DTV Transition | Digital TV Transition
In the United States all full power television broadcasters will be required to cut off their analog tv broadcast signals on February 17, 2009. From that date on, broadcast television from full power broadcasters will be in digital only. The law has been updated though and the digital television conversion will not complete until June 12th of 2009.
The new digital broadcasting offers some improvements over Analog.
First, it’s possible to transmit several different video streams within the bandwidth that a single old analog tv stream occupied. This gives broadcasters the opportunity to subdivide their channel up into subchannels. I’ve seen as many as 5 sub channels from a single broadcaster.
Additionally, broadcasters can transmit programming information for program guides, much the way digital cable or satellite users have onscreen guides to display what channel they are watching and what is currently showing.
Another potential benefit is multiple audio streams so that programming can be broadcast in English as well as spanish for instance. To a certain extent some of this feature is already available in analog broadcasting with SAP (Secondary Audio Program).
Of course for many the biggest improvement of Digital TV or DTV is the improved picture quality. Areas that saw snow or poor signal will be able to get a crystal clear picture. Our area used to see all sorts of ghosting and snow on even the closest channels with a good antenna. We are in the mountains. With digital we will for the first time be able to get a clear picture from our local broadcaster. Unfortunately our area requires a bit better antenna than most due to the mountainous terrain.
For most people in urban and suburban areas with good “line of sight” to the broadcast towers you will see a great improvement from the switch to digital television.
It’s worth noting that HDTV (High Definition Television) is NOT the same as Digital Television. Digital Television is just a means of getting the picture to the viewers, High Definition Television refers to the quality of the picture. Many Digital Broadcasters are moving to what is called Standard Definition and offering a simultaneous High Definition feed. Digital broadcasting is required to have High Definition.
The Federal Government in the United States has setup a page with information about the DTV Transition | Digital TV Transition.
See below for the latest news on the DTV Transition.
digital tv transition – Google News
FCC to finalize rules on ‘white spaces’ Web use – MarketWatch
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FCC to finalize rules on 'white spaces' Web use
MarketWatch Use of the vacated white spaces became possible thanks to the transition to digital TV transmissions. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has made a concerted effort to … |
FCC.gov poised for an overdue overhaul – O’Reilly Radar (blog)
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FCC.gov poised for an overdue overhaul
O’Reilly Radar (blog) Under the Media Bureau, for instance, visitors can explore DTV Station Coverage Maps, a key issue to many given the transition to digital TV earlier this … |
Tories Tuned Out As Digital TV Transition Looms – NorthumberlandView.ca
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Tories Tuned Out As Digital TV Transition Looms
NorthumberlandView.ca I am hearing from a lot of people who are worried that they won't be able to watch TV after this goes through.â The transition from analogue to digital will … Feds not doing enough on digital transition, Angus says |
Mexico Speeds Up Digital-TV Transition, Will Compete With Grupo Televisa – Bloomberg
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Mexico Speeds Up Digital-TV Transition, Will Compete With Grupo Televisa
Bloomberg Mexico will accelerate its transition to digital-television broadcasts, boosting competition against … Mexico's President Sets 2015 Deadline For Switch To Digital TV Mexico digitalizes TV for wireless space Mexican TV to go fully digital by end of 2015 |
Freeview claims quashed as Nine 3D report issued to ACMA – Computerworld Australia
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Freeview claims quashed as Nine 3D report issued to ACMA
Computerworld Australia âThis was confirmation that many of the recently released digital TV receivers in Australia were capable of receiving and decoding an MPEG-4 H.264 encoded … |
Uzbekistan opens plant on production of digital TV tuners – TMC Net
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Uzbekistan opens plant on production of digital TV tuners
TMC Net Uzbekistan implements a program on transition to digital broadcasting in 2008-2015. The Uzbek State Unitary Enterprise "Center of radio communication, … |
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Australia – Snapshot Digital, Pay, Mobile TV Mid 2010 – New Market Report …
OfficialWire (press release) by Press Office The digital TV transition is proceeding at a good pace and as a result most Australians will have switched over before the critical date of … |
