8]
119-13 ANTENNA [changed from 134-13]
119-14 KWHE (11) [changed from 134-14]
119-26 TBN (26) [changed from 134-26]
119-49 olelo [changed from 134-49]
119-53 olelo 53 (53) [changed from 134-53]
119-54 olelo 54 (54) [changed from 134-54]
119-55 olelo55 (55) [changed from 134-55]
[9/28/17] Noticed that CW HD and the Olelo digital channels were missing, so I decided to rescan. CW is still missing and the Olelo channels have changed their location. The Olelo channels (along with CSPAN2, ANTENNA, KWHE, TBN) have changed from 134 to 119. Now gone: 66-3 CW HD, 66-63 QVC, 66-64 INFO, 78-21 KBS, 78-29 CIVIL, 78-30 TEC. 46-4 CW SD is still there, so I'm hopeful that CW HD might return. But it's not like I watch it very often (I now watch the Arrowverse shows when they come on Netflix -- the CW app is frustrating with their quirky subtitles and long commercial breaks). Oh yeah, Oceanic is now Spectrum.
[9/29/17] Scanned again. 78-21 KBS, 78-29 CIVIL, 78-30 TEC are back. And good news, channel 66 has moved to channel 81. It's now 81-3 CW HD, 81-63 QVC, 81-64 INFO. So didn't lose any channels after all. 108-2 is SURF (which pops up temporarily then goes away). Yesterday also got an XCAST channel that has gone away.
[9/30/17] Noticed Spectrum Sports and OC16 HD were missing last night, so I scanned again. Spectrum Sports has moved from 99-4 to 83-4 and OC 16 HD has moved from 99-16 to 83-16. SURF is gone again, but XCAST showed up on 86-1 and XCAST2 showed up on 108-2 (where SURF had been). We'll see how long they stay up.
***
Current Oceanic Channel Lineup (via direct connect, updated 4/7/17)
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 OC Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSW
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 Spectrum Sportsnet
25 KALO (47-25)
26 TBN (134-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 Spike
40 bravo
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 ION HD (27)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 2)
46-4 CW (66-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-3 KHON SD
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 KFVE SD
47-7 KGMB SD
47-8 KHNL SD
47-10 KHET SD
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion SD (27)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 2)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD SD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 4)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (134-53)
54 olelo (134-54)
55 olelo (134-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC (2)
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 getTV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 SD (99-16 HD)
98-4 GUIDE
99-4 OCSPORT HD (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
134-8 CSPAN2
134-13 ANTENNA
134-14 KWHE (11)
134-26 TBN (26)
134-49 olelo
134-53 olelo 53 (53)
134-54 olelo 54 (54)
134-55 olelo55 (55)
[4/7/17] Decided to rescan the channels on my Panasonic plasma (because I felt like starting over). Well, not totally nuts because I decided to rescan just the digital channels so as not to lose the labels on the analog. Pretty much no changes. The major difference is that the digital SD channels in the 83-90 range moved to the 47 range. Also this time, no captions were provided by Oceanic during the scan (they had previously provided the channel captions for the main HD channels), so I had to re-input all the digital captions. Also corrected KALO and KAAH. I had them switched on the TV. According to the Zap2It guide, KALO is channel 25 and KAAH is channel 26. I put on TBN instead of KAAH because that's what shows in the corner when you tune to the channel. Similarly I put on ION instead of KPXO. Channel 23 is now Spectrum Sportsnet instead of Time Warner Cable Sportnet (since Spectrum bought out Time Warner Cable).
