News tagged with digital tv broadcasts

TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts

(AP) -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: Watching live TV on the go, for free

(AP) -- Here in the U.S., consumers have grown used to gadgets that do just about everything: surf the Web, check e-mail, play games, download music and even relay driving directions.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Friday is last day to apply for digital TV coupon

(AP) -- The government program that provides $40 coupons for digital TV converter boxes is winding down.

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Analog TV signals to be interrupted in 'soft test'

(AP) -- TV stations around the country will replace their analog broadcasts for a few minutes Thursday with reminders that those broadcasts will disappear completely in three weeks.

Technology / Telecom

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Washington to get first crack at free mobile TV

(AP) -- Washington will be the first U.S. city to get free digital TV broadcasts for mobile devices like cell phones, laptop computers and in-car entertainment systems, broadcasters were set to announce Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

TiVo DVR viewers bypassing 10 p.m. slots

New research indicates viewers who use digital video recorders to watch their favorite broadcast TV shows tend to watch shows recorded between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. -- and many of them appear to be skipping 10 p.m. telecasts ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Digital TV is worth converter hassle

Converter boxes. Coupon shortages. Congressional squabbling. Mass confusion. Such hassles raise a fundamental question about the digital TV transition: What will consumers get in return? Quite a lot, actually.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1