The Orange Television Network, Syracuse University’s campus cable channel No. 2, will be the first college cable TV station in the country to go high definition (HD) this semester, and CitrusTV will be joining in the hi-def revolution.
“I’m looking forward to an exciting year here at OTN,” said Andy Robinson, general manager of OTN, in a recent email. “You will be the first group of students to work at the first college cable TV station in the country to go high-def!”
CitrusTV shows Float Your Boat and Juice & Java are likely to become Citrus’ first HD programs, using new Sony V1U and Z7U cameras. (Excluding, of course, the Web-only spoof on The Office I edited last year.)
The difference: From standard definition 4:3 at 480 lines to high definition 16:9 at 720 lines.
Channel 2 will still carry the analog signal. But starting sometime in the next couple of weeks, students with HD tuners can run the autoscan feature on their TVs to get channel 2.1 - in 720p HD - and channel 2.2, which will feature announcements and take the place of channel 99.
HD content will also be streamed on CitrusTV.net and on OTN’s Web site.
And welcome back, by the way. Stay tuned for info about our general interest meeting, and if you’d like to stop by the station or if you’re a freshmen who’d like a tour, send me an email at rsbalton@citrustv.net.
