Post Tagged with: "digital tv"

Questions Remain as Digital TV Transition Deadline Arrives This Week

digitaltv Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 28, 2011 as Uncertainty Abounds as Digital TV Transition Arrives Canada was scheduled to complete the digital television transition this week, with stations switching their over-the-air broadcast signals from analog to digital. The transition represented a tremendous opportunity to advance the Canadian […]

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August 30, 2011 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

The Digital TV Transition – A Spark Interview

I participated in an interview on the Canadian digital tv transition together with Bill St. Arnaud for CBC’s Spark.  The full podcast interview is available here.

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September 17, 2010 1 comment News, News Interviews, Podcasts, Tv / Radio

Canada’s Digital TV Transition: Before vs. After

The Canadian Media Guild has posted two maps comparing the availability of transmitters before and after the planned digital transition.

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September 13, 2010 7 comments News

Digital TV Transition Could Lead to New Digital Divide

In just over one year, Canada is scheduled to complete the digital television transition, as stations switch from analog to digital broadcasts. While cable and satellite subscribers will not notice the change, over one million Canadians that rely on over-the-air signals will be affected.  Despite the experience in other countries that left many consumers without digital converter boxes staring at blank screens, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) argues the Canadian government seems content to leave the switch to the private sector, implausibly claiming “industry-led solutions will ensure a smooth transition for consumers.”

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July 29, 2010 17 comments Columns

Digital TV Transition Could Lead to New Digital Divide

digtvcolumn Appeared in the Toronto Star on July 26, 2010 as Digital TV Transition Could Lead to New Divide In just over one year, Canada is scheduled to complete the digital television transition, as stations switch from analog to digital broadcasts. While cable and satellite subscribers will not notice the […]

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July 29, 2010 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive