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98-492: On November 1, 2012, the network was revived as a digital broadcast television network. However, this lasted only 11 months, and the channel changed its name to Heartland on October 9, 2013. The Nashville Network was launched as a basic cable and satellite television network on March 7, 1983, operating from the now-defunct Opryland USA theme park near Nashville, Tennessee . Country Music Television (CMT), founded by Glenn D. Daniels, beat TNN's launch by two days to become

196-537: A digital broadcast television network on November 1, 2012. Jim Owens Entertainment, producer of the Crook & Chase television program and the Crook & Chase Top 40 Countdown radio show (among other programs), acquired The Nashville Network trademark, logo, and some archived programming. In October 2013, the partnership between Jim Owens Entertainment and Luken Communications ended, and The Nashville Network name

294-459: A broadcast digital network and an OTT streaming platform. The joint venture would be based in Nashville under General Manager Drew Riefenberger. Gray would contribute distribution and marketing capabilities, multicast knowledge and affiliate all its TV stations' subchannels with the new service. This represents the third attempt to revive the pre-2000 concept of TNN, but without the branding due to

392-456: A digital TV box to engage the audience to switch to digital television viewing while watching TV5 and One Sports and later RPTV . Singapore adopted the DVB-T2 standard in 2012, with monopoly Free-to-air broadcaster Mediacorp offering all seven of its services via DTT in 2013. Mediacorp ended analogue television service shortly after midnight on 2 January 2019. Sri Lanka has chosen

490-536: A handful of the PRCA's several hundreds of annual rodeos. Forty PRCA bull riders compete in a select rodeo arena in a one-two-day competition, and the top 12 riders based on scores come back to the championship round. The rider with the most points on two or three bulls wins the event. The PRCA crowns an Xtreme Bulls tour champion every year. This is the rider who wins the most money on tour. The Xtreme Bulls tour has Division 2 events where riders try to qualify to earn spots on

588-495: A new official mascot, Chidejika , to replace Tsuyoshi Kusanagi after he was arrested on suspicion of public indecency. On 3 September 2009, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced the procurement by tender of 5,000-8,000 sets of "simplified DTT tuners " with remote control for the citywide test transition from analogue to digital in Suzu, Ishikawa . The sets should be delivered by end November 2009. The program

686-521: A new service level agreement providing The Second Authority with a high level of local services to keep its currently operating DTV transmission equipment running 24/7, 365 days a year. The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and DPA (The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting-Japan) jointly set the specification and announced a guideline for "simplified DTT tuners " with price under 5,000 Japanese yen on 25 December 2007. MIAC officially solicited manufacturers to put it on

784-706: A partnership with the PRCA and Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA), first competed at the NCFR in 2020 and have consistently competed at the NFR Open ever since. The top cowboys and cowgirls compete in the PRCA's 60 largest regular season rodeos where they try to earn points towards the tour finale in September; the Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup in Sioux Falls, South Dakota . The finale

882-557: A reservation basis from late April, appearing in retail store in mid-May 2008. On 8 May 2008, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announced that 43.7% of homes had DTT ( ISDB-T ) capable TVs and/or tuners with DVD recorder by end of March 2008. It had been 27.8% one year before, and the ministry was expecting 100% penetration by April 2011. On 27 April 2009, National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB)

980-502: A short-lived retirement from broadcasting, and left Nashville Now in the process. Upon Emery's exit, the show was merged with fellow TNN program Crook & Chase and renamed Music City Tonight (hosted by Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase ). The same year, TNN Country News debuted and was hosted by Debra Maffett. The programming block TNN Outdoors debuted in 1993, and featured hunting and fishing shows, as well as PRCA rodeo and PBR bull riding . In 1996, Crook and Chase left

1078-459: A sportsman and living in his native Florida , hosted the program Country Sportsman , featuring hunting and fishing excursions with various country stars. Inspired by ABC 's The American Sportsman , the TNN show was later renamed Celebrity Sportsman after ABC objected to the similarity to its program. One of the most popular shows that aired on the network during this time was a variety show hosted by

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1176-514: A three-year deal with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). ECW on TNN was the highest-rated show on TNN through 2000, despite limited advertising (which was a point of contention with ECW officials). ECW on TNN and RollerJam formed the core of the network's "Friday Night Thrill Zone" program block , which was responsible for an increase in the network's young male viewership on Friday nights. In 2000, Viacom sensed redundancy among its TNN and CMT properties and, catalyzed by its acquisition of

1274-407: A three-year service agreement for the global transmission system. Sixty-three high and medium-power transmitters from Thomson's GreenPower range have been ordered together with installation and commissioning services, in a deal that follows on from the company's earlier deployment of DVB-T multiplexes over thirty transmission and sixty-two repeater sites. Equipped with dualcast-ready digital exciters,

