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On AlterNet: digital tv

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "digital tv"

TV Stations to Forge Ahead With Digital Transition, Despite Warnings

TV Stations to Forge Ahead With Digital Transition, Despite Warnings

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. February 10, 2009.
Consumer rights advocates warn the early switch will cut off millions from emergency signals.

House Votes to Delay Digital TV Transition

House Votes to Delay Digital TV Transition

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. February 4, 2009.
Consumer rights groups have pushed for the delay so the millions unprepared for the switch have more time to get ready.

Republicans Block Bill to Delay Digital TV Transition, Leaving Millions Unprepared for Switch

Republicans Block Bill to Delay Digital TV Transition, Leaving Millions Unprepared for Switch

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 28, 2009.
Consumer groups had lobbied for the delay, worried that 20 million mostly poor, elderly and rural households are not ready.

Digital TV: A Giveaway to Corporate Media

Digital TV: A Giveaway to Corporate Media

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. August 28, 2008.
The FCC hopes the public won't notice its generous gift to corporate broadcasters: thousands of new channels on publicly owned spectrum.

Grand Theft Digital: How Corporate Broadcasters Will Hijack Digital TV

Grand Theft Digital: How Corporate Broadcasters Will Hijack Digital TV

Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report. June 13, 2008.
The switch to digital TV is essentially a $70 billion gift from taxpayers to broadcasters. So, what will we get in return?