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BusinessWeek June 25, 2009 Tom Lowry |
Digital TV: Where Are All Those Eyeballs? Digital TV let local broadcasters create subchannels for niche programs. But a sour ad climate and distribution problems are preventing any revenue boost.  |
Popular Mechanics October 2008 Rob Sabin |
Everything You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition In reality, the digital TV transition isn't all that complicated. For most people, it is a nonissue, and for everyone else, adjusting to the switch will require minimal effort and expense.  |
Popular Mechanics July 25, 2008 Glenn Derene |
The Real Story of HDTV Standards--There Aren't Any: Buzzword When you turn on a high-definition broadcast, you assume that your TV will come to life with the crispest, sharpest picture imaginable. But the fact is, hi-def doesn't always mean high quality.  |
Home Theater April 24, 2007 |
Broadcasters Rip Cable on DTV Dilution Cable operators may discriminate against broadcasters by reducing both the quality and quantity of DTV channels.  |
Home Theater September 14, 2007 |
FCC Adopts Cable Transition Rules This week the Federal Communications Commission finally decided on "must carry" rules. All channels on your local airwaves must be available to all cable subscribers, whether their TVs are digital or analog.  |
PC World May 2004 Yardena Arar |
HDTV Answer Guide Ready for next-generation television? Before you take the high-definition high dive, read this guide to the services, the sets, and more.  |
PC Magazine March 1, 2009 Sascha Segan |
Don't Delay the DTV Transition We've waited long enough for the analog to digital television conversion. It's time to switch over.  |
Home Theater July 2003 Rebecca Day |
Baby Steps to HDTV The process may be painful, but the result is a bundle of joy.  |
Home Theater November 7, 2008 |
Cable Must Carry Broadcast Channels Following the DTV transition next February, cable systems will be required to carry broadcast channels.  |
BusinessWeek May 21, 2009 Jon Fine |
Why Broadcast Networks Can't Just Turn Cable Sure, CBS and the others could garner paying audiences. But the broadcast network system is far too complex for a switch to happen easily.  |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Tom Lowry |
From Vanilla To Full Metal Racket Clear Channel is racing into the Digital Age with an array of high-def niche channels.  |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2004 Brian Gorman |
Indecent Proposal New indecency legislation may change the face of broadcasting.  |
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Lynn Claudy |
TV's Future: The Broadcast Empire Strikes Back New digital technologies could put over-the-air TV back in vogue in the United States and around the world.  |
Home Theater February 24, 2009 |
Cord Cutting Makes Cable Shudder Want to see your local cable operator choke on his martini? Just say two little words: "cord cutting."  |
Home Theater June 11, 2009 |
DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter?  |
Home Theater March 24, 2008 |
Satellite Providers Can Ax Local HD Local stations suffered a setback in the transition to digital television last week when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that satellite providers needn't carry local signals in HD till 2013.  |
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Roy Mark |
FCC Seeks TV 'White Space' Spectrum for Wi-Fi The Federal Communications Commission wants to let wireless Internet service providers operate in unused spectrum space currently occupied by TV broadcasters. The proposal is aimed at giving consumers an alternative to cable and telecom broadband providers.  |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2010 Jesse Emspak |
Internet Challenges Cable Companies, but They Aren't Done Yet The need for revenue keeps many stations from going online-only.  |
BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Frederik Balfour |
TV In China: The Door Opens A Crack Beijing is letting in foreign media investors. But it's still leery of Western programs.  |
PC Magazine November 15, 2006 Robert Heron |
HDTV: The Time Is Now All your friends have them, and you want one, too. But how do you go about buying and setting up the right HDTV? It's really not as hard as you might think. Just relax and read on.  |
Home Theater August 27, 2007 |
Free Analog Cable Service Urged A coalition of small cable operators is urging Congress to let them provide free analog cable service following the switchover to digital television broadcasting.  |
PC World August 2006 Yardena Arar |
HDTV: Is Now the Best Time to Buy? Deciding when to move to high-definition TV involves more than just the set.  |
InternetNews March 31, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Disney/ABC Strikes Broadcast Deal With YouTube YouTube and Disney Media Networks today announced an agreement to show mini-episodes from ESPN and the Disney/ABC Television Group on ad-supported channels at the Google-owned video portal.  |
Home Theater February 7, 2008 Mark Fleischmann |