1372-959: A variety of merchandise and being branded onto video games such as TNN Bass Tournament of Champions and TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96 . In 1995, the network's motorsports operations were moved into the industrial park located at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina , where TNN had purchased controlling interest in World Sports Enterprises, a motorsports production company founded by motorsports editor and commentator Ken Squier and Fred Rheinstein. Notable TNN racing personalities included Mike Joy , Steve Evans, Eli Gold , Buddy Baker , Neil Bonnett , Randy Pemberton, Ralph Sheheen , Dick Berggren , Matt Yocum , Brock Yates , Paul Page , Don Garlits , Gary Gerould , Army Armstrong, and Rick Benjamin . The outdoors and motorsports programs were so successful that, by

1470-571: Is COFDM , with either 64 or 16-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM). In general, 64QAM is capable of transmitting at a greater bit rate, but it is more susceptible to interference. 16 and 64QAM constellations can be combined in a single multiplex, providing a controllable degradation for more important program streams . This is called hierarchical modulation . DVB-T (and even more so DVB-T2) are tolerant of multipath distortion and are designed to work in single-frequency networks. Developments in video compression have resulted in improvements on

1568-472: Is Channel 49 of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo . However, in October 2012, DZCE-TV (which occupies the channel) reopened the analog signal to relaunch as INC TV; therefore, channel 49 can only transmit digitally during off-air hours of the analog channel 49. This was followed by the state-owned television network PTV which conducted its test transmission on UHF Channel 48. On 11 February 2015,

1666-504: Is aiming to examine the transition problem at individuals' home in country wide such as senior and non-technical families. Based on this rehearsal plan, analog TV transmission was interrupted in Suzu and parts of Noto for 48 hours, between noon on 2010/01/22 and noon on 2010/01/24. On 4 September 2009, ÆON announced the low cost "simplified DTT tuners " with remote control for ISDB-T to sell at JUSCO from 19 September 2009. The tuner

1764-466: Is also possible that MCOT may be planning to switch to DVB-T2 some time in the future to replace DVB-T . The Switch-off Date has been planned for 2020. (Only for Channel 3 (Thailand) ) For now, five analogue channels has been off-air since 16 June 2018 ( Thai Public Broadcasting Service and Channel 7 (Thailand) ), 21 June ( Channel 5 (Thailand) ) and 16 July ( Channel 9 MCOT HD and NBT) Australia uses DVB-T . The transition to digital television and

1862-590: Is expected to receive up to 19 channels, seven of which fall under MCOT and the rest for private broadcasters such as BEC-TERO which owns its channels such as TV3 . Thus far, besides simulcasting Modernine TV and Television of Thailand , MCOT is test-airing MCOT 1, MCOT 2 and MCOT 3 exclusively on the digital TV platform, transmitted at UHF channel 44, modulated at 64QAM . MCOT was also expected to launch regional channels for each province and/or territory in Thailand, making it 80 MCOT television channels. BEC-TERO

1960-883: Is produced by Pixela Corporation , and met the retail price of under 5,000 Japanese yen , which is the target price to industry by DPA ( Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting ( dejitaru housou suishin kyōkai ) ). The tuner connects to an old fashioned TV though an RCA connector with SDTV quality and some other minimal functions. On 7 September 2009, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications appointed two manufacturers I-O Data and Melco among 12 bids for minimal functioning "simplified DTT tuners " with remote control for ISDB-T of free supply to Japanese Temporary Assistance for Needy Families . Tuner connects to old fashion TV though RCA connector with SDTV quality and some other minimal function. On 24 July 2010, at noon, analog TV transmission officially stopped in Suzu and parts of Noto (approximately 8,800 homes) as

2058-414: Is received either via a digital set-top box (STB), TV gateway , or more usually now, an integrated tuner in a television set , that operates on the signal received via a television antenna . These devices often now include digital video recorder (DVR) functionality. Due to frequency planning issues, an aerial capable of receiving different channel groups, like a wideband antenna, may be required if

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2156-567: Is the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). The PRCA is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado , United States . The organization was created in 1936 when a group of cowboys walked out of a rodeo at Boston Garden to protest the actions of rodeo promoter W.T. Johnson, who refused to add the cowboys' entry fees to the rodeo's total purse. Johnson finally gave in to the cowboys' demands, and the successful "strike" led to

2254-481: Is the U.S. National Champion for their respective event. In addition to the nine individual event winners, including heading and heeling team ropers, there is also the all-around cowboy champion, who wins the most money in two or more events. All ten winners receive the National Circuit championship belt buckle. Each different circuit also competes at the NFR Open as a team and the best performing circuit wins

