Digital Television

Vermont Public Television and other area television stations made the transition to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17, 2009. On VPT digital, you can enjoy our main schedule, including high definition (HD), our Create and our World digital channels. If you need help receiving VPT digital, please browse the resources here, email us, or call us at 1-800-639-7811 on weekdays.

 

  If you subscribe to cable or satellite or have already set up your digital TV set or converter box, you are ready, and you will find our complete programming schedule when you Click here .

If you are not yet receiving digital TV, you can try receiving VPT over the air by antenna. You will also find VPT and other local stations on U.S. and Canadian cable systems, as well as on U.S. satellite systems. At this time, Canadian cable systems and U.S. satellite systems carry the VPT main schedule in analog but not our HD schedule or our extra digital channels Create and World. Most U.S. cable systems are carrying our main schedule, along with Create and World. Please contact your provider to request any VPT services you do not receive.

ANTENNA
If you receive over-the-air television programming by rabbit ears or other type of indoor or outdoor antenna and want to continue using your antenna, you will need either a newer digital TV set or a digital converter box connected to each older analog television set you use. Click here to learn about the US Government's Converter Box Coupon Program.

Note to Viewers in Bennington County who receive VPT over the air from our analog translator channels 36 Manchester and 53 Bennington: Regulations are different for these channels, and they will continue to broadcast in analog for the time being. To keep seeing 36 and 53 conveniently along with digital channels, you may want to purchase a converter box that passes both analog and digital signals. Please contact us for more information.

Viewing in Canada?
Click here to find out what you need to know.

SIMPLE SUMMARY

If your TV set is:	And you get your programming from:	You need the following:
Analog	Over the air by antenna	Converter box & suitable antenna
Analog	Cable or satellite	Nothing more
Digital	Over the air by antenna	Suitable antenna
Digital	Cable or satellite	Nothing more