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The number of TV households completely unready for the digital transition decreased to 3.1 million, according to Nielsen. The number represents 2.7% of TV households, down from 2.9% at the time of Nielsen’s last report two weeks ago , which stated that 3.3 million households were unready. For TVWeek...
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A record number of consumers called the Federal Communications Commission’s national helpline Thursday in response to a nationwide DTV soft test. The FCC helpline received more than 55,000 calls from consumers, a single-day record. The helpline has averaged 15,000 calls per day since May 1 and prior...
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Univision will conduct the first nationwide digital transition test during this Saturday’s edition of “Sabado Gigante.” The test, scheduled during the 9:30-10 p.m. EST half-hour, is part of the network’s 30-day countdown to the government-mandated analog shutoff June 12. For TVWeek's comprehensive...
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Fewer than 3% of U.S. TV households are still completely unready for the digital transition on June 12, Nielsen said today. As of May 10, 3.3 million or 2.9% of households are completely unprepared, down from 3.5 million unready households in Nielsen’s last update less than two weeks ago. The number...
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The future of broadcast television is mobile. At least that was the message at the National Association of Broadcasters’ NAB Show last week in Las Vegas. While the 83,000 attendees at the annual convention—down about 20% from last year—encountered 3-D TV displays, super-hi-def TV and cheaper cameras...
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FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein will unveil the FCC’s new, enhanced digital transition Web site at the NAB Show on Tuesday. The new site, www.dtv.gov, will help guide consumers, providing them with local TV support and answers to questions about DTV equipment and installation. The site will also...
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Some 3.6 million or 3.2% of U.S. television households are still completely unready for the digital transition on June 12, according to data collected by Nielsen. The number represents a slight decrease from the 3.8 million U.S. households that were completely unprepared, according to data provided earlier...
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The Federal Communications Commission has partnered with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps to for a digital transition outreach effort. Forty-nine at-risk cities believe to be less prepared for the DTV switch have been targeted for the outreach effort. AmeriCorps NCAA members will help individuals...
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If Americans continue to prepare themselves at the current rate for the June 12 switch to all-digital television signals, the number of homes that aren’t ready by the deadline could be quite small, vindicating the Obama administration’s decision to push back the transition. Last week, the Nielsen Co...
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The number of households unprepared for the digital transition has declined slightly since the beginning of March, Nielsen Media Research reported today. Improving by about 350,000 homes since March 1, the percentage of homes completely unprepared for the digital transition stands at 3.4% as of March...
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In the latest digital news programming initiative for local broadcasters, NBC’s flagship station WNBC-TV in New York is launching a 24-hour local information and lifestyle subchannel today. The new subchannel, dubbed “New York Nonstop,” has the potential to reach 5.7 million digital homes in the New...
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Not only are stations around the country in the midst of shedding their analog signals forever, their news departments are tasked with creatively covering the drawn-out digital transition in their newscasts, too. The massive shift from the analog world to the crisp clear digital one is a major news event...
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Despite the recent delay of the U.S. digital television transition from Feb. 17 until June 12, television stations across the country are still trying to answer consumers’ many questions, using their own airwaves and just about any other means available to them. Questions persist about old TV sets, new...
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For television executives, the early rush by 421 stations to switch to digital-only signals last week was an I-told-you-so moment, even if their public statements were more gracious. Despite a push for postponement, a majority of stations that made the transition to digital-only signals on Tuesday had...
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John Rossi, general manager of CW-affiliate KOCB and Fox-affiliate KOKH in Oklahoma City, said he was feeling tired today after his station fielded nearly 900 calls over the past two days regarding his stations’ switch to digital TV signals. That sum far exceeded the call volume at stations in most markets...