Directv droping local ABC station

[cave1376]

KVIA is still on D*. KVIA is owned by News-Press&Gazette. D* will continue to broadcast KVIA while the two co. negotiate a deal.

 

[bamaweather]

BUT, is that main feed ALSO in HD? I believe that those PBS subs being carried, are ONLY being carried if the main station is ONLY in SD. Also, I believe those subs are ONLY being carried in MPEG4, even if the main SD feed is in MPEG2.

Chicago's 3rd PBS station is like this as well, while the other 2 ONLY have their main feeds carried, but both are also in HD.

This is true. The only exception I can think of is PBS in North Carolina, where both the primary HD feed and the UNC-EX subchannel is carried in the HD markets.