YES Network, NFL Network, A&E and History Channel Return

By Linda Moss -- Multichannel News

All four HDTV networks that were knocked off the air earlier this week by a fire were back in service, according to officials.

YES Network HD and NFL Network HD were back on the air after their uplinker, Ascent Media, returned to full operations Thursday following a long-power outage and a rooftop fire at its networks-services facility in Stamford, Conn., on Monday.

A&E Television Networks got HD versions of The History Channel and A&E Network back on the air Tuesday after they, too, had gone black due to the fire.

“Virtually all services have been restored,” said Peter Brickman, Managing Director of Ascent Media’s Stamford operation. “While this incident certainly impacted our ability to provide full services, we were fortunately able to provide some level of business continuity for most clients. The restoration back to normal operations has proceeded smoothly.”

Ascent Media used its facilities in Glenbrook, Conn., Minneapolis and Burbank, Calif., to provide origination and distribution services for several customers.

Early Monday morning, in the midst of an extended power outage, a fire occurred on the roof at the Stamford facility. The fire required the evacuation of about 25 employees. No one was injured.

TV Predictions and Multichannel News both reported the same thing - that all four networks reported being back in HD. But as most people know here, all four networks don't broadcast everything in HD.

As of 9 PM EST today

A&E HD and History Channel HD are still streched SD feeds!

JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly

I talked to a person at A&E Networks in NY today and they didn't have a clue what I was talking about. They said they haven't received a single call about the stretched SD and zero HD programming since they came back online.

Maybe they should try monitoring their own channel.

or maybe everyone should flood them with calling about it, then they cant say they haven't received any calls.

The HD bug is back on A&E but they are still stretching. Might be permanent.

The HD bug is back on A&E but they are still stretching. Might be permanent.

I highly doubt that it would be permanent i mean that would be ridiculous its problay due to the hd equipment and everything being damaged.they problay just got the bug up so you can identify the station. atleast i hope its like that if its like that....then that has to be the dumbest idea.

edit: The bug is back on History channel hd also

As of 2:00 PM EST...

Now A&E HD and History Channel HD logos appear! But still streched and squashed SD feeds!

They have a HD webpage...

http://www.aetv.com/aehd


The only HD feeds I seen over the past months were CSI Miami, Sopranos,

Family Jewels and one or two Cold Case! Everything else was showed in 4:3 SD

So they have been having problems for a while now! I emailed them again

about this and the stretching!


Gota keep on them!


JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly

I guess when something actually list as HD actually shows up on the screen in HD, then we'll know if its for real or not.



As of 2:00 PM EST...

Now A&E HD and History Channel HD logos appear! But still streched and squashed SD feeds!

They have a HD webpage...

http://www.aetv.com/aehd


The only HD feeds I seen over the past months were CSI Miami, Sopranos,

Family Jewels and one or two Cold Case! Everything else was showed in 4:3 SD

So they have been having problems for a while now! I emailed them again

about this and the stretching!


Gota keep on them!


JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly

Well, I just looked at HC HD and to my suprise the show Universe is in HD!

But audio sync is out! If I remember correctly it was like that before the fire!

NG HD is out of audio sync sometimes, anyway!

Commercials are still streched! They should do what TLC, Discovery, Science,

Animal HD does use a variable aspect and set it to where things are not streched

and squashed leaving only small black columns

A&E so far Streached SD, we'll see later I quess if CSI Miami is in HD

JohnnyJT :cool:
South

thats pretty cool, but my question is what is your big concern about commercials being stretched are the commercials that important to you that you must have them in a certain AR.

There's a new AVS cause: OAR commercials !!!

There's a new AVS cause: OAR commercials !!!

OARSTRONG bracelets would be a great start.

I seem to recall (and forgive the lack of attention I've given this particular item, but its strictly a recollection here)

I seem to recall SD commercials DURING and HD telcast on HD-HD being stretched, while actual SD programming was shown in 4:3, OAR, commercials and everything.

The Stretched commercial thing is something that appears to go on-and-off with the real HD.

But its a good cause though. :D :D :D

The idea is not all show were recorded in HD, so that means they would look better than looking streched and squashed

See for yourself, tune in to TLC HD, Discovery HD, Science HD or Animal HD


thats pretty cool, but my question is what is your big concern about commercials being stretched are the commercials that important to you that you must have them in a certain AR.




JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly

The idea is not all show were recorded in HD, so that means they would look better than looking streched and squashed

See for yourself, tune in to TLC HD, Discovery HD, Science HD or Animal HD







JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly

Well i would if i received any of those channels....i have no clue how they do the commercials only channel i get in hd that is owned by the discovery networks is discovery hd theater.

Well i would if i received any of those channels....i have no clue how they do the commercials only channel i get in hd that is owned by the discovery networks is discovery hd theater.

Gee, I thought everybody has Dish Network!

DN is the best! I had Comcast for years,

they were too expensive and only had about 6 HD channels

Since January 2007 I have DN about 30 HD channels.

Now DN has 10 PPV in HD, 5 Big Ten Collage Football HD, 34 HD channels

including Monster HD, 24/7 monster movies and no commercials!

And more HD coming by the end of the year!

I just love it! Also, is cheaper than Comcast!

If you can get DN, get it!


JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly

Gee, I thought everybody has Dish Network!

DN is the best! I had Comcast for years,

they were too expensive and only had about 6 HD channels

Since January 2007 I have DN about 30 HD channels.

Now DN has 10 PPV in HD, 5 Big Ten Collage Football HD, 34 HD channels

including Monster HD, 24/7 monster movies and no commercials!

And more HD coming by the end of the year!

I just love it! Also, is cheaper than Comcast!

If you can get DN, get it!


JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly

at this time im unable to due to contact reasons.

How much are you paying for DN? and how many boxes do you got and that such.

Right now im paying 105 for Every channel except for like the sports plan,2 HD Boxes, 1 SD Box,1 Expanded Basic Cable(Have to go satellite sd box i know if i was going to) Every movie channel and all that such and all the hd channels charter carries which is like 15 or something.I believe i would be paying alot more if i was to go to dish.Ive switched from cable to dish so many times in the past but in the past i didnt have hd with dish or anything.

I have VIP 622 DVR AND VIP 211 HD boxes and DN is always updating them

250 SD channels + HD is $70 I get $20 credit for 10 months = $50

If you want HBO, ShowTime, CineMax, Starz and guess what else,

Comcast Sports Net for $35 more

I was paying $100 for dumb Comcast and no preimum channels

Hopefully by Jan 2008 Verizon Phone Co will have Fiber Optics

up and I'll be on the super fast internet!


JohnnyJT :cool:
South Philly



at this time im unable to due to contact reasons.

How much are you paying for DN? and how many boxes do you got and that such.

Right now im paying 105 for Every channel except for like the sports plan,2 HD Boxes, 1 SD Box,1 Expanded Basic Cable(Have to go satellite sd box i know if i was going to) Every movie channel and all that such and all the hd channels charter carries which is like 15 or something.I believe i would be paying alot more if i was to go to dish.Ive switched from cable to dish so many times in the past but in the past i didnt have hd with dish or anything.

Cold Case Files is in HD on A&E.

they appear to still be having problems with some of the hd programs due to shows that are listed hd does not broadcast in hd, such as modern marvels which lists on epg as hd and even history channels hd site listed i dont have the link to their site anymore.


does anyone have the link to history channel hds website.

Cold Case Files is in HD on A&E.

Looks like they will continue to stretch anything they don't show in HD.

Family Jewels is actually in HD right now.

And now it isn't.

Has anyone seen any hd programming lately on history channel hd, all i have been seeing even stuff that is supposed to be hd is stretched.They really need to fix their act.Does not make sense i believe i saw a few programs on Sunday that was hd and wasn't stretched but all the sudden everything is stretched even if its in hd.

Has anyone seen any hd programming lately on history channel hd, all i have been seeing even stuff that is supposed to be hd is stretched.They really need to fix their act.Does not make sense i believe i saw a few programs on Sunday that was hd and wasn't stretched but all the sudden everything is stretched even if its in hd.

Does anyone have any contact information for them?

I mean other than an text area on a web page with a submit button?

Does anyone have any contact information for them?

I mean other than an text area on a web page with a submit button?

heres some information i got googling.