2352-661: The 1998 Pepsi 400 on October 17, 1998, after CBS was unable to air it on the rescheduled date (from July 4, due to the 1998 Florida wildfires ). The late 1990s also saw the network's first attempts to distance itself from its country music/rural lifestyle image and court a younger demographic, one more attractive to potential advertisers. In 1998, the network dropped its "The Nashville Network" moniker and shortened its official name to TNN , and ownership shifted to Viacom in 2000 after that company's acquisition of Westinghouse's successor, CBS Corporation. TNN subsequently moved from its original Nashville headquarters to New York City and

2450-580: The ATSC standard with 8VSB modulation, which has similar characteristics to the vestigial sideband modulation used for analog television. This provides considerably more immunity to interference, but it is not immune to multipath distortion, and also does not provide for single-frequency network operation (which is in any case not a requirement in the United States). The modulation method used in DVB-T

2548-615: The National Finals Steer Roping award their champions and awards yearly at the end of the year and those awards are tracked in a separate article. The PRCA's board runs the Hall of Fame. More than 100 people and livestock are nominated each year, but only a few are selected. The Miss Rodeo America pageant is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada, every December. Miss Rodeo America is the official spokesperson for

2646-572: The Outdoor Life Network , the Outdoor Channel , Fox Sports Networks , Great American Country , MAVTV and CBS Sports Network . Since 2020, PRCA events have been televised live on The Cowboy Channel and streamed live on the paywall-subscription-based The Cowboy Channel Plus application. Since March 2023, PRCA events not televised on The Cowboy Channel are televised on The Cowgirl Channel. The National Finals Rodeo and

2744-676: The Pendleton Round-Up . First approved by the PRCA in 2016, this tour features only saddle bronc riding competition. Like the Xtreme Bulls tour, these events are held in conjunction with a very small amount of the PRCA's several hundreds of annual regular season rodeos. At the Xtreme Broncs Tour Finale, held every August since 2019 in Rapid City , South Dakota , the top 12 saddle bronc riders in

2842-562: The "Dubbing 10" rules, and some manufacturers announced plans for create firmware downloads to allow users to update their existing recorders. On 3 April 2008, DPA announced that a total of 32.71 million of DTT ( ISDB-T ) TV sets capable of DTT reception (excepting 1seg receivers) had been installed in Japan as of the end of March 2008. On 8 April 2008, DPA also announced guidelines for manufacturers of DTT receiving, record and replay unit which operate with personal computers. These add-on units operate on USB or PCI BUS , and went on sale on

2940-721: The 70th anniversary of GMA Network released their newest product, GMA Affordabox , a digital TV box to engage the audience to switch to digital television viewing while watching GMA and GMA News TV . Before the launch of the said TV box, the network released two new sub-channels, the Heart of Asia Channel (launched in June 2020 featuring GMA's acquired Asian dramas and locally produced dramas) and Hallypop (which airs acquired programs from Jungo TV featuring Asian pop culture and international music events.) On 10 September 2021, TV5 Network, Inc. formally launched its newest product, Sulit TV ,

3038-715: The Cinch Playoffs, is held at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, Washington, in early September. The second half, the Cinch Playoffs Governor's Cup, is held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota , in late September, and is the last regular season event of the PRCA calendar. The Cinch Jeans company is the Playoffs' title sponsor. The tour was previously known as the ProRodeo Tour before changing to

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3136-616: The DVB-T system for digital television in July 1999. The first DVB-T transmission was started on 26 January 2003 in the four major metropolitan cities by Doordarshan . Currently the terrestrial transmission is available in both digital and analog formats. Four high-power DVB-T transmitters were set up in the top 4 cities, which were later upgraded to DVB-T2 + MPEG-4 and DVB-H standards. An additional 190 high-power and 400 low-power DVB-T2 transmitters have been approved for Tier I, II, and III cities of

3234-575: The GS Group. The service is called RealVU . It was done in partnership with Beximco . GS Group acts as a supplier and integrator of its in-house hardware and software solutions for the operator's functioning in accordance with the modern standards of digital television. RealVu provides more than 100 TV channels in SD and HD quality. The digital TV set-top boxes developed by GS Group offer such functions as PVR and time-shift, along with an EPG. India adopted

3332-466: The GreenPower range offers the ability to smoothly migrate from DVB-T to DVB-T2 and to easily offer additional HDTV content. Ranging from low- to high-power, the range covers all the power requirements of The Second Authority. Thomson will also deploy its user-friendly centralized Network Management System to control and monitor the overall transmission system from a single facility. The deal includes

3430-512: The Heart O’ Texas Fair & Rodeo in Waco, Texas , in October as a three-day event. The six primary PRCA male events (bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, and bull riding), as well as the two female WPRA events included at PRCA rodeos (breakaway roping and barrel racing) are featured, and the top ten permit holders in each event compete throughout

