For people in the Huntsville, Alabama and surrounding areas, on February 17, 2009 WAFF 48 makes the switch to DTV. WAFF will turn off their analog signal and broadcast only in digital television format. It’s called the Big Switch. WAFF 48 wants to help you get ready for the transition to digital [...]

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You can nominate somone, who relies on broadcast TV, to win a Zenith, GE, or Magnavox converter box and RCA flat antenna. Monthly winners will be chosen from the nominees. Monthly winners and those that nominate them are eligible to win the grand prize digital home entertainment system.
The grand prize winner [...]

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The clock is ticking are you ready for the switch from digital television? As of Thursday afternoon, there are 299 days until analog television goes away and digital television takes over at television stations across the country. The official change over date is February 17, 2009.
To help educate the public, WSFA 12 News and Cohens [...]

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NEW YORK — Did my TV screen just shrink?
That’s the question a lot of people will be asking after installing one of the converter boxes that will keep their older TV sets tuned into over-the-air broadcasts after Feb. 17, when most stations will switch from analog to digital transmission. The National Association of Broadcasters estimates [...]

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Intel Joins Legend Silicon to Enable High Definition TV on Laptops via “Free to Air” Terrestrial Television Broadcast
(Press Release) FREMONT, Calif., April 22 — When the Olympic Games begin
in August this year in Beijing, China, many viewers will be able to watch live High Definition (HD) broadcasts of the games on their laptops, thanks to [...]

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Deficit Reduction Act Corrected to Provide $65M for LPTVs to Make Switch to Digital
The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday gave a shot in the arm to low-power TV stations.
Without debate, the committee agreed to make a technical correction to the Deficit Reduction Act that will allow the government to give out $65 million to [...]

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