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InternetNews September 8, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Dawn of the Digital Television Era First DTV switchover today in test market Wilmington, N.C., in advance of nationwide transition in February.
InternetNews March 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Feds Tune In DTV Subsidy Plan All U.S. households will be eligible for two $40 coupons to help defray the cost of digital converter boxes that analog television sets will need to view over-the-air broadcasting after Feb. 17, 2009.
Home Theater September 11, 2008	Wilmington, NC Lives the DTV Future Now Folks in Wilmington, North Carolina are getting digital signals exclusively in a trial run for the overall U.S. DTV transition.
InternetNews February 11, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	DTV Snags Loom Large Despite Delay FCC chairman warns of widespread confusion as many stations plan to shut off analog signals next week.
InternetNews February 17, 2005 Roy Mark	House Considers Subsidizing DTV Transition A new proposal aims to speed broadcasters' move to digital and open spectrum for advanced wireless services.
InternetNews January 23, 2007 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Pushes Educational Outreach New legislation would mandate consumer programs by broadcasters, retailers and the FCC.
InternetNews March 2, 2007 Roy Mark	Dingell Dangles DTV Delay Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee slams digital converter box subsidy program.
PC Magazine March 1, 2009 Sascha Segan	Don't Delay the DTV Transition We've waited long enough for the analog to digital television conversion. It's time to switch over.
InternetNews May 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Barton Slaps Hard Deadline on DTV Transition House panel prepares for the first hearings on legislation stating that broadcasters must cease transmitting programs in analog format.
Home Theater May 22, 2007	Will Box Shortage Mar DTV Transition? TV station owners are worried that a lack of convertors may let analog sets fade to black after the transition to digital television.
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2009 Pete Putman	TV's Analog Push-Back: Delaying the Switch to Digital Television Delayed already for more than two years already, problems are popping up that may push the digital television transition date back even further.
Popular Mechanics October 2008 Rob Sabin	Everything You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition In reality, the digital TV transition isn't all that complicated. For most people, it is a nonissue, and for everyone else, adjusting to the switch will require minimal effort and expense.
Home Theater August 27, 2007	Free Analog Cable Service Urged A coalition of small cable operators is urging Congress to let them provide free analog cable service following the switchover to digital television broadcasting.
Home Theater February 19, 2009	Hello, FCC? My TV Went Dark On the day after the nation's TV stations ceased analog broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission received 28,000 phone calls.
Home Theater September 19, 2008	FCC: DTV Test 99 Percent Successful The nation's first full test of the DTV transition has been 99 percent successful, says the chair of the FCC.
InternetNews March 4, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	FCC Requirements Aimed at Smooth DTV Transition The Federal Communications Commission yesterday announced requirements for broadcasters to air informational messages to educate viewers about the digital television transition, taking effect Feb. 17, 2009.
InternetNews December 19, 2005 Roy Mark	DTV Transition Date Set The House approves the DTV transition date and the Senate expected to agree today.
Home Theater May 7, 2009	The Nation Is Getting DTV-Readier According to a new poll from the National Association of Broadcasters, 82 percent of broadcast-dependent TV households fully prepared for the DTV transition.
Home Theater June 16, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	FCC Gets 900,000 DTV Panic Calls The Federal Communications Commission has fielded more than 900,000 calls since analog television broadcasting was shut down on Friday June 12.
Home Theater January 13, 2009	DTV Transition May Be Delayed Acting in response to consumer-group complaints, the Obama transition team has asked the Federal Communications to delay the DTV transition.
PC World September 26, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Digital TV Could Bring Unpleasant Surprises Consumers could face built-in copy controls, obsolete equipment, and new expenses when digital broadcast becomes standard.
Home Theater February 25, 2008	Feds Mail Analog-TV Adapter Coupons Your $40 federal subsidy designed to keep your old TV going is in the mail -- if you've requested it.
InternetNews April 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Tech to TV Execs: Get Off the Beachfront! A group of IT CEOs urges Congress to set a date certain for digital TV transition so spectrum can be opened for wireless broadband.
InternetNews November 21, 2005 Roy Mark	House Approves DTV Bill Television broadcasters have three years to clear analog spectrum for wireless broadband providers and first responders.
Popular Mechanics May 5, 2008 Glenn Derene	Digital Transition Looms, but Do Americans Have a Right to TV? A look at how much it costs to get everyone on board the digital bandwagon, and how the cost compares to what the government spends on other things.