3528-670: The Japanese-Brazilian standard ISDB-Tb . In 2005, the Ministry of Information announced its plan to digitalise nationwide free-to-air TV broadcasts led by MCOT Public Company Limited (MCOT). Trial broadcasts were undertaken, involving one thousand households in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area from December 2000 until May 2001. According to the then-Deputy Minister of Information, the trial received "very positive" feedback, i.e. "more than 60 percent said

3626-659: The Legacy Steer Roping Finals held in November in Mulvane, Kansas , for the chance of being crowned the tour champion. The National Circuit Finals Steer Roping (NCFSR) has been held in Torrington, Wyoming , since its inaugural year in 2010. The top 35 steer ropers from the PRCA regional American circuits that include steer roping as an event compete at the annual two-day event for the chance of winning

3724-463: The NCFR had to be moved to a different date and location. It was ultimately held in Greeley, Colorado , in September. The event itself was closed to the public and the seats were filled with socially distanced cardboard cutouts of people. In 2021, The NCFR returned to Kissimmee, Florida, and took place during its normal run in the springtime, but consisted of a limited and socially distanced crowd due to

3822-730: The NFR has been held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas , Nevada . However, in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions in Nevada, the NFR was temporarily moved to Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas , with a limited and socially distanced crowd for each day of competition. The NFR returned to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas in 2021. Rodeo action is held over 10 consecutive days at

3920-493: The National Finals, with the top money winner for the year crowned the year's PRCA World Champion in each discipline at the end of the NFR. Because of the large amount of money (10 million dollars) at stake in the NFR, the leaders in each event going into the NFR are often dethroned for the year's championship at that event. Throughout its history, PRCA events were televised on channels such as ABC , ESPN , TNN ,

4018-701: The PRCA National Circuit Team Championship. The main championship event for the circuit system was previously known as the National Circuit Finals Rodeo (NCFR). The NCFR was held every spring from 1987 through 2010 in Pocatello, Idaho , before moving to Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , in 2011; Guthrie, Oklahoma , in 2014; and then to Kissimmee, Florida , in 2015. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic ,

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4116-746: The PRCA world standings, plus the top 12 saddle bronc riders in the Xtreme Broncs tour standings not already in the top 12 PRCA world standings compete at the event. Money won on the Xtreme Broncs tour counts towards the PRCA world standings for the National Finals Rodeo. Since 2019, the PRCA has sanctioned steer roping events for contestants aged 50 and over called the Legacy Steer Roping tour. Ropers must compete in at least four Legacy Steer Roping events and have won at least one dollar in each event in order to qualify for

4214-648: The PRCA-FMR Tour. It has a year-end finals event and the tour champions from the previous calendar year competed at the NCFR beginning in 2017. This lasted through 2020, until the COVID-19 pandemic forced the PRCA's partnership with the FMR to pause for three years. Since 2023, the PRCA-FMR Tour champions again compete at the NFR Open. The season champions of the Maple Leaf Circuit, which was forged between

4312-471: The PRCA. Events source Note: Steer roping is publicized separately and its finals are held separately at the National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR). There are 12 U.S. regional circuits in the PRCA; Montana, Mountain States, Wilderness, Columbia River, California, Turquoise, Texas, Prairie, Badlands, Great Lakes, Southeast, and First Frontier. Contestants compete in their respective regional circuits and

4410-685: The Permit Finals for the chance of winning the Permit Member of the Year title in each respective event. The Permit Member of the Year Challenge in Las Vegas continues to take place before the start of the National Finals Rodeo. However, it now features the top five permit holders in each rodeo event at the conclusion of the Permit Finals and is held as a regular-season event. The top 15 money winners in each PRCA discipline (including

4508-544: The Permit Member of the Year in their respective events. This one-day event was held every December at the South Point Hotel Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada , just shortly before the start of the National Finals Rodeo. However, because of COVID-19 restrictions in Nevada, the 2020 edition of the event took place at Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas . The Permit Member of the Year Challenge returned to

4606-563: The Playoff Series in 2022. While money won on the tour does count toward the world standings for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), The Playoff Series is points based. The competitor with the highest total points in each rodeo event at the end of the season is crowned the Playoff Series Champion. This tour consists of PRCA bareback bronc riders, saddle bronc riders , and bull riders , as well as barrel racers from

4704-553: The South Point Hotel Arena in Las Vegas in 2021. First time PRCA members compete on a permit, and must win a certain amount of money before they earn their full-time PRCA membership card. The top five money-earning permit holders competed in two rounds each and the ones who had earned the most money throughout the year were each crowned the Permit Member of the Year. The Permit Member of the Year Challenge had been held since 2009, although in its first five years, only

