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The FCC is reporting that Friday’s transition from analog to digital TV transmissions was largely uneventful.  No major outages or problems were reported.  Their toll free helpline was flooded with calls - over 317,000 - from people who couldn’t figure out how to operate their new converter boxes, but the… Continue Reading »

So you have managed to not pay attention to any of the notices that today is the day that the digital transition is in full effect and old analog televisions cannot receive over-the-air signals without a converter box.  What can you do if you’ve been affected?  Well if you didn’t… Continue Reading »

This Friday, broadcasters will stop sending out analog signals and make the DTV transition.  However, even with an extended digital TV deadline imposed, an estimated 3 million homes are not prepared to make the transition.  This represents roughly 2.5 percent of the television market. Nielsen released the report this Wednesday… Continue Reading »

Although congress has delayed the mandatory February 17 deadline of switching to digital TV, many analog television owners may be in for a rude awakening when they try to watch their shows on that day and find a snowy picture. Approximately 500 television stations have announced that they plan to… Continue Reading »

In an unexpected move today, The House of Representatives voted 258-168 to not delay the switchover to digital TV from February 17 to June.  The surprise is increased by the Senate’s unanimous vote yesterday to delay the switch, and by the reluctant acceptance by many telecom companies after the Senate… Continue Reading »

The much-hyped mandatory transition from analog to digital TV in the United States has begun in Wilmington, NC.  For those who don’t know, by law, all TV stations that broadcast over the air using analog signals must begin broadcasting exclusively in the new digital format by February 17.  Most U.S.… Continue Reading »

Nine months to go before the U.S. gives birth to an all-digital television landscape, and a new report from Nielsen shows the patient may be having some labor pains. As reported by the New York Times’ Brian Stelter, Nielsen Media Research’s findings on the state of DTV readiness show that… Continue Reading »

All that’s left is Bush’s John Hancock to put in stone the deadline for all American televisions to go digital. The date will be February 17, 2009, where all US TVs will either need to be digital or have a digital to analog converter. Luckily for consumers prices are falling… Continue Reading »