March 28, 2024, 07:33:23 AM

Author Topic: New weather/traffic channel  (Read 4275 times)

Offline ABC7

  • Haven't watched TWC in 6 mos.!
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 592
  • Gender: Male
  • Puddi Puddi!
    • View Profile
  • HD Channel #: 776
  • SD Channel #: 61
  • SD WxStar ID #: 27669
  • WxStar Version: Junior
New weather/traffic channel
« on: June 22, 2010, 03:04:56 PM »
I was surfing channels, and I found something strange. It's called TTV, and it's a "ghetto weatherscan", if you will. It has sports headlines, weather conditions, and updates on the BP oil spill news headlines. There is no music and the production values are that of a looping PowerPoint presentation or a WeatherSTAR XL had it existed in the early 1990s.

Has anyone seen this, or is this a local thing? I looked online, and I saw absolutely nothing about it.

Offline Eric

  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 1757
    • View Profile
  • Cable Provider: Other
  • WxStar Version: IntelliStar
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2010, 03:17:09 PM »
I was surfing channels, and I found something strange. It's called TTV, and it's a "ghetto weatherscan", if you will. It has sports headlines, weather conditions, and updates on the BP oil spill news headlines. There is no music and the production values are that of a looping PowerPoint presentation or a WeatherSTAR XL had it existed in the early 1990s.

Has anyone seen this, or is this a local thing? I looked online, and I saw absolutely nothing about it.

My best guess would be that it's a local channel, possibly originating with your cable operator.  I looked online and couldn't find anything, either, except that TTV is also the name of a Taiwanese television network. :)

Offline ABC7

  • Haven't watched TWC in 6 mos.!
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 592
  • Gender: Male
  • Puddi Puddi!
    • View Profile
  • HD Channel #: 776
  • SD Channel #: 61
  • SD WxStar ID #: 27669
  • WxStar Version: Junior
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 03:25:53 PM »
That's strange. It doesn't look anything like it's a Taiwanese network.

I'm guessing this is one of the cable channels that Comcast added to my line-up that will come and go because of a lack of funding (TTV is commercial-free). It does give me an alternative for weather info if TWC isn't talking about weather or when the local NBC Weather Plus is on the fritz.

Offline beanboy89

  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 9663
  • Gender: Male
  • Caulk the wagons and float!
    • View Profile
    • http://billy.mozfaq.org/
  • Cable Provider: Xfinity
  • SD Channel #: 53
  • SD WxStar ID #: 22608
  • WxScan Ch. #: 101
  • WxStar Version: IntelliStar
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 05:17:10 PM »
Ghettoscan. :P
My super-awesome website!
[00:45] <SpringRubberMB> I wear a condom everywhere I go!

Offline Eric

  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 1757
    • View Profile
  • Cable Provider: Other
  • WxStar Version: IntelliStar
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 07:05:37 PM »

Offline TWCToday

  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6151
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
    • Norfolk Weather Station
  • Cable Provider: COX
  • HD Channel #: 724
  • HD WxStar ID #: 029745
  • SD Channel #: 24
  • SD WxStar ID #: 22568
  • WxStar Version: IntelliStar
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2010, 07:11:55 PM »
Ghettoscan. :P
Someone trademark that! :D

Offline ABC7

  • Haven't watched TWC in 6 mos.!
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 592
  • Gender: Male
  • Puddi Puddi!
    • View Profile
  • HD Channel #: 776
  • SD Channel #: 61
  • SD WxStar ID #: 27669
  • WxStar Version: Junior
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2010, 09:06:07 PM »
Ghettoscan is what is should be called. It even has horoscopes and "odd news".

Offline WeatherWitness

  • Andy
  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 4638
  • Gender: Male
    • View Profile
  • WxStar Version: Satellite
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2010, 09:18:59 PM »
Interesting that you have Comcast. :thinking: If you had a smaller cable company, I would propose that this "TTV" is something provided by the cable company. But are any other Comcast viewers getting this? :dunno:

Offline Eric

  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 1757
    • View Profile
  • Cable Provider: Other
  • WxStar Version: IntelliStar
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2010, 11:59:48 PM »
But are any other Comcast viewers getting this? :dunno:

I'm not.

Offline ABC7

  • Haven't watched TWC in 6 mos.!
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 592
  • Gender: Male
  • Puddi Puddi!
    • View Profile
  • HD Channel #: 776
  • SD Channel #: 61
  • SD WxStar ID #: 27669
  • WxStar Version: Junior
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2010, 02:11:57 AM »
I saw another glimpse of TTV tonight, and there was a South Asian-based newscast in English. Eric might have been right; Ghettoscan might be in fact TTV, and the weather/traffic info is just filler.

Offline Eric

  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 1757
    • View Profile
  • Cable Provider: Other
  • WxStar Version: IntelliStar
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2010, 02:47:12 PM »
I saw another glimpse of TTV tonight, and there was a South Asian-based newscast in English. Eric might have been right; Ghettoscan might be in fact TTV, and the weather/traffic info is just filler.
Gee... sounds like such an interesting channel!  :P

Offline Anistorm

  • Ultimate Member
  • *
  • Posts: 4098
  • Gender: Female
  • I'm fabulous.
    • View Profile
  • Cable Provider: Dish Network
  • HD Channel #: 5367
  • SD Channel #: 214
  • WxStar Version: Satellite
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2010, 05:51:43 PM »
Ghettoscan. :P
Someone trademark that! :D

If it's not trademarked, I'll add it to my sig. ^_^





hi~ I'm Anistorm.
I'm not a girl, nor a woman. I am a lady.
Member since 2008.
I like thunderstorms.
I'm a moderator at another forum, so my
activity is not as awesome as you think.
Ask for my skype, tumblr and/or twitter.

Offline ABC7

  • Haven't watched TWC in 6 mos.!
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 592
  • Gender: Male
  • Puddi Puddi!
    • View Profile
  • HD Channel #: 776
  • SD Channel #: 61
  • SD WxStar ID #: 27669
  • WxStar Version: Junior
Re: New weather/traffic channel
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2010, 02:42:21 PM »
I found out more about TTV. Apparently, it stands for Tokyo Television, so it's a Japan-based channel. Its telephone number is from the Bay Area, so indeed it is local.