4802-478: The TNN trademark now owned by Jim Owens Entertainment. Owens died on March 4, 2022. Digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television ( DTTV , DTT , or DTTB ) is a technology for terrestrial television , in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technological advancement over analog television , and has largely replaced analog television broadcasting, which

4900-509: The U.S. National Steer Roping title. At the end of the regular season, the top 15 steer ropers in the PRCA world standings compete at the National Finals Steer Roping (NFSR). This annual event held every November in Mulvane, Kansas , is separate from the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) and different from the National Circuit Finals Steer Roping (NCFSR). After two days of competition, the contestant who has won

4998-570: The WPRA competing in select midwestern and southeastern cities of the United States as annual events. Money won at each tour stop counts towards the PRCA world standings. What started out as an unsanctioned, one-night-only, stand-alone bull riding event held in conjunction with Ellensburg, Washington 's Ellensburg Rodeo in 2002, became a full-fledged PRCA-sanctioned tour in 2003. Xtreme Bulls events are held in conjunction with less than

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5096-402: The ability to broadcast more channels than analog, better quality images, and potentially lower operating costs for broadcasters. Different countries have adopted different digital broadcasting standards. Some of the major ones are: Digital terrestrial television is transmitted using radio frequencies through terrestrial space in the same way as the former analog television systems, with

5194-525: The ages of 18 and 49, according to Nielsen Media Research. Some of TNN's programming included off-network sitcoms such as Diff'rent Strokes , WKRP in Cincinnati , The Wonder Years , and Taxi and the failed relaunch of The Ren & Stimpy Show as Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" . Eventually, male-oriented shows, such as Baywatch , Miami Vice , Monster Jam , Robot Wars and Star Trek: The Next Generation were added to

5292-638: The analog terrestrial TV close down schedule on 24 July 2011 will be unchanged, with the exception being the close down having to be postponed by a maximum one year. Analog television shut down on 31 March 2012, in Iwate , Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were heavily damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the nuclear accidents that followed it . Analog television stations are required to cease normal programming at noon and shut down their signals at midnight. Digital television in Malaysia

5390-540: The continuity of the pandemic. In 2022, the National Circuit Finals Rodeo was renamed as the NFR Open and now takes place every July at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo in Colorado Springs, Colorado . Since 2016, the PRCA has had a partnership with the Federación Mexicana de Rodeo (FMR) (Mexican Rodeo Federation). Rodeo contestants compete in a series of events co-sectioned by the PRCA and FMR called

5488-633: The country by 2017. The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI, had recommended the I&;B to allow private broadcast companies to use the DTT technology, in 2005. So far, the Indian I&;B ministry only permits private broadcast companies to use satellite, cable, and IPTV-based systems. The government's broadcasting organisation Doordarshan started the free TV service over DVB-T2 to mobile phone users from 25 February onwards and extended it to cover 16 cities including

5586-575: The country music quartet The Statler Brothers . In 1986, TNN started airing professional rodeos , beginning with the Mesquite Championship Rodeo . In 1991, Gaylord Entertainment purchased TNN's chief competitor, CMT , and operated it in tandem with TNN. CMT continued to show country music videos exclusively throughout Gaylord's ownership. Following the acquisition, TNN quickly phased out its music video blocks, while directing viewers to CMT for such fare. In 1993, Emery began

5684-422: The country on 6 June 2017 with an estimate of 4.2 million digital television decoders freely distributed to the country citizens, including recipients of the government aid of 1Malaysia People's Aid (BR1M). The government has planned for a full shutdown of analogue television broadcasting by September 2019 with a full introduction of digital television will be available to public by October. Langkawi become

5782-536: The digital signal multiplexes lie outside the reception capabilities of the originally installed aerial. Indoor aerials are more likely to be affected by these issues. Afghanistan officially launched digital transmissions in Kabul using DVB-T2/MPEG-4 on Sunday, 31 August 2014. Test transmissions had commenced on 4 UHF channels at the start of June 2014. Transmitters were provided by GatesAir. Bangladesh had its first DTT service DVB-T2/MPEG-4 on 28 April 2016 launched by

5880-589: The early 1990s, only those shows were seen on Sundays, with no musical programming. Westinghouse Electric , who at the time owned the CBS network and had an existing relationship with TNN through its Group W division, purchased TNN and its sister network CMT outright in 1997 to form the CBS Cable division, along with a short-lived startup network entitled Eye On People . Most of the original entertainment-oriented programming ceased production during this period, and

5978-515: The end of 2012. Eventually, there were no further moves in this direction (updated in August 2023). On 20 March 2013, it was announced that Thomson Broadcast had won a major contract with The Second Authority for Television and Radio for the extension of its nationwide DVB-T/DVB-T2 network. The Second Authority's order for new infrastructure includes two new multiplexes on thirty sites including three single-frequency areas. This major deal incorporates

