Harris to highlight unified master control center at NAB2009
The company will demonstrate a master control system with interoperable capabilities from content to playout...
Ennes workshop, Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference & Expo, and more dates and events you need to know
The FCC has responded to enactment of a law delaying the DTV with extended construction permit, licensing and transition deadlines...
FCC scrambles to implement DTV delay, protect viewers
In the days leading up to Feb. 17, the commission took several steps to ensure unprepared over-the-air TV viewers still had access to an analog signal while grappling with the question of how to handle stations wishing to transition to DTV service as originally planned...
Stations cite different reasons for staying on in analog
While the reasons why 43 stations withdrew requests to transition to DTV Feb. 17 vary, some share concern over difficulty in meeting FCC-mandated eleventh hour requirements...
421 stations complete DTV transition; viewers respond
A total of 421 full-power TV stations shutdown their analog transmitters Feb. 17, joining the 220 that already have done so, to enter the new era of digital television broadcasting...
Companies feel DTV transition delay pain
QUALCOMM’s MediaFlo is in a particularly tight position...
TV station’s antennas can be used as GPS transmitters
This could be useful for broadcasters helping wireless carriers deploy femtocells...
Many consumers making the switch to DTV need a new antenna
Without the antenna, more than half of homes relying on OTA service will lose the ability to view some stations...
Among TV stations turning off analog signals, many rejected by FCC as ‘threat to public interest’
The FCC prohibited about 123 stations from turning off analog Feb. 17...
San Diego DTV stations make the transition
Each station spends thousands of dollars a month on electrical bills to operate its analog transmitter...
5 billion mobile phones predicted worldwide by 2012
It took more than 20 years to reach 3 billion subscriptions...
Dates and events you need to know, including NAB Future Summit and NAB 2009
Full power broadcasters have been given an extension of the DTV transition deadline from Feb. 17 to June 12, unless delayed by Congress...
FCC reinstates administrative law judge in program carriage disputes
The commission has rescinded a decision by the Media Bureau and reinstated the judge to adjudicate six separate disputes...
Commission to discuss DTV transition status at open meeting
With 12 days to go before the scheduled transition, the Feb. 5 meeting is being held to bring the commission and the public up to date on the transition...
BAS transition progresses despite challenges
Sprint Nextel reported to the FCC this week that despite multiple challenges more than half of all Broadcast Auxiliary Service licensees have received the equipment needed for the 2GHz transition...
