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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.   |
Home Theater
November 11, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Tries Brief Analog TV Shutoff Analog television channels went dark for two minutes in the New York metropolitan area a few weeks ago, in an early trial run for the DTV transition, scheduled for February 2009. |
Home Theater
June 17, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
DTV Transition Is a Year Old Are you enjoying your free over-the-air HDTV? |
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
October 30, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Will FCC Revoke DTV Spectrum? Wireless broadband may take precedence over digital TV. |
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. |
Home Theater
November 7, 2008 |
Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels. |
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. |
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
April 8, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
CEA: Convert Your Mom to DTV! Florence Henderson will help the Consumer Electronics Association encourage older adults to get ready for the transition to digital television. |
Home Theater
April 16, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Net TV Passes 50 Percent Mark A majority viewers watch at least some of their shows online. |
Home Theater
March 24, 2008 |
Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013. |
Home Theater
May 20, 2009 |
FCC to Do 'Soft Test' of DTV Transition Analog TV broadcasts will be interrupted three times on May 21, 2009 with a message heralding the end of analog broadcasting, coming on June 12. |
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. |
Home Theater
September 14, 2007 |
FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog. |
Home Theater
January 3, 2008
Mark Fleischman |
U.S. DTV Penetration Hits Milestone Digital television has passed its most significant milestone. |
Home Theater
March 14, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
DTV Broadcasts to Get Field Testing The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to a new set of field tests to gauge exactly what will happen to antenna-dependent viewers in February 2009. |
Home Theater
August 22, 2008 |
FCC Does DTV Promo Tour With the DTV transition deadline looming early next year, members of the Federal Communications Commission are hitting the streets to educate Americans. |
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
March 20, 2009 |
More Stations to Make Early DTV Transition The DTV transition scenario continued to develop this week when the Federal Communications Commission announced that 158 more stations plan to complete their switch from analog to digital broadcasting before June 12's final drop-dead deadline. |
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
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
January 23, 2007
Roy Mark |
DTV Bill Pushes Educational Outreach New legislation would mandate consumer programs by broadcasters, retailers and the FCC. |
Home Theater
February 14, 2008 |
DTV Coverage May Lose Viewers As many as six million viewers may lose reception of some channels, according to a study. |
Home Theater
May 3, 2007 |
Motorola to Show Dual Cable Box Looking for a smoother way to switch between cable and broadcast channels? Next week Motorola will demo a dual-function cable box that also receives off-the-air channels. |
BusinessWeek
April 11, 2005
Andy Reinhardt |
The TV Revolution Sweeping Europe Free digital services are winning over millions in Europe, challenging cable and satellite providers. |
Home Theater
October 2, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Consumers Buying More But Smaller TVs Sales of sets up to 37 inches outpacing larger ones by 3:2. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2010
Matthew Brown |
Comcast's Bread Loses Its Butter A drop in subscribers may suggest stiffening competition. |
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. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2004
Phil Wohl |
EchoStar Builds Momentum The satellite TV provider adds more subscribers than expected. Investors should ride the wave of new satellite customer additions, yet be wary that one big, bad quarter could produce a wipeout. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Television's Digital Dilemma If the struggle over digital television in the U.S. were made into a TV show, it would be a tale of intrigue, backstabbing and hidden motives. |
AskMen.com
January 14, 2003
Peter Richmond |
HDTV: Coming Soon To Your Living Room Governments around the world are forcing broadcasters to convert to both digital and high-definition pictures simultaneously. Broadcasters will have to squeeze more picture detail into the same bandwidth they were using for analog television. |
Home Theater
February 7, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Nets Hit FCC on Dual Channels Will dual digital and analog versions of local broadcast TV stations push small cable networks out of cable systems? That's what some cable networks fear. And they're voicing their fear by suing the Federal Communications Commission. |
Home Theater
November 14, 2008 |
Times Are Hard? Raise Cable Rates! Home prices are plummeting, people are maxing out their credit cards, the stock market is in convulsions, health care costs are out of control, and the economy is rocketing into recession. America needs a morale booster. What better time to raise cable television rates? |
Home Toys
August 2005
James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2011
Lipman & Esterhuizen |
Cable's Cloudy Future: 5 Cable TV Stocks Bucking the Trend Wall Street analysts think there are more earnings upside to these companies -- do you agree?: DIRECTV... Discovery Communications... Shaw Communications... Virgin Media... AMC Networks... |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2007
David Lee Smith |
EchoStar's Signal Is Strong Investors, if you think cable has trumped satellite television, take note of EchoStar's brightening picture. |
Home Theater
July 30, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
DTV STB Coupon Deadline Nears July 31 is the last day to get a $40 subsidy coupon for a DTV set-top box. |
InternetNews
December 19, 2005
Roy Mark |
DTV Transition Date Set The House approves the DTV transition date and the Senate expected to agree today. |
PC World
June 2004
Anne Kandra |
The Cable-or-Satellite Conundrum TV lovers finally have a real choice. Here's how to pick the right cable or satellite service. |
Home Theater
February 17, 2009 |
Happy DTV Transition Day, Part 1 Today is the originally scheduled date of the DTV transition. Some television stations will make the transition from antiquated analog to cool new digital broadcasting on this very date. Others will have to wait till June 12. Here's a look at the current tally. |
Home Theater
September 28, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Cablevision Wants to Lock Up QAM Cablevision is lobbying the Federal Communications Commission for permission to lock up QAM tuners. |
Home Theater
May 27, 2009 |
Analog-Shutoff Test Hits a Nerve A single-day record of 55,000 calls flooded help lines staffed by the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday, May 21, after TV stations across the nation broadcast a series of warnings about the shutoff of analog television signals scheduled for June 12. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Eric Jhonsa |
Is Cable's Business Model Kaput? After the Fox-Time Warner dispute, consumers and service providers alike have reasons to support change. |
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. |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