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6076-475: The first area of analogue television switch off that were executed on 21 July at 02:30 ( UTC+8 ). Further on 6 August, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Ministry released a complete list of transition date on the remaining areas with central and southern West Malaysia to be commenced on 19 August, northern West Malaysia on 2 September, eastern coast West Malaysia on 17 September and entire East Malaysia on 30 September. The switch over in West Malaysia

6174-600: The first country music cable television network. TNN was originally owned by WSM , Inc., a subsidiary of National Life and Accident Insurance Company that owned several broadcasting and tourism properties in Nashville and the traditional country radio and stage show The Grand Ole Opry , and initially focused on country music-related original programming. TNN's flagship shows included Nashville Now and Grand Ole Opry Live , both of which were broadcast live from Opryland USA. During TNN's first year of broadcasting, American General Corporation , parent company of NL&AIC, put

6272-400: The formation of the Cowboys' Turtle Association. That name was chosen because, while they were slow to organize, when required they were unafraid to stick out their necks to get what they wanted, like turtles might do. Among the organizers was a woman, a four-time national bronc champion, Alice Greenough Orr . In 1945, the Turtles changed their name to the Rodeo Cowboys Association, and in 1975,

6370-608: The four metros from 5 April 2016. Israel started digital transmissions in MPEG-4 on Sunday, 2 August 2009, and analogue transmissions ended on 31 March 2011. Israel was the first nation in the Middle East and the first non-European nation to shut down its analogue TV distribution system. The new service which is operated by The Second Authority for Television and Radio in Israel currently offers 6 SD TV channels, 2 HD TV channels from IPBC - Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation ( Kan 11 and Makan 33) and 30 national and regional (private) radio services. According to government decisions,

6468-520: The initial application. Digital television transition began on 28 February 2017, with ZOE Broadcasting Network 's DZOZ-TV as the country's first station to permanently shut down analog terrestrial transmissions without any test simulcast with its digital signal, and is expected to be finished by 2023. On 25 May 2018, Solar Entertainment Corp began a new digital TV service called Easy TV where most of its channels are offered to consumers through Easy TV's proprietary set-top box. In October 2020, with

6566-421: The latter, NASCAR races (including those of the then- Winston Cup Series , Busch Grand National Series , and Craftsman Truck Series ) were the most prominently featured. However, races of other series such as IMSA , IRL , ASA , World of Outlaws , and NHRA were also showcased, as were motorcycle and monster truck racing. TNN Outdoors and TNN Motor Sports also were marketed as separate entities, selling

6664-440: The main Division 1 events. Bull riders must compete in at least forty complete PRCA rodeos if they want the money won on the Xtreme Bulls tour to count in the world standings towards the National Finals Rodeo. In 2003, the inaugural Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale was held in Kissimmee, Florida . In 2004, the tour finale was held in conjunction with the Ellensburg Rodeo . In 2005, it was held in Reno, Nevada . From 2006 through 2008, it

6762-451: The major TV network ABS-CBN commercially launched the digital TV box called ABS-CBN TV Plus also known as Mahiwagang Blackbox . Seven years before the commercial launch, the network initially applied for a license from NTC on digital free TV. The digital TV box was given away as a prize for the loyal viewers and listeners of ABS-CBN channel 2, DZMM (AM radio station of ABS-CBN) and DZMM TeleRadyo (TV-radio cable channel of ABS-CBN) after

6860-537: The market by the end of March 2010 (end of fiscal year 2009). MIAC is estimating that 14 million, at maximum, traditional non-digital TV sets remain and need the "simplified DTT tuner" to be adapted even after the complete transition to DTT after July 2011; it is aiming to avoid the disposal of large numbers of useless TV sets without such a tuner at one time. On 20 December 2007, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association published rules for Digital Rights Management for DTT broadcasting under

6958-406: The most money throughout the season, including at the NFSR is crowned the PRCA world champion steer roper. Since 2019, the Legacy Steer Roping Finals have been held in conjunction with the NFSR. The PRCA held the Permit Member of the Year Challenge in which the top five permit holders in each of the standard male rodeo events at the end of the regular season competed for the chance of being crowned

7056-620: The name "Dubbing 10". Despite the name, consumers were allowed to use Blu-ray Disc and other recorders to " dub " or copy the video and audio of entire TV programs up to 9 times, with 1 final "move" permitted. Broadcasting with "Dubbing 10" was supposed to start at about 4:00 a.m. on 2 June 2008, but was postponed after lengthy talks with the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers . It finally started about 4:00 a.m. on 4 July 2008. The manufacturers of DVD and DTT recorders were to make units conforming to

