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If you haven’t heard the term ‘converter box’ yet, don’t worry– you will. With the clock slowly ticking down to the mandated analog-to-digital conversion date of February 17, 2009, ‘converter boxes’ will be featured on television ads, newspaper circulars and front-and-center in electronics stores. So– what are they? Digital converter boxes take a digital television … Read more
TV broadcasters alert Americans all broadcast to be digital in 2009 An extraordinary effort kicked off yesterday to alert all Americans – but senior citizens in particular – that this country will transition all television broadcasting to digital on February 17, 2009. Those who rely on a broadcast signal will no longer be able to … Read more
AUGUSTA : Gov. Baldacci joined members of the Maine Association of Broadcasters and legislators Thursday to intensify outreach efforts informing citizens about the conversion of analog to digital television … Read full story
GALESBURG, Illinois — Back in the 1960’s, people in Knox County would flock to Lindstrom’s Appliances on Main Street and, pressing their faces against the large windows out front, they’d see it for the first time: color television. Now, almost 50 years later, people in Knox County have been flocking to Lindstrom’s again, not to … Read more
Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, FCC Chairman Martin, NAB President Rehr, NCTA President McSlarrow, CEA VP Oxman, Best Buy Senior VP Vitelli to Kick Off DTV Transition at Best Buy Store in Washington, D.C. Key digital-TV-transition leaders are gathering at a Washington, D.C., Best Buy store Feb. 7 as part of the kickoff of the National Telecommunications … Read more