Digital (DTV) TransitionFull-Power TV Broadcasters Go All-DigitalBy Shane Sturgeon • Jun 14, 1:01amThe nation's historic switch to digital television by 971 full-power stations Friday prompted hundreds of thousands of consumers to call for assistance but caused no widespread disruption of free, over-the-air television broadcasts. A record 317,450 consumers called... Digital (DTV) TransitionConsumers Union Asks Congress to Consider Delay of Digital TV Transition After Federal Coupon Program Runs Out of MoneyBy Shane Sturgeon • Jan 9, 1:08pmConsumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, today said Congress should consider delaying the February 17 transition from analog to digital TV broadcasts. In letters to members of Congress, President Bush, and President-elect Obama... Digital (DTV) TransitionDTV Transition - Can YOU Help? (Part 6) - Subsidy Set-Top-BoxesBy Rodolfo La Maestra • Dec 31, 7:30pmOn July 2006, based on an estimate of the number of households who rely solely on OTA television broadcasts, the U.S.
Commerce Department proposed coupons for an estimated 21 million U.S.
households to aid the purchase of converter boxes, Congress passed a law providing an initial $990 million dollars within a $1.5 billion program to subsidize the purchase of converter boxes Digital (DTV) TransitionDTV Transition - Can YOU Help? (Part 5) - Was Tuner Integration Timed Right?By Rodolfo La Maestra • Dec 18, 5:07pmThis part in the series discusses the implementation of tuner integration, its timing within the DTV Transition, and its impact on existing and future DTVs.
I will talk about over-the-air (OTA) and cable reception, integrated tuners and set-top-boxes (STBs), and satellite STBs. This is an analysis of the facts related to tuner integration as implemented over the past 6 years within the 10-year DTV transition, and how those facts affect consumers depending on the service they use (broadcast, cable, satellite, or Telco). At closing I will also identify... Digital (DTV) Transition'DTV Day' Is an Innovative Educational Initiative and Readiness Test for DTV TransitionBy Shane Sturgeon • Dec 3, 1:56pmTo help viewers prepare for the federally mandated shutdown of full-power television analog signals and the transition to digital television (DTV) on February 17, 2009, all Boston market broadcast television stations and cable providers, in conjunction with Representative Edward J.
Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee as well as the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association (MBA), have partnered to launch 'DTV Day' on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 from 5:00 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. 'DTV Day' is a market-wide educational initiative designed to... More ...Magid Study Finds Lingering Misperceptions in Countdown to Digital
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