Cable TV/Movie
and Information Channel
Cable television service and a Division of Housing and Food Service operated information system are provided. Check out our complete Cable channel lineup. The Information and Movie Channel are broadcast throughout the University Residence Halls. Tune into the Information Channel to receive residence hall program information, food service menus, campus events, and other important information. The Movie Channel plays recent and classic movies at predetermined times. The movie schedule can be found on line or on the Info Channel.
Tune to Channel 10 for the info channel 24 hours per day. Tune to Channel 22 for the movies.
Information Channel
Division of Housing and Food Service staff members, residence hall councils, colleges, university departments and registered student organizations may advertise on the DHFS Information Channel. Postings may not violate State or federal law, or university regulation, including solicitation. Advertisements may be submitted on-line at the following link: Advertisement Request Form.
Cable TV Service
You will need to supply a cable jumper to connect your television to the wall jack. Our cable provider recommends a cable jumper with the following specifications:
Size RG-6 or RG-59; Quad-shield Preferred/Tri Shield at a minimum; Impedance-75Ohm rated; Shielding-60%/40% aluminum braid for Quad-shield cable and 70% for tri-shield cable; Center Conductor-Solid Copper-clad steel wire center conductor; Jacket5-Flame retardant polyvinyl chloride (FRPVC) jacket Dielectric-Gas injected foam polyethylene (SFS) insulation. Push-on connectors are not recommended.
NOTE: The DHFS cable TV distribution system does not support adding DVR's or cable boxes to receive digital and/or premium cable television stations. However, TIVO is allowed to be installed in the room; residents will need to pay for their own expenses. If TV programs need to be recorded, we recommend you to use a VCR connecting to the cable.
Cable Problems
Before you submit an MRF please take the steps below.
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2 KTBC-TV (FOX) 3 KVUE-TV (ABC) 4 KXAN-TV (NBC) 5 KEYE-TV (CBS) 6 City of Austin 7 TV GUIDE CHANNEL 8 HOME SHOPPING NETWORK 9 KLRU (PBS) 10 DHFS INFORMATION CHANNEL 11 UT CAMPUS/EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING/SPECIAL EVENTS CHANNEL 12 KNVA-TV (CW) 13 KTFO (Telefutura) 14 MTVu 15 KVR (UT TEXAS STUDENT TELEVISION) 16 AUSTIN ACCESS 17 TRAVIS COUNTY 18 KBVO 19 AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 20 KAKW (Univision) 21 C-SPAN 22 DHFS MOVIE CHANNEL 23 WGN (Chicago) 24 LOCAL WEATHER 25 SPECIAL EVENTS 26 LIFETIME 27 OXYGEN 28 ESPN 29 ESPN Classic 30 ESPN2 31 FOX SPORTS NET SW 32 SPEED CHANNEL 33 THE GOLF CHANNEL 34 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL 35 DISNEY CHANNEL 36 NICKELODEON 37 HALLMARK CHANNEL 38 ABC FAMILY 39 ANIMAL PLANET |
40 CARTOON NETWORK 41 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 42 TLC 43 MSNBC 44 CNN 45 CNN HEADLINE NEWS 46 CNBC 47 FOX NEWS 48 THE WEATHER CHANNEL 49 A&E 50 USA 51 TNT 52 TBS (Atlanta) 53 FX 54 TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES 55 AMC 56 BRAVO 57 HISTORY CHANNEL 58 TRAVEL CHANNEL 59 DISCOVERY HEALTH 60 FOOD NETWORK 61 HGTV 62 BET 63 E! 64 SCI-FI CHANNEL 65 TruTV 66 SPIKE TV 67 COMEDY CENTRAL 68 TV LAND 69 GALAVISION 71 GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY 72 VH1 73 CMT 74 MTV 98 TELEMUNDO |
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