MHz Network Gets Big Boost for Digital SwitchJune 23, 2009
FALLS CHURCH, VA.: The DTV transition proved advantageous for one niche TV network in the tony suburbs of Washington, D.C. MHz Networks, which caters to the substantial international population of the area, is up with 10 free over-the-air multicasts. MHz cut analog transmissions last September to do a stick swap, pictured on the final print edition of Television Broadcast. Followers without digital reception thought the channel was gone, according to Kim Hart of The Washington Post. It was then rediscovered by people who rescanned for channels after the June 12 digital transition deadline.
MHz is different from many international channels because it’s neither language-based, nor does it focus on a single culture or region. It’s carried newscasts from Moscow, “La Piovra,” the Mafia mystery series from Italy, the seminal German detective series, “Tatort,” and “Water Rats,” TVB’s all-time favorite crime procedural based on the Sydney Water Police in Australia’s great natural harbor.
MHz is owned by Richmond, Va.’s Commonwealth Public Broadcasting. It has a footprint of around 27 million households through broadcast, cable and satellite carriage, Hart said. A mobile launch is planned for next month in conjunction with the Open Mobile Video Coalition.
-- Deborah D. McAdams
| COMMENTS (1) | | 06/23/2009 | | Just for clarification: MHz Networks offers ten 24/7 channels of premier international programming in Washington, D.C. All of the content is direct from the source and all are in English or are English accessible.
Beginning July 1, MHz Networks will launch Al Jazeera English– joining our nine other 24/7channels, including: euronews, France 24, NHK World TV, MCN, NTA, RT, SABC News International and VTV- in the Washington, D.C. market. On June 12, all 10 MHz Networks channels became available via digital broadcast...for free. Our channels are also available through all cable and telco providers in the area: Comcast, Cox, RCN, and Verizon FiOS. Our primary channel, MHz Networks 1 (MHz Worldview DC) is also available locally on DirecTV and Dish Network. For more information on the channels in the local D.C. metro area: www.mhznetworks.org/mhzindc
Our national channel, MHz Worldview, is available in half of the top-20 U.S. television markets- nearly 24 million households nationally- via broadcast and/or cable. To see how to watch nationally, visit: www.mhznetworks.org/mhzworldview/carriage/
A division of Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation headquartered in Richmond, VA, MHz Networks is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization and an independent, non-commercial broadcaster. MHz has studio facilities in Falls Church, VA and at Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. |
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