Click Here
Tuesday June 18 2013
Juneau: 68°F
Now in Digital HD on Ch. 5.1!
Latest Alaska headlines from KTUU.com » Walmart Doors Withstand Gunfire in Eagle River Theft Getaway » AFD: How to Protect Your Home During Fire Season » Kenai River Early-Run Sport Fishing for Kings to Close Thursday » Bethel Man Drowns in Lake near Local Subdivision » UAA Names Matt Thomas Next Seawolves Hockey Coach » Coast Guard Finds 1 of 2 Overboard Men near Juneau » Oil Tax Reform Opponents Say Signature-Gathering Being Disrupted » Treadwell Announces Campaign for U.S. Senate » Chugach Electric Plans Upper Kenai Peninsula Outages Next Week » Marquinn Jones-Nelson Convicted in Murder of Devante Jordan » Downtown Summer Solstice to Take Over 4th Avenue » Wildfire Burning in Lime Hills » Injured Hiker Medevaced near Sitka » Financial Woes Force AFD Tender 9 Shutdown » Sen. Pete Kelly Plans Bill to Keep Signatures Private » Juneau's Main Street Corridor to Close for Paving » Bears Prompt Closing of Popular Fairbanks Trail » Planning Commission Rejects Monofill Permit » Officials Targeting Growing City Senior Population Needs » Flattop Overflow Parking Lot Expected to Open before Summer Solstice » Kaouti Fire Burning on Chena Hot Springs Road » AFD Releases Image of Sugar Shack Burglary, Arson Suspect » APD Seeks Public's Help in Downtown Shooting » UAA Hosts Engineering Summer Camp for Middle School Students » Alaska Flags Ordered to Half-Staff for Rep. Fuller » Ouzinkie Man Dies of Injuries in May ATV Crash » Man in Critical Condition after South Anchorage Shooting » Juneau Man Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Girl's Death » Monday is Ride to Work Day in Anchorage » Rabbit Creek Flooding Affects Potter Marsh Wildlife » Official: Competing LNG Trucking Applications Could Slow Project » Injury Crash Slows Traffic at South Anchorage Intersection » Former Coast Guard Cutter Storis Up for Auction » Alaska Receives Donation for Marine Debris Removal » Crews Fighting Wildfire near Harding Lake » Fairbanks Tourism Levels out after Slow Start » Bear Mauls Alaska Man Who Gave It Barbecue Meat » AST Rescue Injured Hiker from Flattop » Man Charged with Murder in Platinum Jaxx Halloween Party Shooting » Police Reviewing Surveillance Video After 3 Men Injured in Downtown Bar Shooting » First Responders Prepare for Swift Water Rescues » Alaska Doctors, Volunteers Open Medical Clinic in Sudan » Thousands Paint the Town for Anchorage's First Color Run » Gov. Parnell Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for Yukon Flooding » Dry Conditions Increase Fire Activity, Red Flag Warnings Expanded » Seal Pup Causes Spectacle at Point Woronzof » Rodeo Alaska Still Strong for Nearly 50 Years » PrideFest Ends Week-long Celebration on Park Strip » Fish Counting Technology Upgrade in Kenai » Fairbanks to Consider Allowing Borough Workers to Carry Guns » Valley Dogs Shot, Investigation Underway » Father's Day Love: Local Organization Teaches Fathers How To Connect With Children » UAF Sets Up Engineering School in Mongolia » Public Comment Sought on Sitka Driving Range » Samson Tug and Barge Intends to Serve Southeast » Fairbanks Woman Accused of Stabbing Stepbrother » Military Appreciation Picnic Held on Flag Day » Man Arrested for October 2012 Murder near Platinum Jaxx » New U.S. Citizens Take Oath During Naturalization Ceremony » Man Identified in Motorcycle Crash, Treated for Non-Life Threatening Injuries » Renovation Project Continues in Petersburg » Bethel: Silly String, Hair Color Spray OK for July Fourth » Rabbit Creek Recedes after Flooding Bridge, Home » Video Shows Plane's-Eye View of 2012 Fairbanks Crash » Man Riding in Truck Shot, Injured in Nikiski » Treadwell Certifies Initiative Application to Legalize Marijuana » Cruise Transfer Bus Driver Arrested on DUI Charge » Fairbanks Man Gets 18 Years for Sexually Abusing Minors » Firm to Conduct Independent Review of KABATA Data » Summer City Fair in Anchorage Opens Today » Anchorage School Hosting Chinese Language Summer Camp » 52 New U.S. Citizens Will Take Oath in Anchorage Friday » Aleut Corp. Acquires New Business » Suspect in Millennium Alaskan Hotel Murder Convicted on Federal Charges » MEA Accuses Wasilla of Delay Tactics in Powerline Permit » NTSB Releases Preliminary Report on Deadly Petersburg Crash » Plan Revealed for New Vocational Learning Building » FEMA Finds Climate Change Major Source of Rising Flood Risks » Fort Greely Commander Suspended Amidst Allegations of Sexual Misconduct » Mountain View Toddler, 2, Found after Escaping Through Window » Woman Allegedly Embezzled $90K from Clients with Disabilities » CSI Alaska Camp Puts Students Right In Middle Of Crime Scenes » Former Iron Dog Racer's Condition Improves after Plane Crash » Wanted Felon Sought by APD & Crime Stoppers » Sarah Palin Back at Fox News » Small Quake Recorded near Denali National Park » AVO: Eruption Likely Under Way at Volcano in Aleutians » Parnell Extends Disaster Declaration for Flooding » Runner's Disappearance Prompts Changes in Mt. Marathon Race » Injured Hiker Rescued from Mount Marathon Wednesday » Anchorage Prepares for Crowds at Alaska's First-Ever Color Run » Alaska PrideFestival Goes Smoke Free » Anchorage Working on Most Park Projects in a Decade » Bill Would Give Hmong-American Vets Burial Rights » No Interim Ferry Service for Kodiak » Fairview Groups Announce Gambell Street Redesign » Denali National Park Search Continues for Orphaned Moose Calves » Dog Survives 4 Days in Overturned River Boat » 2 Kayakers Rescued from Mendenhall Lake » Suspect Takes Witness Stand in 2011 Mountain View Murder
Home News Weather Contact Southeast Spotlight FAQ
KATH-HD now available on DirecTV across Southeast Alaska
Published: 02/03/2012 14:22:00
DirecTV carries KATH-HD across Southeast Alaska on channel 5
DirecTV carries KATH-HD across Southeast Alaska on channel 5 (DirecTV)

