NEw Subchannels Detected in DC Area

[Peter Parker]

I scanned for locals on my 622 and 722 to see if Iceberg was right about theCool TVcoming to DC about now. I do NOT see that but I am seeing something unusual around 66 (WPXW) the DC ION station and 67 (Baltimore's MPT/PBS Station).

66 now shows 66=44 Tele
66=45 Cine
66-46 Pasi

and two separate listings at 66-10 Star and Airb

67 now shows
67-72 NFL
67-73 redZ
and 67-81 GOIT


They all have good signal strength but only seem to have blank screens. Are these some form of mobilecasting for cell phones or something else?

 

[boba]

My 612 has been doing it for at least 6 mo. it is more garbage from DISH only shows up on DISH tuners.
It does seem to be connected to ION channel numbers. I've got 68-44/45/46 digital service68-10 airb 68-10 star. 69-72 NFL 69-73 Red2 69-81 golt they are yellow indicating locals

 

[pamajestic]

It’s called AirBox, some kind of OTA set top box subscription service. All of the channels are coming from ION, even the ones in the 67 range. They have a web site with nothing on it. Here is their twitter link saying it is currently only available in Houston.

https://twitter.com/MyAirBOX

 

[Peter Parker]

Thanks pamajestic. This is an example of something you are unklikely to find an answer for elsewhere on the net but sometimes another forum member has the answer.

 

[wkomorow]

Here is a discussion of the service:

http://houstondtv.wordpress.com/tag/airbox/

mpeg4 so it will show but be encrypted on Dish receivers - I would think