 Channel 5.2 originally was for the benefit of smaller cable providers which were taking the SD signal straight from the air, and did not want problems due to the widescreen or scan conversion on 5.1; this lasted until the end of April 2009.The channel then stayed blank with no electronic program guide data for several weeks until late June, when it again had identical programming, but this time in widescreen.The 704×480i anamorphic format is unusual, as most standard definition digital channels use a fullscreen 640×480i format (by comparison, widescreen NTSC DVDs use 720×480p).