[digitalswitch] A theme I intend to cover in greater detail semiotically. Didn’t realize Hawaii already did its digital switch and it, well, it went off without a hitch.
“Hawaii’s first-in-the-nation switch to all-digital TV went smoothly, with volunteers handling about a call a minute to a special hotline and only minor technical glitches reported. [...]
Hawaii went to all-digital TV signals on Thursday so that broadcasters and park rangers could take down analog transmission towers on the slopes of Maui’s Haleakala volcano before the nesting season of the endangered Hawaii petrel.
In Washington Friday, Senate Republicans blocked a bill to delay the Feb. 17 nationwide shutdown of analog TV signals until June 12, but Democrats said they would bring the measure back next week.
President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 transition amid mounting concerns that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up broadcast channels won’t be ready. The federal program that subsidizes converter boxes for such viewers ran out of money this month.”
I know there’s a Sophia Stewart reference we could make somewhere in here if we wanted to… Curious that this all happens not long after the XM/Sirius merger: effectively meaning there’s no competition in satellite-to-earth digital radio transmissions.
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