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I Yearn for Simpler Times

First the Senate said “June 12.” The next day the House said, “No … February 17.” Yesterday the House said, “Never mind, June 12 works for us now.” So here’s the deal: the switchover to digital TV will occur on June 12.

Here’s an interesting point from the article in the NY Times:

“The next four months may prove to be a rolling transition for the nation’s estimated 1,700 local TV stations. The legislation that passed on Wednesday permits some stations to turn off their analog signals before June, meaning that some stations in a given market could switch before others. The research firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, in a note to clients on Wednesday, said that hundreds of stations were moving forward with their February transition plans, ‘creating the potential for some over-the-air programming disruption and consumer confusion this month.’”

I’ll say. In my case I had to disconnect my converter box because WHYY digital isn’t broadcasting at full power yet. I even bought a better antenna, but I couldn’t get a signal. (Figures … The one station I want to watch has to be the “problem” station.)

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on February 05, 2009 (boomark / email).