The Big Switch

The big switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts will be complete on February 17, 2009 in the United States, and many Americans are wondering how it will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? But it’s pretty clear which business interests stand to gain… Read the … Read more

Oversight of the digital-TV transition will dominate the broadcast legislative agenda in both the House and Senate, according to key staffers from both houses and both sides of the aisle. Capitol Hill That message was delivered to a roomful of broadcasters–organizers estimated it at at about 600–attending the National Association of… Read the full story … Read more

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – We’ve been talking about the transition to DTV–or digital television–a lot lately. It’s what we’re calling the Big Switch. Starting next February… Read full story

One week before U.S. households receive the first of thousands of $40 digital converter box coupons, Wal-Mart is stocked and ready with these small converter box units designed to keep home analog TVs receiving a digital signal. Today 3,400 Wal- Mart stores carry a new Magnavox digital converter box, with a retail price of $49.87. … Read more

TV’s big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? more stories like this But it’s pretty clear which business interests … Read more