Digital TV by 2009 with Gov’t Money Down
It’s still up in the air to when the TV Titans have to switch to Digital. I had originally understood the year to be 2007, but that may get pushed back to 2009.
The US government is due to sell some ‘spectrum’ to raise over $4bn to help support the move to digital – some hope the auction could raise up to $10bn. The raised money would be given to consumers to aid in purchase of the necessary digital converting boxes.
According to the government around 21 million US homes (around 6%) still depend on broadcast TV.
Christen Costa
Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."
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