On the eve of the annual National Association of Broadcasters’ convention in Las Vegas this week, television stations are facing perhaps the most challenging time ever in their business. Their budgets are shrinking, their audiences are getting smaller and their advertising dollars are diminishing. Some...
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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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For San Diego TV stations, Tuesday, Feb. 17, can’t come soon enough. As one of the major markets expecting to transition to a digital-only signal this week, San Diego station general managers said their market is ready to make the switch, despite the government’s determination that the nation at large...
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The congressional decision to postpone to June the switch to digital television has placed a crucial decision in the hands of stations: Delay or proceed? If stations go forward and switch to digital broadcast signals on the original Feb. 17 date, they may leave unprepared viewers in the dark. For TVWeek's...
After a 2008 full of brinksmanship and bullying between television stations and the cable operators that carry their signals, 2009 may shape up as the jittery calm before a bigger political storm over retransmission consent. More than 50% of the agreements that cover the retransmission of local TV stations...
As President-elect Barack Obama juggles a cratering economy and two wars, broadcasting and consumer groups are throwing him another sticky issue—the impending switch to digital over-the-air broadcasting. While less than 1% of TV viewers lost their signals during the Sept. 7 DTV test in Wilmington, N...
The nascent market for mobile video services could get a big boost if the Federal Communications Commission votes Nov. 4 to free up the unused airwaves or “white space” between TV channels for use by wireless broadband services. Last week, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin threw his support behind a white-space...