Congress has postponed the DTV transition until June 12, 2009, but Congress has not made any more funds available for the DTV coupon program that ran...
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The U.S. Senate voted yesterday to postpone the transition of digital TV until June 12, 2009. The U.S. House is expected to approve the same measure...
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If I was the general manager or chief engineer of a broadcast TV station, I might be deeply worried by today's announcement that Sprint Nextel will...
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With 26 days to go before the February 17 shutoff of analog TV in the U.S., the broadcast industry is looking at a triple whammy. The impact will be...
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To check reception of local HDTV broadcasts, I used an FCC coupon to buy an analog-to-digital converter box. All went well until I started looking for...
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After connecting my converter box and basic RCA antenna, I commenced my first scan of available digital signals. To my disappointment, I was only able...
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At Best Buy a few blocks away, I had to go through four clerks in the home theater department before I finally found someone who was really...
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Cable system operators face a triple whammy as the economy slumps. Not only are subscribers looking to cut their costs, but so are advertisers, and...
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The late broadcast television pioneer Steve Allen was recognized as a modern Renaissance man. Steve...
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(Continued from Introduction) Freed: When you first entered broadcast TV, what was the industry like? Allen: Well, I came out...
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