KATH-HD Logo
KATH-HD Logo (KATH-TV)

Related:
Fans Share Superbowl Predictions

KATH-TV launches Digital TV service, expands HD coverage

DirecTV started carrying KATH's high definition channel "KATH-HD" Friday morning, just in time for the Super Bowl on Sunday. The channel is now available to viewers across the entirety of Southeast Alaska on DirecTV channel 5.

To watch in HD, viewers will need a DirecTV HD receiver connected to a HDTV and the "Southeast Alaska Locals" service package. Viewers who already have a DirecTV HD system and already receive KATH-TV on channel 5 will get the new HD channel automatically by simply tuning to the same channel 5 and their receiver will select the HD signal.

KATH-HD was launched in 2008 in Juneau on GCI cable for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and expanded to all GCI cable systems in Southeast Alaska by the 2009 Super Bowl. Last September KATH-HD became available for free over-the-air to viewers with an antenna in Downtown Juneau and Douglas when KATH-TV installed a new digital TV transmitter. The digital over-the-air signal also carries the signal into the Echostar system used to feed satellite viewers on DishNet and DirecTV. The satellite providers can then chose how to carry the signal.

DirecTV's launch of the HD channel on February 3rd comes just in time for the Super Bowl which KATH-TV will broadcast on Sunday. This is the first time that many communities across Southeast Alaska, only accessibly by satellite communications, have access to NBC programming in High Definition. KATH-HD carries about 22 hours of High Definition and 16:9 widescreen programming every day, including NBC, Statewide and National news, and various syndicated programs. NBC will also broadcast the London Summer Olympic Games later this year.

DishNet has not indicated when they may make the HD channel available to viewers, pending bandwidth space on their satellites. KATH-TV is continuing to work with DishNet to get the HD services available to those viewers as soon as possible also.

http://kath.tv/?page=faq

By: Mikko Wilson - mikko@kath.tv

It's not just TV when it features you and your community

©2013 - North Star Television Network