The latest news and analysis on the DTV transition as the TV industry prepares for the switch to digital broadcasting on June 12, 2009.
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Levin: Not Talking About Spectrum Would Disserve Public
By John Eggerton, November 6, 2009FCC broadband advisor addresses concerns about giving back spectrum in blog
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Wireless Industry: Give Us More Spectrum
By John Eggerton, November 6, 2009Says innovation flourishing but has outgrown its plot of spectrum
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Mobile DTV Standard Approved
By Glen Dickson, October 16, 2009ATSC formalizes broadcast standard, clears way for retail sales next year More -
FCC Seeks Input on Finding More Wireless Spectrum
By John Eggerton, September 24, 2009Wants more comment on whether current wireless spectrum allocations are sufficient for growing needs of wireless broadband. More -
FCC Approves KTVT, KTXA Channel Move
By John Eggerton, September 11, 2009Request was in response to lost viewership after the DTV transition More -
Nielsen: 99.4% of U.S. Homes Can Receive Digital Signals
By David Tanklefsky, September 8, 2009Only 710,000 U.S. homes could still not get a digital television signal as of Aug. 30 More -
Treasury to Get Nine-Figure Return On Coupon Program
By John Eggerton, August 24, 2009After NTIA redeems final converter box coupons, at least $139 million to be left over More -
FCC Sued Over DTV Transition Info
By John Eggerton, August 22, 2009Conservative group claims FCC violates FOIA. More -
FCC To Allow WVUE To Return To UHF Digital Channel
By John Eggerton, August 18, 2009New Orleans station has had continuing problems with its assigned VHF channel since DTV transition More -
FCC Continues Working On DTV-Related Reception Issues
By John Eggerton, August 17, 2009Solutions include moving stations from VHF to UHF channel positions, boosting power More
News from the Web
EU calls for faster digital TV transition to make way for wireless broadband
Source: www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com
Date: 11-01-2009 22:41:05 GMTFCC may auction more broadcast spectrum for wireless
Source: www.fiercewireless.com
Date: 10-28-2009 15:20:22 GMTEU members must switch to digital TV by 2012
Source: www.totaltele.com
Date: 10-28-2009 00:00:00 GMTWeak Signals: Problems Linger With Digital TV Switch
Source: www.npr.org
Date: 09-18-2009 20:10:00 GMTGUEST COLUMN: Cleveland Digital TV
Source: ohiodigitaltv.blogspot.com
Date: 09-08-2009 10:41:30 GMT
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BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
August 19, 2009
Make that 'Bandwidth'
FCC broadband deployment director Rob Curtis weighed in on the commission’s...
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BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
June 16, 2009
FCC's DTV Call Center Gets Monday Influx
After three days of decreasing activity, the FCC’s call center got busier...
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BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
June 14, 2009
FCC Call Center Down to 46-Second Wait
A spot check of the FCC’s DTV help line, 800-CALL-FCC, Sunday produced...
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BC/DC: Eggerton on Washington
June 13, 2009
Re-scan. Re-scan. Re-scan...
Did I mention re-scanning. It might behoove the media to redouble their efforts to...
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It would probably be a bad idea to think that broadcasters will actually control...
John Willkie– 10/16/2009 12:44:59 PM EDT
in response to Mobile DTV Standard Approved'The initial concept of mobile DTV--broadcasting to cell phones--may still be...
Chip Harwood– 10/16/2009 9:46:16 AM EDT
in response to Mobile DTV Standard ApprovedI live just outside Washington, DC and can only receive 2-3 digital channels...
Janet Colligan– 9/29/2009 9:32:58 PM EDT
in response to FCC Prepares for DTV ComplaintsDTV is the biggest scam out there. i lost almost every channel. If a nation wide...
Daniel Raymond jr.– 9/21/2009 7:46:27 PM EDT
in response to FCC Prepares for DTV Complaints
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