January 31st, 2009 by
What you need to know about the transition from analog to digital television: The federal government has told TV stations nationwide to end analog over-the-air broadcasting Feb. 17 in favor of a digital standard that uses up fewer public airwaves….
January 31st, 2009 by
Surrounded by new high-definition and liquid-crystal-display televisions at Philip’s TV & Computer in Brookline, TV repairmen Herb Pratt and Allen “Red” MacPherson remain throwbacks to another era.
January 31st, 2009 by
Iran’s Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said that Iran has manufactured a smart anti-aircraft gun, Iran’s satellite Press TV website reported on Saturday. “Iran successfully manufactured a smart 100mm anti-aircraft gun as part of a campaign to boost the country’s defense capabilities,” Najjar was quoted as saying. He said the Defense Industries Organization has completed the wholly …
January 31st, 2009 by
Al-Aqsa TV run by the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) will begin broadcasting from Beirut for one hour a day to develop its capabilities outside Gaza, local Naharnet website reported Saturday. Hamas- Al-Aqsa TV station in Gaza was hit by Israeli troops during the 22-day Israeli war on Gaza, according to press reports that the building of the TV station has been completely …
January 31st, 2009 by
By Gail Collins NEW YORK, Feb 1 — On Feb 17, TV broadcasters in the United States are scheduled to go all-digital, and Americans with unconverted analogue televisions will get their reception cut off. Perhaps you are one of them. Perhaps you are in such a pathetic state of denial that you are not actually sure if you’re an analogue person or not. Perhaps you think an analogue is a rare …
January 31st, 2009 by
HELENA (AP) - People in the eastern Montana town of Lavina apparently didn’t find their TV translator useful in the age of cable, satellite and now digital TV. For years the translator has stood about a mile from town, but it will be taken down this spring.
January 31st, 2009 by
JAPAN’S Kids Station satellite TV channel announced on Jan 16 that it had cancelled its plans to run the animation Hetalia: Axis Powers , which would have premiered on Jan 24.
January 31st, 2009 by
Converter boxes. Coupon shortages. Congressional squabbling. Mass confusion. Such hassles raise a fundamental question about the digital TV transition: What will consumers get in return?
January 31st, 2009 by
A Russian TV producer said on Thursday he was launching a “There is God” advertising campaign in London to counter atheist posters that were displayed on buses in January.
January 31st, 2009 by
A Russian TV producer said on Thursday he was launching a “There is God” advertising campaign in London to counter atheist posters that were displayed on buses in January.