[10/30/16] Current Oceanic Channel Lineup (via direct connect)
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 OC Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FOXSPT
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 LAKERS (TW Sports)
25 KALO (47-25)
26 KAAH (134-26)
27 ion (46-1 HD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 SPIKE
40 BRAVO
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 KPXO HD (favorite 11)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 1)
46-4 CW (66-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV
47-2 this
47-4 CSPAN
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 ion (27)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 4)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 2)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (134-53)
54 olelo (134-54)
55 olelo (134-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC (2)
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL (favorite 14)
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 get TV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 (99-16 HD)
83 DKHON (46-3)
85 DKFVE (49-1)
87 DKGMB (48-1)
88 DKHNL (49-3)
90 DKHET (49-12)
98-4 GUIDE (favorite 20)
99-4 OCSPORT HD (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD (favorite 12)
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
134-8 CSPAN2
134-13 ANTENNA (favorite 13)
134-14 KWHE (11)
134-26 KAAH (26)
134-49 OLELO
134-53 olelo 53 (53)
134-54 olelo 54 (54)
134-55 olelo55 (55)
[10/30/16] MeTV is finally back. Along with the other channels on channel 47 such as this and CSPAN. So they were absent about 3-1/2 months. I lived.
[9/11/16] ESPN News no longer on 122-2.
Looking at the web site, it's a Sony company. They have shows like Sonny and Cher, In the Heat of the Night. Not many comedies, but I do see Nanny and the Professor, The Ghost of Mrs. Muir.
Oddly, I don't see it on the regular Oceanic digital lineup (yet). Doing a search, it's channel 2.3 via antenna and channel 373 on DISH.
ESPN News has been on for a while on channel 122-2, so I'll add it to the lineup. And I think I'll move the latest channel lineup at the top of this post and leave the comments below.
[8/6/16] My OCD compels me to rescan. But before rescanning, I'm double-checking the labels (so I can re-enter them after scanning wipes most of them out). Noticed a few more channels. 48-4 is the digital KIKU. 48-5 is KBFD SD. 48-6 is KITV SD.
Nope, still no MeTV. Well there's another hour (or two) wasted (putting back in the captions).
[8/5/16] Noticed a couple more channels popped up on my direct connect channel list. 46-4 CW which is the SD counterpart to 66-3. And 46-56 TEACH-f which looks like a public access channel. I'll add them to the lineup. Still no MeTV. Don't feel like re-scanning right now.
[7/18/16] decided to rescan the Oceanic channels. Now there's nothing in the 47 range. Disappearing were MeTV, this, CSPAN, KALO digital. However the "main" network digital SD channels in that range have been moved to: 83 DKHON, 85 DKFVE, 87 DKGMB, 88 DKHNL, 90 DKHET.
So here's the updated lineup:
2 QVC (66-63)
3 KHON (46-3 HD)
4 KBFD (114-5 HD)
5 KFVE (49-1 HD)
6 KITV (48-9 HD)
7 KGMB (48-1 HD)
8 KHNL (49-3 HD)
9 KIKU (48-4)
10 KHET (49-12 HD)
11 KWHE (134-14)
12 OC16 (99-16 HD)
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 OC Sports (99-4 HD)
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FOXSPT
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 LAKERS (TW Sports)
25 KALO
26 134-26 (KAAH)
27 ion (46-1 HD)
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FREEFRM
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 SPIKE
40 BRAVO
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 KPXO HD (favorite 11)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 1)
46-4 CW (66-3 HD)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
46-56 TEACH-f
47-1 MeTV (waiting for it to come back for me)
47-2 this (ditto)
48-1 KGMB HD (favorite 4)
48-4 KIKU (9)
48-5 KBFD (114-5 HD)
48-6 KITV SD (48-9 HD)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 2)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 olelo (134-53)
54 olelo (134-54)
55 olelo (134-55)
56 ZAP2IT
57 HSN (76-10)
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC (2)
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DSCVRY
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN (57)
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL (favorite 14)
78-30 TEC (46-55)
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-3 get TV
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 OC16 (99-16 HD)
83 DKHON (46-3)
85 DKFVE (49-1)
87 DKGMB (48-1)
88 DKHNL (49-3)
90 DKHET (49-12)
98-4 GUIDE (favorite 20)
99-4 OCSPORT HD (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD (favorite 12)
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
122-2 ESPN News
134-8 CSPAN2
134-13 ANTENNA (favorite 13)
134-14 KWHE (11)
134-26 KAAH (26)
134-49 OLELO
134-53 olelo 53 (53)
134-54 olelo 54 (54)
134-55 olelo55 (55)
[7/16/16] Noticed that MeTV is no longer at 47-1 (or anywhere else I can find). I see in the agreements with programmers document dated 7/4/16 that MeTV digital was one of the channels due to expire. It's still listed as channel 126 on the zap2it guide.
