Digital TV Shift Will Leave 2.2 Million in the Lurch
The US has seen a nationwide scramble to buy set-top boxes and new TVs as stations across the country switch off their analogue signal for good. But not everyone is ready, as BBC North America business correspondent Greg Wood reports.
It has been a busy few weeks for people like Merle Knowlton.
A retired carpenter, Merle, 78, has been doing the rounds in Staten Island, New York, as part of a charity programme to help elderly clients connect their set-top boxes.
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