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Source: Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.儲存倉Oct. 17--Time Warner Cable is implementing a change that will impact some of its customers -- especially those who have not subscribed to digital services.Starting Oct. 22, the cable company will digitize five analog channels -- TV Guide (Ch. 2); WGN (Ch. 5); TBN (Ch. 51); C-Span 2 (Ch. 98); and C-Span (Ch. 99) as well as some public, education and government (PEG) access channels.For those customers without digital services, the change means they will need a way to convert the signal to keep getting the channels.The company will provide a digital converter box free for 60 days for customers who are affected to allow them access to the channels. After 60 days, customers who have not made the conversion will be charged $1.50 more per month for the digital service.Pedelty said customers should note that the five channels are not moving -- they will still be in the same tier. They are changing to digital format.TWC is making the move to digitize channels to accommodate the increasingly broad interests of its customers who want to be able to select more personalized and on-demand services, said Michael Pedelty, vice president of communications."More of our customers are asking for high definition programming and faster Internet speed," Pedelty said. "Our spectrum is finite, and we have to manage our band width effectively."By digitizing select channels and only offering them in digital format, TWC is able to reclaim significant bandwidth since analog channels consume more space.While some TWC customers still just want regular, cable television, about 75 percent of them want to be迷你倉最平able to select the products they want, Pedelty said."We have to adjust to the changing interests of our customers," he said.City and county governments ensured that two things related to digitization were included in the TWC franchise, Attorney Ed Ray said.First, local officials said the PEG channels could be available in either format, but they should continue to be broadcast, Ray said. And second, TWC should maintain a physical presence in Daviess County."The switch from analog to digital is happening nationwide," Ray said. "It was important to elected officials for local residents to have a place to go for Time Warner Cable to help them through any issues with the conversion."TWC has an office at 100 Industrial Drive where customers may go to get questions answered, he said.The city has a Cable Advisory Board, but TWC's digitalization plan would not fall under that board's purview, Ray said. The board was created as a means for the city to get representation from Owensboro entities that originate their own public access television programming. Some of those entities would be city government and city and county schools.The board may advise the city when TWC's contract is negotiated and bring forward any complaints they may have, Ray said.That group may also advise the board how best to use the $30,000 per year over 10 years that TWC provides for public access channels, he said.Joy Campbell, 691-7299, ?jcampbell@messenger-inquirer.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Ky.) Visit the Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Ky.) at .messenger-inquirer.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