[6/17/16] KGMB HD is back on 48.1.
[6/16/16] Well, still no KGMB HD. In fact 48.1 disappeared from the list of channels. So I'm going to do a new scan. The problem with scanning is that all my labels that I inputted disappear and I have to manually set them again. So at the bottom of the post, I will put the latest channel lineup with the labels I had put on.
[6/15/16] As of last night, I noticed that KGMB HD (48.1) has no signal. This doesn't affect me too much since I subscribe to CBS All Access. KGMB SD digital still works (47.9). Couldn't find any notification of this on the Oceanic site. It may be just a local problem to my area like KITV earlier. We'll see how long it takes to come back, if ever. KITV HD took over 2 months before the problem was corrected.
[4/19/16] Lost a few channels this morning. CNBC HD is gone, CW HD is gone, KBFD HD is gone. And OC Sports has moved to 99-4. And it looks like KHON HD is duplicated at 66-3. Or it could be CW HD since they show the morning news at the same time. I'll know in abount 30 minutes. Yep, it's CW. OK, so only CNBC and KBFD are gone with OC Sports and CW moving to new channels.
Let's check the channel lineup at oceanic.com. The lineups have been updated. The digital lineup is dated 4/12/16. The analog link goes to the digital adapter list and is dated 4/13/16. The digital adapter link goes to the digital adapter list dated 6/26/15. That could mean that Oceanic no longer officially supports analog and will phase it out. Here's the old "analog" lineup dated 4/7/14 which lists CNBC on 51.3 and OC Sports on 51.1.
Ah. Here's something. (I don't know how I would find this page if I didn't have it linked below. Well, I guess I can google it.)
"On or about 4/11/16, Oceanic Time Warner Cable will be making technical changes to our cable system that may disrupt our customers’ ability to view unencrypted (“in-the-clear”) channels on a digital television or other device that includes a QAM tuner (a “ClearQAM device”). If this occurs, viewers will need to go into the settings menu on their ClearQAM device and perform a new channel scan in order to resume viewing these channels. Customers using digital cable set-top boxes will not notice any change. In-the-clear channels on Oahu, Maui and Kauai: CW HD from Ch. 50.7 to 66.3; KUPU from Ch. 50.6 to 116.5 (Oahu only); CNBC HD from Ch. 51.5 to 117.2; OCSports HD from Ch. 51.1 to 99.4 and KBFD HD from Ch. 115.3 to 114.5."
OK, rescan and see if I can get CNBC and KBFD back.
(Shucks should have wrote down all the channel number caption descriptions before I scanned because scanning wipes them out. I only scanned the digital, so hopefully the analog captions are not wiped out. Well most of them are at the old list, so no biggie.)
OK there you go. KUPU is the Catholic channel. Whew, the analog captions are still intact. That saves me some work. But my favorites are all wiped out. OK, let's put the favorites back at least.
So now here's my updated favorites on my Panasonic plasma which includes the current HD lineup.
46-3 KHON
49-1 KFVE
48-9 KITV
48-1 KGMB
49-3 KHON
49-12 KHET
66-3 CW
99-16 OC16
99-4 OC Sports
117-2 CNBC HD
46-1 KPXO
114-5 KBFB HD
47-1 MeTV
134-13 Antenna TV
There is now also a channel guide in HD at 98-4. But it's the lineup for digital cable, so it might not be there for long. Actually it looks like it's the listing for those with a digital adapter (e.g. it doesn't have the premium channels), so it might stick around.
The complete channel lineup (before today's changes) is here.
[1/18/16] Hey KITV HD is back. This is contrary to what the Oceanic guy (working at Reef's house last week) told me. He said they're taking away those channels because we're not supposed to get them. I found it odd when I noticed a couple of weeks ago that KITV HD was still available via direct connect at my cousin's house who doesn't live far away (even after my cousin had their service discontinued).
