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Digital TV

Digital TV Channels & Schedules | Digital TV Resources

Twin Cities Public Television offers six channels of digital programming 24 hours a day to viewers with a DTV receiver or subscription to local cable providers. For schedule information, use the links below.

Digital Channel Assignments

Name

Service

DTV Receiver
Channel #s

Comcast
Minneapolis
Channel #s

Comcast
St. Paul Channel #s

Mediacom
Cable Channel #s

Charter Comm.
Cable Channel #s

  Links below display only an individual channel's schedule.
To see all channels in the same view, use the generic TV Schedules page.
tpt-2 Go to schedule 2-1 2 2 101 N/A

tpt-HD

High Definition Programs
Go to schedule
2-2 440* 240* 802* Varies*
tpt-17 Go to schedule 17-1 13 17 13 N/A
tpt-MN Go to schedule 17-2 202 243 102 N/A
tpt-Kids Go to schedule 17-3 203 242 103 N/A
tpt-Create How-to & Lifestyle
- Go to schedule
17-4 204 241 104 N/A
tpt-Wx Weather Radar
- Go to schedule
17-5 N/A N/A N/A N/A
  * Requires special HD cable box.

 

Digital TV Resources

 

Apply for your TV Converter Box coupon here.

Digital TV FAQs provides basic information about digital TV and how it affects tpt viewers now and in the future.

Keepmytv.com has information on digital converter boxes for older TVs.

DTV Transition - a one-stop clearinghouse of consumer information and tools to manage the digital transition, hosted by the DTV Transition Coalition.

My CE Knowhow - the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) offers this consumer site to help consumers understand various available equipment options.

CERC (Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition) offers a Q & A about the transition as well as a consumer advisory alerting consumers to the cutoff date. Check out their Consumer Guide to the DTV transition. (.pdf)

Digital TV: A Cringely Crash Course is a great overview from PBS.

Visit the Federal Communications Commission's Digital Television Site for another excellent primer.

"How Digital TV works" (FAQ) delivers what it promises.

AntennaWeb helps you buy the right antenna and point it in the right direction!

Digitaltelevision.com includes DTV Industry News, opinion, and Digital TV magazine.