Cable Nets Hit FCC on Dual Channels Will dual digital and analog versions of local broadcast TV stations push small cable networks out of cable systems? That's what some cable networks fear. And they're voicing their fear by suing the Federal Communications Commission.  |
Home Theater February 19, 2009 |
Hello, FCC? My TV Went Dark On the day after the nation's TV stations ceased analog broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission received 28,000 phone calls.  |
Fast Company Harry McCracken |
Review: Sling TV, An Intriguing -- But Incomplete -- First Draft Of The Future Of Pay TV There are going to be some people who care enough about the channels the service offers to pay $20 a month. Sports fans especially. But there will more who will look at the lineup and fixate on what's currently missing.  |
Home Theater October 27, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Fee Fights Starve Online TV Efforts by broadcast TV networks to get higher fees for cable transmission may reduce TV-show content online.  |
Home Theater October 19, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2010 Eric Jhonsa |
Is Cable's Business Model Kaput? After the Fox-Time Warner dispute, consumers and service providers alike have reasons to support change.  |
BusinessWeek January 24, 2005 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
On The Road To HDTV Paradise There's a big do-it-yourself challenge with high definition.  |
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Robert M. Rast |
The Dawn of Digital TV Analog television prepares to meet its doom, vacating valuable real estate in the radio spectrum -- and the band rush begins  |
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2013 Joe DeLessio |
Breaking Down The Cost Of Watching Live Sports On Cable In a DVR world, sports is about the only stuff regularly watched live -- which allows sports networks to demand increasingly higher fees from cable providers.  |
Inc. May 1, 2010 Darren Dahl |
Business for Sale: A New Jersey TV Station A low-power station that broadcasts lots of high school sports and town hall meetings is on the market for $2.5 million.  |
Home Theater February 6, 2009 |
Networks to Keep Analog Until Bitter End Several major TV networks have announced that they plan for their owned affiliate stations to keep analog signals on the airwaves until the final deadline in June.  |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Pulls the Plug on DISH Network Disney and DISH battle over HD channel programming fees.  |
Home Theater February 4, 2009 |
It's Official: DTV Transition Botched The on-again, off-again effort to delay the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 has overcome its biggest obstacle.  |
Home Theater April 25, 2003 |
TV and Dolby Digital Surround sound via Dolby Digital is becoming a standard for an increasing number of television broadcasts.  |
InternetNews December 19, 2005 Roy Mark |
DTV Transition Date Set The House approves the DTV transition date and the Senate expected to agree today.  |
BusinessWeek December 18, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
You Heard Right: HD Radio HD radio aims to deliver big improvements in quality and a wealth of new services. But as with digital television, HD radio's reality falls far short of its promise.  |
Home Theater April 15, 2010 Mark Fleischmann |
Broadcasters Joins Hands for Mobile DTV A dozen station owners aim to reach 150 million viewers.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 David Lee Smith |
CBS' Ship Comes In CBS announced last week it had completed a series of agreements with cable systems companies. Investors, stay tuned.  |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Found Money for CBS With broadcasters increasingly able to demand rebroadcast fees from cable companies, CBS's bottom line could become significantly chubbier. Investors, take note.  |
Reason May 2002 Sara Rimensnyder |
Copps on Patrol Rankled by racy television and by radio shock jocks, Michael J. Copps, one of four commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has called on broadcasters to adopt a voluntary code of conduct...  |
Home Toys August 2005 James Russo |
Choosing a Home Satellite TV System DirecTV vs. Dish Network and Cable  |
Reason January 2004 Ben Compaine |
Domination Fantasies Does Rupert Murdoch control the media? Does anyone?  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Brendan Mathews |
DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note.  |
PC Magazine March 14, 2007 Dan Evans |
Tune in to Digital Radio Digital broadcasting and higher-definition signals are revolutionizing television. Can they do the same for another traditionally analog medium -- the radio?  |
CIO November 15, 2005 Grant Gross |
Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications.  |
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Time Warner's Rerun-O-Rama A rumored "hits" channel from Time Warner seems like yesterday's brainchild.  |
Home Theater October 1, 2007 |
MGM Lion to Roar in HD DirecTV will get a leg up on the Dish Network this fall with the launch of the MGM HD channel.  |