[11/11/15] Lost KITV HD yesterday (48-9). Rescanned. Nope still not there. The KITV SD digital channel 48-6 doesn't come in either (see the analog channel lineup here). Maybe Oceanic lost to rights to telecast it digitally (but no mention here). Maybe they don't even know it's gone. Well, we'll see if it (and when) it comes back.
[9/13/13] Oh well, it didn't last too long. OC Sports HD is no longer on 115.3. Looks like the blacked it out. Funny it was working at 7:00 PM, then I went back to Rosanne and when I came back for the 7:30 PM game (Wahine vs. Northwestern), it was black. And what's worse TW Sports HD is no longer on either at 51.2, though the SD signal is still at 51.4.
Couldn't resist and rescanned. What do you know? OCSports is now back on! And a minute later, it disappeared :( And now it's on again... stay tuned.
[9/11/13] Latest scan. Apparently Ion (KPXO) HD is no longer on direct connect. It used to be on 46-1 for a long time, then I recently saw it on 66-1 for a little while, though I never saw a full screen picture (though transmitting in 720p).
However, more than making up for it is OC Sports back on HD. This time it's on 115.3. I've seen it on for a day or so. We'll see if it lasts (cross fingers). OC Sports is no longer on 82.1 (SD) and 51.1 (HD). Just on 16 and 115.3 (as far as I can see).
That direct connection TV lineup on Oceanic.com is outdated. They do have Me TV on channel 47.1. And Antenna TV on 134.13. CNBC on 51.3. But not This on 47.2.
[11/23/11] A couple more channels on Oceanic
Me TV (channel 126)
and You TV (channel 604) which is actually youtoo.
(Not to be confused with Me Too which is apparently an additional Me TV channel.)
Both are kind of like TV Land showing old shows for the 60s and 70s.
[5/14/12] Antenna TV
[8/13/12] OC16 moving to channel 12 (and vice-versa)
[8/23/12] In the mail, I get a notice that Oceanic is no longer going to carry CNBC on analog. One more reason to drop Oceanic. Looking at the latest agreements with programmers:
Statewide, on or about September 1, 2012, CBS College Sports on digital Ch. 247 and HD channel 1247 may be added to Digital Variety Pak (DVP).
Statewide, on or about September 20, the following new Free on Demand Channels will be added: Cutting Edge on Demand on Ch. 1974, Travel on Demand on Ch. 1970 and Health on Demand on Ch. 1956.
Statewide, on or about September 20, Gay on Demand Pay-Per-View will be added to Ch. 741.
Statewide, on or about October 1, 2012 Time Warner Cable Sports Network will be launched on analog Ch. 23, HD Ch. 400 and digital Ch. 1400 on the CPST tier.
Statewide, on or about October 1, Gospel Music TV Ch. 407 will be added to the Digital Variety Pak.
Statewide, on or about October 1, the following HD channels will be added: American Movie Classics to digital CPST HD Tier on Ch. 1600 and Sundance Channel to DVP, Movie Pass and TMC Premium Tiers on HD Ch. 1646.
Statewide, on or about October 18, 2012, CNBC and CSPAN (currently on analog channel 39 and 56, respectively) will be delivered in digital format only. These channels will remain in your existing package, however they will continue to be viewable with a digital set-top box or CableCARD. In addition, C-SPAN will continue to be viewable on digital TVs (and other devices) that include a QAM tuner on QAM channel 122.3.
[9/22/12] NFL Network! (Wow, ESPN charges $5.15 per subscriber per month!)
[10/1/12] $3.95 a month for the "Lakers" channel?
[6/16/16] The latest lineup from Oceanic (after I rescanned after losing KGMB HD). (The numbers are the corresponding digital channel.). (The lineup from 2015 is here.)
