The official Oscars site has the following extras:
The main event at 8:00 pm ET is not yet legally confirmed online. Live audio coverage is available from KNX 1070.
As for the Red Carpet, the following will stream coverage at:
For additional fun:
With regards to the USA Digital TV Conversion, the mandatory switch was delayed from Feb 17 to June 12.
However, some stations voluntarily switched on Feb 17, such as:
Kentucky: LEX 18
Louisiana: KALB, WNTZ
Wisconsin: WSAW, WJFW, WAOW/WYOW.
Missouri: KHQA-TV, WGEM-TV
North Dakota: Most stations.
South Dakota: Public Broadcasting
Vermont: WCAX-TV, WFFF-TV, WNNE-TV, WPTZ-TV, WVNY, Mountain Lake PBS and Vermont Public Television
A full list is available at the FCC site.
With a typical switch over, some stations were off-air for 30 minutes while transitioning, where others were simulcasting digital and analog, and simply pulled the plug on the analog.
So why did they switch early? Simply put, it can cost millions to maintain simulcasting the additional months.
Why switch at all? The new digital TV signals are 4 times higher quality than the old signals.
The bad news: If you previously received a station that was a bit snowy, but tolerable, it is possible the new digital TV signal will drop entire frames.
With the Internet and Spreety, why do we care? The frequency spectrum freed up by removing the analog signals is partially slated for high speed wireless Internet.
Since the change to June 12 was announced rather late in the game, several TV episodes had already been created in High Definition. An example is The Simpsons, which overtly celebrated the HDTV transition, without the transition. The HDTV version is available on the FOX web site.
To find the rest of the tv shows online, go to Spreety.com.
Attention bloggers:
Win $15 iTunes Certificates!
From Feb 14-28, any blog entry linking to Spreety.com is an entry into a drawing for ten iTunes certificates on March 1.
Blog about anything Spreety, like online Sports, Movies, Mystery, Soap Operas, Sci Fi, you name it.
Blogs, social networks, forums, and wikis are all fair game. You do not need to own the blog, just be the author of the post.
To enter, e-mail us your list of URLs containing your links to Spreety at Spreety@spreety.com. There is a maximum of 10 entries per e-mail address, and each e-mail address can win only once.
March 1 Update:
No one submitted any links. Several bloggers mentioned that this blogger challenge sounded spammy, which was not our intent. We feel the online TV transition is a fascinating topic, and will continue to share our knowledge on the http://Spreety.com site and through this blog.
The following networks have recently posted a significant amount of shows online:
For a broader picture of on demand shows per media sites, try Spreety’s Media Site Guide.
Spreety has been growing very quickly. On Monday (2/2), there was a peak of 10,000 visitors in 30 minutes.
For a site that had 20 pilot users last June, this is fabulous growth. Unfortunately, there were growing pains, thus some minor outages the past two days. We sincerely apologize for not fully anticipating such phenomenal growth.
In preparation for the future, we are making the Spreety servers 100 times more powerful. So go invite another million of your friends this weekend. We will be ready.
Feb 6 Update: The new servers are online. There were some glitches in the switch over, but all is well as of 5:30 am PT.
The following TV shows have recently premiered online, with links to watch:
| Show | Site |
| 13 Fear Is Real | CW |
| 24 | FOX |
| The Bachelor | ABC |
| Baldwin Hills | BET |
| Battlestar Galactica | Sci Fi |
| The Beast | A&E |
| Bromance | MTV |
| The City | MTV |
| The Closer | TNT |
| Confessions of a Teen Idol | VH1 |
| Daddy’s Girls | MTV |
| DietTribe | Lifetime |
| Hell’s Kitchen | FOX |
| Homeland Security U.S.A. | ABC |
| Kyle XY | ABC Family |
| Lie to me | FOX |
| Lost | ABC |
| Paranormal State | A&E |
| Scrubs | ABC |
| Solitary 3.0 | FOX Reality |
| Superstars of Dance | NBC |
| Tool Academy | VH1 |
| True Beauty | ABC |
| Trust Me | TNT |
For full listings, try Spreety’s Guide to Watch TV Shows Online and Spreety TV iPhone.
