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TV Everywhere! Or Big Brother: The Beta Version

Eric Lurio | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pay-Tv, Digital TV, Digital Media, Tv, Uhf, Privacy, Big Brother, Cel Phones, Entertainment News
Eric Lurio

A few days ago, I was at DigitalWire's conference on the "Future of Television" and what I heard chilled me to the bone. The right to privacy is goin...

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President Obama Brings 10,000 Manufacturing Jobs Back from China (Headlines We'd Like to See)

Gilbert B. Kaplan | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Digital TV, International Trade, Unemployment, President Obama, Currency, Jobs, Manufacturing, Subsidies, Election Results, China, Business News
Gilbert B. Kaplan

We have neglected the manufacturing base of our economy in much the same way we have neglected financial regulation. There simply is no manufacturing policy in the United States.

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Web TV To 3D Sets: Technologies Changing Television

Telegraph | Posted 11.24.2009 | Technology

Read More: Digital TV, Tv Technology, Web TV, Interactive Tv, 3D TV, Future Technology, Future TV News, Future TV, 3D Television, Online Tv, Online Television, Technology News

We present the technologies that are changing the face of TV as we know it. ...

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Utah Officials: Please Don't Shoot Your Old TV!

New York Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Utah, Media News

UTAH state officials are warn ing people there to resist the temptation to go Elvis on their old, obsolete TV sets....

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Digital TV Transition Update: Reception Problems Linger

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV Transition, Digital TV, Media News

NEW YORK — The shutdown of U.S. analog TV service on Friday appears to have gone relatively smoothly, but as expected, a lot of viewers are havi...

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"Remote Control Marketing": Don't Interrupt. Interact.

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Interactive Advertising, Marketing, Interactive, Advertising, Remote Control, Media News
Robert Rosenthal

The arrival of digital TV technology is the wake-up call for TV advertisers because it enables a new way to communicate with their constituents.

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Going Digital

Jonathan Richards | Posted 07.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Digital TV, Television, Reality TV, Switch to Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, Entertainment News
Jonathan Richards

...and a curious peace came over the people... ...

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You're Gonna Love the Digital Transition

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Yhoo, Microsoft, Verizon, Goog, Msft, Yahoo, Digital Transition, Google, Vz, Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, Media News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Today we all become digital. Thanks to Congress, all analog life in these United States will cease and everything will be transformed from waves and particles into bits and bytes.

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Digital TV Transition Occurs: Confusion, Disruptions Expected

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV Transition, Digital TV, Digital Converter Box, Media News

NEW YORK — TV shows were replaced by the hiss of static in perhaps 1 million U.S. homes Friday as stations ended their analog broadcasts and aba...

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Digital TV Transition: Almost 3 Million Homes Unprepared

AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, Media News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's administration says people who are still using analog television signals are running out of time. Commerc...

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Millions Still Unprepared For Switch To Digital TV

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, TV Switch, Media News

Millions of households will lose television reception next week when about 1,000 broadcasters around the nation shut off their analog signals and comp...

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Expired Digital TV Coupons Can Be Replaced

AP | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Dtv, Digital TV Coupons, Media News

NEW YORK — People who got digital TV converter box coupons but let them expire can now apply for new ones. The recent stimulus package put more...

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Digital TV Converter Coupons Start Flowing Again

AP | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Digital TV Converters, Switch to Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, Digital Coupons, DTV Coupons, Media News

NEW YORK — The agency that mails out coupons for digital TV converter boxes expects to eliminate its wait list in two and a half weeks, an offic...

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Man Shoots TV Over Digital Converter Confusion

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV Transition, Digital Converters, Digital TV, Media News

OK, so the DTV transition hasn't been perfect. While the early analog-cutoff of 421 TV stations on Feb. 17 has gone relative smoothly according to ...

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Hundreds Of Television Stations Cut Analog Signals

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Analog Signal, Digital TV Stations, Digital TV Signal, Digitial TV Transition, Digital TV Transition, Media News

NEW YORK — About a quarter of the nation's TV stations cut off their analog signals Tuesday, causing sets to go dark in households that were not...

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Some TV Stations To End Analog Signal On Feb. 17

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Analog Tv, Digital TV, Analog, Analog Stations, Digital TV Stations, Media News

NEW YORK — Television viewers who use antennas and were expecting a few more months to prepare for digital TV may not have much time left before...

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Digital Television Delay

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Poynter Institute, Pbs, Public Service Announcements, Congress, Verizon, AT&T, Media, Barack Obama, National Association of Broadcasters, St. Petersburg, Wired, Wired Magazine, Digital TV, Television, Media Matters, Nielsen, Sarasota, Tampa, Florida, Switch to Digital TV, Technology, Media News
Stephanie Vaughn Hapke

I'm sorry, but if people have not heeded the warnings by now, they either do not watch enough TV for this to be an issue, or they just don't care.

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Digital TV Transition Delayed To June 12

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Switch to Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, Digital TV Transition Date, Media News

WASHINGTON — After weeks of debate, Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital ...

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Obama To Sign Bill On Digital TV Transfer Delay

AP | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Digital TV Conversion, Digital Television Conversion, TV Conversion, Media News

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama will sign a bill to give consumers more time to get ready for ...

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Obama's First Fault as President

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Digital Tv Delayed, AT&T, Politics as Usual, Lobbyists, Verizon, Obama's Fault, Digital TV, Television, Digital Television, Technology, Switch to Digital TV, Barack Obama, Digital TV Transition, Politics News
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.

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Digital TV Transition Delay: House Defeats Bill, February 17 Deadline Intact

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 02.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, Switch to Digital TV, Digital TV Transition Delay, Digital TV Transition Date, Media News

WASHINGTON — Bucking the Obama administration, House Republicans on Wednesday defeated a bill to delay the upcoming transition from analog to di...

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Digital TV Transition: Senate Nears Deal To Delay

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, Digital TV Transition Date, Media News

WASHINGTON — The Senate appeared close to agreement late Thursday on a bill to delay next month's planned transition from analog to digital tele...

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Democrats Seek $650 Million More For Digital TV Transition

Reuters | Posted 02.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital TV, Democrats Digital TV, Digital TV Transition, DTV Transition, Dtv, Media News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives proposed $650 million to continue the coupon program for the transition to digital te...

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Will It Take a Democratic President to Leave the Digital TV Switch to the Free Market?

Eric Deggans | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Digital TV, Television, Congress, Tv Stations, Govenrment Policy, Hurricane Katrina, President Obama, Telecommunications, Media, Technology, Barack Obama, Business News
Eric Deggans

Why is the government that supposedly values the free market system above all forcing the TV industry to rush into a new broadcast technology, regardless of whether the market is ready?

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Digital TV Transition Delay: Obama Asks Congress For More Time

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Fcc, Obama Digital TV, Digital TV, Switch to Digital TV, February 17 2009, Digital TV Transition, Digital TV Transition Date, Dtv, Media News

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, argu...

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