2 66-65
3 46-3
4 115-3
5 49-1
6 48-9
7 48-1
8 49-3
9 KIKU (formerly also on 48-4)
10 49-12
11 154-14
12 99-16
13 HLN
14 CNN
15 FOXNEWS
16 51-1
17 MTV
18 VH1
19 NBCSN
20 FSN
21 ESPN2
22 ESPN
23 LAKERS
25 47-25 (KALO)
26 134-26
27 46-1
28 TBS
29 USA
30 GOLF
31 PRIME
32 NICK
33 DISNEY
34 FAMILY (now FREEFORM)
35 TOON
36 TVLAND
37 SyFy
38 MSNBC
39 SPIKE
40 BRAVO
41 FX
42 AMC
43 TNT
44 TCM
46-1 KPXO HD (favorite 11)
46-3 KHON HD (favorite 1)
46-55 TEC355 (also on 78-30)
47-1 MeTV (favorite 13)
47-2 this
47-3 46-3
47-4 CSPAN
47-5 49-1
47-7 48-1
47-8 49-5
47-10 49-12
47-25 KALO (25)
47-27 46-1
48-1 KGMB HD (disappeared yesterday. favorite 4)
48-9 KITV HD (favorite 3)
49-1 KFVE HD (favorite 2)
49-3 KHNL HD (favorite 5)
49-12 KHET HD (favorite 6)
53 134-53
54 134-54
55 134-55
56 ZAP2IT
57 76-10
58 TRAVEL
59 HGTV
60 FOOD
61 E!
62 COMEDY
63 HALLMRK
64 LMN
65 DSCLIFE
66-3 CW HD (favorite 7)
66-63 QVC
66-64 INFO
67 OWN
68 LIFE
69 DISCVR
70 ANIMAL
71 TLC
72 HISTORY
73 NATGEO
74 A&E
76-6 CSPAN3
76-10 HSN
78-21 KBS
78-29 CIVIL
78-30 46-55
79-1 PBSKIDS
79-10 DEMAND
79-16 99-16
98-4 GUIDE (favorite 20)
99-4 OCSPORT (favorite 9)
99-16 OC16 HD (favorite 8)
114-5 KBFD HD (favorite 12)
116-5 CATHOLC
117-2 CNBC HD (favorite 10)
134-8 CSPN2
134-13 ANTENNA (favorite 14)
134-14 KWHE
134-26 KAAH
134-49 OLELO
134-53 53
134-54 54
134-55 55
Tuesday, August 07, 2018
The only scientist in Congress
Before being elected to Congress in 2008, Representative Bill Foster of
Illinois, a Democrat, worked for more than 20 years as a physicist at
the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Ill. Now, as the only member of Congress with a Ph.D. in science, he says there is an
urgent need for more scientists in politics.
Does partisan politics limit your ability to raise scientific issues?
In a typical hearing of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology or Financial Services Committee—both of which I am on—you will get three Republican witnesses and a single Democrat. These committee policies are largely at the discretion of the chairman. When you look at simple reforms that would make [Congress] work in a more bipartisan, fact-based way, just having an equal number of witnesses from both sides would be a real step forward. I think it’s incumbent on us, if the Democrats do take over again, that we go out of our way to make sure the rules are not so winner-takes-all.
Politics is very different from science—in science, if you stand up and say something that you know is not true, it is a career-ending move. It used to be that way in politics. It has taken me a while to adjust to politics where, for many who practice it, the question is not “Is it true?” but “What can I convince the voting public is true?” That psychology has bled into politics more than it should.
Does partisan politics limit your ability to raise scientific issues?
In a typical hearing of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology or Financial Services Committee—both of which I am on—you will get three Republican witnesses and a single Democrat. These committee policies are largely at the discretion of the chairman. When you look at simple reforms that would make [Congress] work in a more bipartisan, fact-based way, just having an equal number of witnesses from both sides would be a real step forward. I think it’s incumbent on us, if the Democrats do take over again, that we go out of our way to make sure the rules are not so winner-takes-all.
Politics is very different from science—in science, if you stand up and say something that you know is not true, it is a career-ending move. It used to be that way in politics. It has taken me a while to adjust to politics where, for many who practice it, the question is not “Is it true?” but “What can I convince the voting public is true?” That psychology has bled into politics more than it should.
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