Since Comcast has decided to take away the analog PBS channel from Morgntown (WNPB 24) that was on channel 8, those people who use the TVGOS (aka TVGuide On Screen) on their TV’s / DVR’s will now see that their listings are blank… From what I have found so far, Macrovision (who supplies the TVGOS data) worked with PBS channels to provide the info in the VBI (Vertical blanking interval. Sort of like Closed Caption data) over those PBS Channels that were broadcasting in Analog. Well it seems now that with more and more channels going to Digital ATSC transmission, CBS is now the “carrier” chosen by macrovision to host the data on a subcarrier on one of their digital channels. So now it appears that either KDKA out of Pittsburgh is not providing the data or Comcast is stripping it some place. Who knows, all I know is that now that data is not provided to the TV and the TV just sets there and keep saying that the setup is in progress.
This really sucks as I was just getting used to having the TVGuide info stuff on the screen with out having to look at the cable box on another tv to see the info. So long for that until KDKA/comcast can figure out how to fix it.
So please Comcast/KDKA fix the problem!