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The Federal Communications Commission is requesting that broadcasters hold three Digital TV tests on May 21, 2009. According to WSJ, the DTV tests would occur at 7:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. and give viewers one more chance to find…

Many of us think of our televisions when it comes to the DTV transition. Many items we may never have thought of are also affected. To name a couple, cellular phones. There are currently over 100 million people using cellular phones in the…

As the June 12, 2009 DTV transition date approaches broadcasters are looking to broaden their program offerings. While the current OTA program choices appear to be narrow. Quality program expansion will occur as advertising revenues grow.…

Visited dtv.gov today and was shocked at the recent site resdesign the FCC did over this past weekend. Looks much better! Some of the newer and welcomed changes include: Local Help Section: If you're having problems connecting a…

Federal Authority over the Internet? The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 Does over regulation concern you? Government to regulate incandescent light bulbs. What's next? Will they tell you what you can do on the internet? In other words, the…

President Obama signed legislation on 2/11/09 pushing back the DTV Transition from Feb 17 to Jun 12, 2009. Though the transition has been postponed, the FCC is currently stating that one-third of all full-power television stations have…

Broadcasting and Cable reports that the FCC has denied hardship waivers from two stations barring them from cutting analog broagcasts scheduled for April 16th, 2009. Both stations, KARD(TV) West Monroe, LA (Fox), and KTVE(TV) El Dorado,…