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As the TV industry prepares for the switch to digital broadcasting on Feb. 18, 2009, B&C provides the latest news and analysis on the DTV transition.


  • Circuit City Challenges FCC Fine
    By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
     A major retailer is challenging the FCC on its digital-TV-transition rules. More
  • FCC Unanimously OKs Framework for D-Block Reauction
    By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
     The FCC voted 5-0 to approve an effort to come up with a successful framework for reauctioning spectrum for an interoperable public-safety network, but it could have been 3-2. More
  • FCC Issues NPRM on D-Block Reauction
    By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
     The FCC Wednesday released the questions it will ask, and answers it is seeking, as it creates a framework for reauctioning the D block of spectrum. More
  • Harman Bill Would Fund Public-Safety Network
    By John Eggerton - 05/14/2008
     Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) introduced a bill that would fund administrative costs of a national interoperable public-safety network for first responders. More
  • Motorola to Resubmit White-Spaces Device
    By John Eggerton - 05/13/2008
     Motorola is resubmitting its DTV white-spaces device to the FCC Wednesday with modifications that the company said will help it to perform better when there are strong TV signals on adjacent channels. More
  • FCC Fines Toys “R” Us, Value City
    By John Eggerton - 05/12/2008
     The FCC proposed fining two retailers almost $500,000 combined for failing to label their analog-only TVs. More
  • KNBC Tries Kid Stuff
    By Michael Malone - 05/10/2008
     KNBC Los Angeles plans to mark the two-year anniversary of its News Raw digital channel by reaching out to a markedly underserved segment of news viewers: first- through sixth-graders. More
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John Eggerton
BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief, Broadcasting & Cable
February 13, 2008
A Toast To the DTV Transition
Could Florida Republican Cliff Stearns be the DTV transition's answer to Mark Fowler....
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John Eggerton
BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief, Broadcasting & Cable
February 4, 2008
Fox Plugs Feb. 17 In Super Bowl
I'm still trying to figure out why Fox aired a House episode after the Super Bowl ins...
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John Eggerton
BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief, Broadcasting & Cable
January 14, 2008
Samoa News About DTV Transition
Raise your hand if you knew the following. None of the residents of American Samoa, s...
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John Eggerton
BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
John Eggerton, Washington Bureau Chief, Broadcasting & Cable
January 10, 2008
Keep On Trekking
With NAB's DTV Education Road Show making its first appearance this weekend in Washin...
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As the broadcast industry prepares for the Feb. 2009 DTV transition, stations are also consumed with converting their analog microwave links to new digital equipment.
Broadcasting & Cable TechTalk: The Other Digital Transition

As the broadcast industry prepares for the Feb. 2009 DTV transition, stations are also consumed with converting their analog microwave links to new digital equipment. 

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Jake Tapper's Caricatures
ABC News' Jake Tapper has a not-so-hidden talent as a caricaturist whose work has been published in several national papers. The following are from Tapper's ABC News blog, Political Punch, at blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch
Headshots: Caricatures of the Fifth Estate
From B&C's 'Fifth Estater' column, a gallery of caricatures by artist Michael Caplanis
CNN's Democratic Debate - Kodak Theater
CNN hosts the first head-to-head debate between Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at L.A.'s Kodak Theater, Jan. 31.

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BEN GROSSMAN: LEFT COAST BIAS

Upfront Sendup
I know you're all unsure about what to expect from this week's upfront presentations in New York City. I don't blame you. Everything just feels smaller this year. Let's face it, there hasn't been a more celebrated lack of pilots since food poisoning ravaged the cockpit in the classic flick Airplane. Words like “depressing” are being thrown around by the usually bubbliest of execs to...
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