News tagged with digital tv signals
TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts
(AP) -- Call it the Great Channel Squeeze.
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Mobile digital TV poised for big moves in 2011
Rabbit ears on a mobile phone? Well, not exactly, but broadcasters and gadget manufacturers are working to beam live television to portable devices.
Dec 22, 2010 |
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FCC to open up vacant TV airwaves for broadband
(AP) -- A new flavor of Wi-Fi, with longer range and wall-piercing power, could show up in wireless gadgets a year from now if the Federal Communications Commission works out the last details of new spectrum ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Free local TV soon to be available on cell phones
(AP) -- The prospect of watching live, local TV shows on mobile phones and other portable devices is getting closer. Manufacturers this week are showing off gadgets can receive a new type of digital TV transmissions.
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Don't change that channel: DTV woes still abound
(AP) -- Think the digital TV transition is over? Not quite. Many viewers have found that they can't pick up certain stations after the switch, even with the right TVs or converter boxes. The stations are still trying to ...
Sep 18, 2009 |
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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.
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Reception problems linger after DTV transition
(AP) -- The shutdown of U.S. analog TV service on Friday appears to have gone relatively smoothly, but as expected, a lot of viewers are having problems getting the stations they want.
Jun 17, 2009 |
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700,000 callers phone digital TV hot line
(AP) -- Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.
Jun 13, 2009 |
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U-verse offers TV alternative and more
OK, I admit it. When I am asked to test questionable software, I usually install it first on my wife's computer. And my kids are crash-test dummies ramming head-first into all sorts of dubious products. But they don't care ...
May 27, 2009 |
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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.
May 20, 2009 |
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Stations must warn if new TV signals lack reach
(AP) -- TV stations must alert viewers if their new digital signals don't reach areas covered by their soon-to-be-defunct analog broadcasts, the Federal Communications Commission has ruled.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Digital TV likes clear signal path
Question: If I buy a new digital TV, can I just plug it in and use it, as I do the old TV now? My son insists that it has to be hooked to an antenna, but the old televisions worked fine without one.
Dec 31, 2008 |
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