Sanjay Talwani

Mobile TV, digital signage take center stage

For some in the TV business, Jan. 20, 2009, will be the day they’ve been working toward their entire careers.

A programming issue may arise if there is late breaking emergency information.

But the move may not be so simple.

NAB also said the FCC should allow as many stations as possible to exercise the nightlight option.

But some of the coupon money is coming back around as funds tied to expired, unredeemed coupons become available again.

KTVH in Helena, Mont., completed its digital transition at noon Nov. 10, shutting off its analog transmitter and going all-digital.

Expect markets to conduct repeat tests, increasing in duration, including nationwide tests.

That’s a shift from previous NTIA statements that the program had enough money appropriated to satisfy the demand.

Some of those closest to the actual work involved with the analog shutoff are dreading the cascade of complications that a delay would cause.

The people of Wilmington may have the message about DTV and converter boxes, but some of the stations themselves have had a busy summer getting their DTV signals up and ready.

When CNN started building studios at the Time Warner Center back in 2003, the news network was thinking about its planned upgrade to high-definition down the road.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.: One night about two years ago, Lt. Dan Bender of the Rochester (N.Y.) Fire Department, was watching HBO on-demand, and got an idea.

FCC readies rules for unlicensed devices

Small cable companies are up in arms over the FCC’s Sept. 11 ruling requiring the carriage of both analog and HDTV signals after the February 2009 end of analog television broadcast.

The new CNN Election Express hit the road last month, bringing the news network’s newest, most powerful HD tool to the candidates.

Virginia Massey, who watches WRAL in Raleigh, N.C., doesn’t know exactly how she’ll get television after the digital transition.

For 'Foundation,' program guide is just the start

They're calling it the best thing to happen to the digital television transition since the Grand Alliance.

From Maui to Mount Everest, athlete-producers bring extreme sports home

Broadcasters pitching emergency services to Congress