235 East 45th Street
New York, New York 10017

Phone: 212-210-1400
Fax: 212–907–9409

thats the contact for A&E (Owners of history chanel)

P.S.
I Ran across a site with every stations phone number http://www.cableyellowpages.com/special_cable_networks_basic.htm

Has anyone seen any hd programming lately on history channel hd, all i have been seeing even stuff that is supposed to be hd is stretched.They really need to fix their act.Does not make sense i believe i saw a few programs on Sunday that was hd and wasn't stretched but all the sudden everything is stretched even if its in hd.


No HD on History HD. That company is a joke. Even before the fire they used to forget to switch HD on A&E HD and History HD. Now it is crap. YES HD and NFL HD are back to normal since last week.

No HD on History HD. That company is a joke. Even before the fire they used to forget to switch HD on A&E HD and History HD. Now it is crap.

Yes indeed. It's become absurd. Either they don't care or are very incompetent. Either way, I can't watch the history HD channel anymore.

A&E appears to be hd on all hd programs now.
Now History channel is the on with the problem...Idiots....i mean i have a church channel out here thats in hd thats run better than history channel...

Heres the history channel hd website:
http://www.aetnjustclick.com/thchd/

Heres the history channel hd website:
http://www.aetnjustclick.com/thchd/

Looks better than the channel itself right now...

has there been any change?

Today, I spoke with a technician at Ascent Media Networks (the uplink facility for A&E Networks which includes the A&E and History channels) and A&E Director of Operations, Rob Jackson and both told me that A&E's management made the decision to change from OAR to 16:9 upconverted stretchovision. They agreed it didn't look good but they could do nothing about it. He suggested contacting A&E's viewer relations so I sent an email to: ae.viewerrelations@AETV.com. Anyone who feels strongly about this issue should do the same.

Looks better than the channel itself right now...

has there been any change?

No and its relaly starting to make me upset there has been numerous shows on history channel that id love to see in hd yet they still don't have the problem with hd fixed...i emailed them ill post the response if i get one.

Today, I spoke with a technician at Ascent Media Networks (the uplink facility for A&E Networks which includes the A&E and History channels) and A&E Director of Operations, Rob Jackson and both told me that A&E's management made the decision to change from OAR to 16:9 upconverted stretchovision. They agreed it didn't look good but they could do nothing about it. He suggested contacting A&E's viewer relations so I sent an email to: ae.viewerrelations@AETV.com. Anyone who feels strongly about this issue should do the same.

I sent one too...a short, but direct email stating that the distorted image makes otherwise outstanding programming virtually unwatchable.

I hope they get the hint...

I called today and spoke with Rob Jackson at A&E. I told him about stretchovision. I also told him that Ascent Media Networks forgets to switch HD when the show is HD. I told him that Two Corys is never in HD, Family Jewels even before the fire hardly ever and that it was like that even before the fire. Plus that History HD is all stretched now. Everybody should call him at 212-210-1400 and tell him the same thing.

They contract and pay Ascent Media Networks for playback and uplink so if people complain they will force to monitor and play everything that is HD in HD.

I sent a message through the A&E website last week.

I sent a message through the A&E website last week.
It might be better to call, because he may not see the email.

I am afraid many new HDs will be like this, they really have no idea how to run an HD channel, just want to get on the bandwagon and claim a slot.

for some reason my epg lost all the info for history channel hd, and i reset it to get the info and it still says to be announced i wonder if theres a problem or something anyone else experiencing this?

"Plot to kill jesse james" is on again...any thoughts?

How do you think it looks...

it looked pretty good, its annoying that some programs that are supposed to be in hd are in hd and some that are they dont show in hd...Watching Save our history right now which is in hd looks pretty nice.Hopefully the showing of more hd programs means that they are correcting the issue.

History Channel HD: Two HD programs in a row (Mega Disasters and Save our History) have just now been shown correctly in HD. That's so out of character for them!?

The programming on THC is really great, I hope they get their (HD) act together.

Guess what i see when i tune into today they stopped stretching everything.

"24" is on A&EHD right now and its stretched and distorted.

"24" is on A&EHD right now and its stretched and distorted.

Yeah it only lasted an hour than went back to stretching, well on history channel.