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Analog TV signals to be interrupted in 'soft test'

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- TV stations around the country will replace their analog broadcasts for a few minutes Thursday with reminders that those broadcasts will disappear completely in three weeks.


Stations must warn if new TV signals lack reach

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- TV stations must alert viewers if their new digital signals don't reach areas covered by their soon-to-be-defunct analog broadcasts, the Federal Communications Commission has ruled.


Survey: Fewer than 2.2M households unready for DTV

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created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A survey sponsored by broadcasters says nearly 2.2 million households that rely on antennas for their TV reception are unprepared for the shutdown of analog TV signals on Friday.


Another 158 TV stations to kill analog early

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created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Regulators have cleared 158 TV stations around the country to shut down their analog broadcast signals before June 12, when the remaining full-power stations will end theirs.


Are you ready for digital TV?

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created Jan 20, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- If everything goes as planned, on Feb. 17 the long-awaited switch from analog to digital broadcasting will take place and millions of analog television sets across the nation will go black. Temple University ...


Analog TV on February 17, 2009

Digital TV Transition Will Be Messy

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created Oct 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The pending mandatory switch of all U.S. televisions to digital will be messy, a federal communications official said on Tuesday, urging broadcasters to step up local efforts to educate the ...


Britain readies for digital television

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created Oct 15, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British television has begun its five-year switch from analog to digital, The Telegraph reported Sunday.


TV stations struggling with viewer loss on DTV

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created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The government is helping two dozen TV stations that became difficult to receive by antenna when they switched to new frequencies as part of the digital TV transition, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday.


Friday is final curtain for analog TV signals (AP)

Friday is final curtain for analog TV signals

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created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

(AP) -- The last major TV stations that are still broadcasting in analog will turn those signals off Friday and go all digital. And this time, they really mean it.


Reception problems linger after DTV transition

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created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The shutdown of U.S. analog TV service on Friday appears to have gone relatively smoothly, but as expected, a lot of viewers are having problems getting the stations they want.


700,000 callers phone digital TV hot line

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created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.


Friday is last day to apply for digital TV coupon

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The government program that provides $40 coupons for digital TV converter boxes is winding down.


Testing White Fi Protocol

New Wi-Fi Technology Using White Spaces

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A wireless internet network that uses portions of the old analog TV spectrum may one day become a reality. The plans for a computer network that uses "white spaces," which are empty fragments ...


New analog circuits could impact consumer electronics

New analog circuits could impact consumer electronics

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created Feb 16, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (46) | comments 0

Advances in digital electronic circuits have prompted the boost in functions and ever- smaller size of such popular consumer goods as digital cameras, MP3 players and digital televisions. But the same cannot ...


In Brief: Digital TV gaining in Britain

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created Jun 07, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Britain's Office of Communications reported that nearly three-fourths of all Britons watch digital television.