7154-428: The network began to rely more on TNN Outdoors and TNN Motor Sports for programming. The network's ties to CBS allowed it to pick up Southern-themed CBS dramas from the 1980s such as The Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas , and also allowed it to carry CBS Sports' overruns, which happened during a NASCAR Busch Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and also a PGA Tour event at Firestone Country Club . It also broadcast

7252-1183: The network up for sale, along with the other NL&AI properties, in an effort to focus on its core businesses. The Gaylord Entertainment Company purchased TNN and the Opryland properties in the latter half of 1983. Much of TNN's programming during the Gaylord era was originally produced by Opryland Productions, also owned by Gaylord Entertainment. Programming included variety shows, talk shows , game shows (such as Fandango and Top Card ), outdoors shows, and lifestyle shows, all centered in some way around country music or Southern U.S. culture. Some of TNN's popular on-air talent included Miss America 1983 Debra Maffett (TNN Country News), and local Nashville media personalities Ralph Emery , Dan Miller, Charlie Chase , Lorianne Crook and Gary Beaty , as well as established stars such as country music singer Bill Anderson and actresses Florence Henderson and Dinah Shore . TNN even created stars, such as wily professional fisherman Bill Dance . Grand Ole Opry singer and 1960s country star Bobby Lord , known for his skills as

7350-526: The network's lineup as the demographic was changed to target " young adult males". This change in the target demographic led The New TNN to be relaunched as Spike TV in August 2003, and then renamed to simply Spike in 2006. In 2008, Spike was available in 96.1 million American homes, and the average age of its viewers was 42. The network featured re-runs of popular shows such as CSI , CSI: NY , Unsolved Mysteries , Married... with Children , UFC events, and various original programs and movies. It

7448-839: The organization became the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The PRCA staff consists of about 70 full-time employees, but grows to nearly 100 during the peak rodeo season. The PRCA headquarters, established in 1979 in Colorado Springs, also houses the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy. In 2006, the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame inducted the PRCA into its hall of fame. Seven events and nine championships are sanctioned by

7546-441: The original discrete cosine transform (DCT) based H.262 MPEG-2 video coding format , which has been surpassed by H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and more recently H.265 HEVC . H.264 enables three high-definition television services to be coded into a 24 Mbit/s DVB-T European terrestrial transmission channel. DVB-T2 increases this channel capacity to typically 40 Mbit/s, allowing even more services. Digital terrestrial television

7644-478: The phaseout of analogue television was completed on 10 December 2013. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is the largest rodeo organization in the world. It sanctions events in the United States , Canada , and Mexico , with members from said countries, as well as others. Its championship event

7742-406: The primary difference being the use of multiplex transmitters to allow reception of multiple services (TV, radio stations or data) on a single frequency (such as a UHF or VHF channel). The amount of data that can be transmitted (and therefore the number of channels) is directly affected by channel capacity and the modulation method of the transmission. North America and South Korea use

7840-417: The quality of the signal ranged from good to very good. Over 88 percent said the picture quality improved, while 70 percent said the sound quality was better." According to Information Minister, Sontaya Kunplome , MCOT is expected to fully complete its digitalization in 2012 as part of its three-year restructuring process. Each household, once equipped with the necessary equipment ( set-top box or iDTV set)

7938-478: The rehearsal plan that took place one year ahead of the nationwide shutdown, which is scheduled on 24 July 2011. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications shall watch what type of problem arise in transition to DTT which might apply to the nationwide shutdown. On 20 April 2011, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications confirmed, and made the resolution by the House of Councillors on 8 June 2011, that

8036-409: The rights to World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE ) programming, decided to refocus TNN. The network was renamed The National Network on September 25 (later The New TNN ) and reformatted to compete with TNT , TBS , and USA Network by attracting viewers in the 18 to 49-year-old demographic. Prior to 2000, over half of TNN's viewers were 55 years old and over. Only one-third of them were between

8134-420: The roughstock events (bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding) were featured. The timed events (steer wrestling, team roping and tie-down roping) were added in 2014. The Permit Member of the Year Challenge in Las Vegas crowned the year-end Permit Members of the Year from 2009 through 2021. However, in 2022, the permit championship event was changed. Since that year, the Permit Finals has been held at

8232-457: The show to relaunch their eponymous program in daytime syndication; it would return exclusively to TNN in 1997. Meanwhile, Music City Tonight was again overhauled to more closely resemble its original Nashville Now format, but was rebranded as Prime Time Country . This version was originally hosted by actor Tom Wopat (of The Dukes of Hazzard fame). He was later replaced with singer/songwriter Gary Chapman , who enjoyed relative success with

8330-485: The show until its cancellation in 1999 as part of the network's change of focus. TNN had two subdivisions focused on specialty programming: TNN Outdoors and TNN Motor Sports . In 1998, country singer Tracy Byrd became the on-air spokesman for the TNN Outdoors block, and stayed until 2000. TNN Motor Sports was responsible for production of all of the network's auto racing and motorsports coverage. Regarding

