Sanjay Talwani

Last-minute switch creates layers of headaches

They say the spectrum isn’t just sitting around waiting for full-power DTV stations to take it over.

The judge rejected the claim by CNN that it needed a new workforce around 2004 because of its transition to a digital workflow.

The first coupon-eligible converter boxes hit stores in February, and word of the transition seems to have gotten out to the public.

The body slams and chair bashings of World Wrestling Entertainment are looking even more realistic now that the traveling production has upgraded to high-definition.

If disaster or terror strikes Las Vegas, the city’s public broadcaster figures its DTV signal will be part of the response.

In an otherwise sketchy financial landscape, revenue from retransmission rights is helping broadcasters make it to the promised land of 2008, with its elections and Olympics.

For all the talk, year after year, of improving technology, NAB2003 flashed new tools that made even the most jaded take notice.

Copyright debate makes quick FCC action unlikely

Lawmakers, lawsuits could stall FCC dereg order

Newspapers, networks win big as critics decry loopholes

Multicasting, datacasting foretell new role for stations

On the bright side, policy advocates said Monday, an ambitious ground game is underway.

They see themselves less as guinea pigs and more as pioneers taking a giant leap into the digital future at noon on Sept. 8.

Congress eyes the early shutoff, contemplates disenfranchised viewers.

Broadcasters push for accountability, 'rigorous' testing

Massive call centers planned as coupons run out

Many broadcasters have had just about enough with all the digital and the upgrading and the government mandates. But there’s another major transition ahead, and this one could save lives.