Americans Are Dumping Cable TV, but Execs Say Economics to Blame – AdAge.com (subscription)
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Americans Are Dumping Cable TV, but Execs Say Economics to Blame
AdAge.com (subscription) Ian Olgeirson, a senior analyst for SNL Kagan, described the phenomenon as the culmination of a confluence of events including the digital-TV transition of … |
Cable’s Decline an Incentive for Yahoo, Hulu Deal – ABC News
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Cable's Decline an Incentive for Yahoo, Hulu Deal
ABC News … one-time effect of cancellations by those who had signed up for a TV service a year earlier amid deep discounts tied to the nation's digital TV transition. Paid TV subscriptions dip for the first time In Q2, pay-TV business dips for first time ever Subscribers Fleeing Cable |
NPD: Big TV Sizes Up, Small Sizes Down – Home Media Magazine
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NPD: Big TV Sizes Up, Small Sizes Down
Home Media Magazine A year after the digital TV transition, sales of large-screen HDTVs have risen dramatically, largely thanks to … Big Screen HDTV Sales On the Rise One Year after Digital TV Transition, Big TV Sales Soar as Small TV Sales Sink … |
dtv transition – Google News
FCC.gov poised for an overdue overhaul – O’Reilly Radar (blog)
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FCC.gov poised for an overdue overhaul
O’Reilly Radar (blog) Under the Media Bureau, for instance, visitors can explore DTV Station Coverage Maps, a key issue to many given the transition to digital TV earlier this … |
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Darby Technology Ventures Sells Holding in Brazilian Prepaid Payments Processor
MarketWatch (press release) DTV has backed a number of successful companies in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Central America, helping them to establish strong market leadership in key … |
Ridiculous Content Restrictions Mean NBC Loses Viral Buzz For Emmy Clips – Techdirt
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Ridiculous Content Restrictions Mean NBC Loses Viral Buzz For Emmy Clips
Techdirt I can't pick up the local affiliate ever since the DTV transition, and NBC won't allow anyone without a subscription to a cable service (that is paying them … |
The transition to Digital TV – MyADSL
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The transition to Digital TV
MyADSL SBTVD was officially adopted as its DTV standard in August, 2009. In Colombia a similar change of standard (but from DVB to SBTVD) was rumored to be in the … |
Harris Opens Transmitter Manufacturing Plant in Brazil – Trading Markets (press release)
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Harris Opens Transmitter Manufacturing Plant in Brazil
Trading Markets (press release) … a new factory in Brazil to manufacture low- and mid-power UHF television transmitter products to support the region's transition to digital television. … |
Digital TV â A Sensational Addition For TV Viewers! – Moviematics
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Digital TV â A Sensational Addition For TV Viewers!
Moviematics The transition from analog to digital television will not only offer the viewers a wide range of choices for TV programs but also these viewers can now opt … |
TV Internet viewers have doubled since last year – Radio & Television Business Report
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TV Internet viewers have doubled since last year
Radio & Television Business Report First of all, most consumers are already paying for TV in the home, post-DTV transition. The ones that aren't are not likely to pay for it on a mobile … |
Canada’s DTV Transition Off Track – TV Technology
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Canada's DTV Transition Off Track
TV Technology In fact, the DTV transition will only apply to "mandatory markets," which, according to the CRTC, are national, provincial and territorial capital cities; … |
SOLID FIRST HALF 2010 – STRONG GROWTH AND IMPROVED PROFITABILITY – TMCnet
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SOLID FIRST HALF 2010 – STRONG GROWTH AND IMPROVED PROFITABILITY
TMCnet The pay-off from the transition to the service model lifted Digital TV's profitability, driving up the Group's operating income. … |
Harris Opens Broadcast Transmitter Manufacturing Facility in Brazil – Television Broadcast
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Harris Opens Broadcast Transmitter Manufacturing Facility in Brazil
Television Broadcast The nation's transition completion target is 2016. Harris said only around 120 of 10000 TV licensees had gone digital so far. âWith the DTV rollout just … Harris Corp. Opens Broadcast Manufacturing Facility in Brazil (HRS) Harris Corporation Opens New Broadcast Manufacturing Facility for Digital … |
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