Home Theater June 17, 2010 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Transition Is a Year Old Are you enjoying your free over-the-air HDTV?
InternetNews October 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Eyes Vote on Digital TV Switch Tech executives urge Congress to set a hard deadline for broadcasters to shift completely to digital signals of no later than 2009. The vacated analog signals would be given to first responders and auctioned. A vote on legislation could come Wednesday.
Home Theater January 16, 2009	Three-Month DTV Delay Urged Sen. John Rockefeller has introduced a bill that would delay the switchover from analog to digital broadcasting from the currently scheduled February 17th to June 12th.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk Congress finally sent legislation Wednesday to President Bush that sets Feb. 17, 2009, as the end of analog broadcasting in the United States. After that, television sets must have digital tuners to receive an over-the-air signal.
InternetNews October 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Disagree on DTV Deadline, Subsidies The U.S. House and Senate are $2 billion and four months apart in their legislative efforts to finally wean Americans off analog broadcasting.
InternetNews July 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Broadcasters Agree to Hard Date DTV Transition After nine years of aggressive lobbying to slow the digital television transition, broadcasters are dropping their objections to a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline to end U.S. analog broadcasting.
PC Magazine November 30, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Switching to Digital TV The national transition to digital television may be upon us.
Home Theater June 5, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Transition One Week Away On June 12, 2009, more than half of the nation's television broadcasters will make the final switch to digital signals, shutting off analog forever.
Home Theater February 4, 2009	It's Official: DTV Transition Botched The on-again, off-again effort to delay the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 has overcome its biggest obstacle.
Home Theater August 31, 2007	U.K. Supermarket Sells STB for $20 The U.S. will award coupons to households to buy digital-to-analog conversion boxes.
AskMen.com	No More TV For Millions More than 2 million households are in danger of seeing their major broadcast TV channels disappear into a fuzz of static when analog service ends Friday, according to surveys.
CIO November 15, 2005 Grant Gross	Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications.
InternetNews May 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Intel Chips in on DTV Transition Intel tells a Congressional panel that TV spectrum will accelerate wireless broadband roll-out.
InternetNews December 21, 2005 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk With President Bush's signature, over-the-air analog broadcasting will go dark in three years.
Home Theater January 22, 2009	Hawaii Enters DTV Age Early Hawaii became the first state in the union to turn off analog television signals, thus entering the age of DTV at least a month earlier than the deadline for the other 49 states.
Home Theater July 30, 2007	Will DTV Transition Go Off the Rails? Elected representatives are fretting that some analog-TV viewers may not have gotten the memo that analog television broadcasting is scheduled to end on February 18, 2009.
InternetNews January 30, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	House Likely to Pass DTV Delay Bill Next Week After House Republicans shot down a first attempt, the Senate passes a second bill on concerns that millions of Americans aren't ready for the conversion.
Home Theater March 19, 2009	FCC Tweaks DTV Transition Scenario The Federal Communications Commission is using what it learned in February to set down rules for the remainder of the stations that complete the transition in June.
InternetNews October 27, 2005 Roy Mark	House, Senate Still in Squabble Over DTV Details Though a U.S. House panel joined its Senate counterpart Wednesday in agreeing to flip a 2009 switch on digital broadcasting, the precise date, the exact cost and the absolute certainty of the digital television transition remains in question.
Home Theater March 10, 2009	Most of DTV Transition Yet to Come The percentage of antenna-dependent U.S. households to be affected by the next phase of the transition to digital television broadcasting, scheduled for June, will be a whopping 84.5 percent.
Home Theater May 22, 2009	FCC Girds for Analog Armageddon The Federal Communications Commission is going into high gear to ensure that the final stage of the DTV transition goes smoothly.
Home Theater June 11, 2009	DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter?
Home Theater October 18, 2007	Best Buy Banishes Obsolete TVs Best Buy stopped selling analog sets on October 1, 2007. No longer will confused low-end consumers take home obsolete TVs. A bright new DTV world is dawning.
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Analog TV: Fade To Black On Feb. 17, 2009 Congress will decree that broadcasters must end analog transmissions on that date and switch to the digital technology they have been phasing in for several years. If you are planning to buy a television, make sure it's digital-ready.
Home Theater September 18, 2007 Mark Fleischmann	Satellite Problems Loom in DTV Transition Until now concerns over the transition to digital television, scheduled for 2009, have centered on broadcast-dependent viewers. But satellite viewers may be in for trouble too.