Transition to Digital Empowerment Globally with the Inclusion of the Underserved Communities

As of Nov. 1, 62% of over-the-air TV households have requested DTV-to-analog converter-box subsidy coupons stated by The National Telecommunications & Information Administration Chief Meredith Attwell Baker in a speech to the Media Institute Thursday. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE? You Do The Math. Over the Last 11 Months… 35 million coupons have [...]

Millions could be left in the dark The Transition to Digital Television is a “Communication Crisis on the Horizon.” With the advent of the permanent switch from analog to digital on Feb. 17, 2009, millions will be left in the dark if action is not taken immediately. The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the [...]

This day finally came and went. The Transition ceremony at the local Town Hall in Wilmington, NCstarted at 10:30 am and ended after noon. I have provided pixs of the day and comments from some of those in attendance. The Road Trip was well worth the effort. Also, the local ABC channel 3 – WWAY [...]

  Left Washington DC around 2pm and arrived at the hotel around 8 pm tonight. Decided to drive to the location of the town hall (using my GPS, of course) so I could become familiar with the area. Actually, I wanted to see if there were any breakfast nooks I could go to in the [...]

We love our TVs, don’t we? Well, let’s look at some recent statistics regarding our viewing habits. FCC statistics, there are 110.2 million TV households Nielsen Media Research states there are 2.24 televisions per household Which equals 226.8 million televisions (geez, that’s a lot!) Apx. 35 million viewers use traditional (analog) viewing, you know, with [...]

  Preparing 200 seniors for the Digital Transition In the last few days we have educated and trained 200 senior citizens in the Washington DC area as to “How to Transition to Digital Television.” The questions and feedback let us know we are on the right path in assisting them to “get hooked up” before [...]