Digital Television

Murdoch Pay-For-Content Strategy A Dud

Diane Francis | Posted 09.15.2009 | Media


Diane Francis

Murdoch and others are the King Canutes of the business world, trying to hold back the tides.

R.I.P. Analog Television, Hello Digital: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Today marks the end of Analog Television; AOL acquires local news site Patch and events site Going.com; Yahoo announces that Timothy Morse will serve as the company's new CFO.

Digital TV: Switch From Analog Causes Confusion

Yahoo! Finance | Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (AP) -- TV stations across the U.S. started cutting their analog signals Friday morning, ending a six-decade era for the technology and like...

Obama's First Fault as President

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Henryk A. Kowalczyk

Most Americans are prepared for the departure of analog TV. Those lost in transition would start screaming on 2/18, and within 24 hours, 90% of them would be assisted by someone.

The Simplificator: Analog or Digital - At Last There Is No Choice

Ned Goldreyer | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living


Ned Goldreyer

This entry marks the first installment of my long awaited series, The Simplificator, offering easily parroted explanations of the technologies that rule our daily lives.

Obama Supports DTV Delay: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 9, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

President-elect Barack Obama has joined the Consumers Union in asking congress to delay the digital television transition. Obama noted "inadequate f...

Intel Q4 Revenue Down 23%: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 8, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Intel's revenue for the fourth quarter fell 23% over last year. Intel had warned investors that revenue for the fourth quarter would be down, howe...

Digital TV Converter Coupons In Short Supply

Reuters | Kim Dixon | Posted 01.26.2009 | Media


U.S. consumers who wait too long to request government coupons to subsidize converter boxes for the digital television transition in February may come...

FCC Buys NASCAR Ads To Promote Digital TV

AP | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media


LOS ANGELES — Hoping to rev up awareness for the transition to digital TV, the Federal Communications Commission is putting up $350,000 to spons...

Broadcasters Promise $327 Mil Awareness Campaign For '09 Switch To Digital TV

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


U.S. broadcasters promised on Monday to air more than $327 million worth of television spots as part of a broad campaign to alert consumers about the ...