8428-596: The specifications of the DTV set-top box for use within ASEAN, and also set up an ASEAN HD Centre to provide training on HDTV content to broadcasters in the region. Even though MCOT's trial was a success, the future of the digital terrestrial television transition has become uncertain, especially after the end of Somchai Wongsawat 's tenure as the prime minister and the beginning of successor Abhisit Vejjajiva 's reign in favor of his concept. In March 2011, MCOT announced that it

8526-415: The system will expand to include two additional multiplexes that will carry new channels and HD versions of the existing channels. There is a proposition by the Ministry of Finance to run a tender in order to hand over the maintenance of the system to a private company that, in return, will receive an extended license and will be able to offer pay TV channels. In this matter, nothing has been decided upon until

8624-639: The top 15 "headers" and "heelers" in team roping ) at the end of the regular season earn a trip to the National Finals Rodeo every December. The event is commonly called the National Finals or NFR. The inaugural National Finals Rodeo in 1959 took place in Dallas, Texas , and the event would remain there through 1961. From 1962 to 1964, the NFR took place in Los Angeles, California . From 1965 to 1984, it took place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma . Since 1985,

8722-459: The top ones qualify for each region's circuit finals rodeos. Points are achieved for the top competitors in each of the circuit rodeo events held throughout the year. At the conclusion of each circuit finals rodeo, the season champion, as well as the circuit finals average champion qualify for the main championship event of the circuit system, the NFR Open . The winner in each event at the NFR Open

8820-468: Was also the home of the professional wrestling organization Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 's flagship show Impact Wrestling until January 2015, when the show moved to Destination America . Spike was rebranded as the Paramount Network on January 18, 2018. On April 16, 2012, it was announced that Luken Communications and Jim Owens Entertainment would relaunch The Nashville Network as

8918-442: Was changed to Heartland . The rebranded network continued to carry the same format and programming. As part of the split, Jim Owens Entertainment retained TNN's branding. On April 24, 2019, corporate TV station owner Gray Television announced a joint-venture country music broadcasting service with Opry Entertainment Group (the legal successor to TNN's founding company, WSM, Inc.), which became Circle . The services would consist of

9016-527: Was expected to commence trials in March 2009. Thailand and the rest of ASEAN countries (with the exception of the Philippines; see above) have selected DVB-T as the final DTV standard, and are expected to switch off analogue broadcasts completely by 2015. In June 2008, participants of the 6th ASEAN Digital Broadcast Meeting from seven south-east Asian countries (including Thailand) agreed to finalise

9114-471: Was first rolled out in January 2014. By June 2015, free digital television was provided by MYTV Broadcasting . In the first phase, there would be around 15 digital television stations nationwide with further stations will be added in the next phase. By November 2016, MYTV set top box also available for sale in electronics store nationwide. Malaysia government officiated the launching of digital television in

9212-410: Was folded into Viacom's MTV Networks division; sister network CMT, however, remained situated in Nashville and began to venture away from 24/7 music videos, in favor of lifestyle programming. 1998 witnessed the premiere of RollerJam , which brought roller derby back to television for the first time in almost a decade. The next year, TNN began its relationship with professional wrestling , signing

9310-613: Was fully completed on 16 October at 12:30   am (UTC+8), while the final switch over in East Malaysia was completed on 31 October also at 12:30   am (UTC+8) as scheduled. The Maldives has chosen the Japanese-Brazilian standard ISDB-Tb . On 11 June 2010, National Telecommunications Commission of the Philippines announced that the country will use the Japanese ISDB-T International standard. The first fully operational digital TV channel

9408-662: Was held for several years at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, Washington . In 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , the finale was held in Rapid City, South Dakota . In 2021, it moved to the California Rodeo Salinas in Salinas, California . The finale returned to Puyallup in 2022. Since 2023, it is separated into two halves in two different cities. The first half, simply titled

9506-738: Was held in Indianapolis , Indiana . From 2009 through 2019, it was consistently held in conjunction with the Ellensburg Rodeo. In 2020, because of the COVID-19 pandemic , the Ellensburg Rodeo was canceled, and thus the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale had to be moved somewhere else. It was ultimately held in Nephi, Utah . Since 2021, the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale has taken place in Pendleton, Oregon ; held in conjunction with

9604-401: Was previously in common use since the middle of the 20th century. Test broadcasts began in 1998, and the changeover to digital television began in 2006 and is now complete in many countries. The advantages of digital terrestrial television are similar to those obtained by digitizing platforms such as cable TV, satellite, and telecommunications: more efficient use of radio spectrum bandwidth,

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