Success of Digital Transition Hinges on Consumer Education, CEA’s Shapiro Tells Media Institute
“We are doing well. By the end of 2007, more than 50 percent of American households owned a digital television,” Shapiro said…. Read full story
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Money to be made when US TV makes the switch
The big switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts will be complete on February 17, 2009 in the United States, and many Americans are wondering how it will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? But it’s pretty clear which business interests stand to gain… Read the … Read more
Dish Network Subscriber Growth Slows in Q4
Satellite-TV provider Dish Network (formerly EchoStar Communications) reported increased fourth-quarter revenues but showed weakness in subscriber growth, a key financial metric for cable and satellite operators. Dish Network Dish reported total revenue of $2.89 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2007, a 12% increase compared with … Read full story by Glen Dickson & … Read more
DTV Transition Top of Mind for House, Senate
Oversight of the digital-TV transition will dominate the broadcast legislative agenda in both the House and Senate, according to key staffers from both houses and both sides of the aisle. Capitol Hill That message was delivered to a roomful of broadcasters–organizers estimated it at at about 600–attending the National Association of… Read the full story … Read more
The Big Switch: Not Everyone Needs Converter Boxes
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – We’ve been talking about the transition to DTV–or digital television–a lot lately. It’s what we’re calling the Big Switch. Starting next February… Read full story