Transition to digital television is today! Have you waited until the last minute to get ready for the conversion to DTV? If so, we’ve prepared a checklist of what you will need to continue watching free television on your local TV stations. In many cases, you won’t need to do anything. Here’s the scoop…
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FCC rules discourage local television broadcasters from providing quality TV signal reception, forcing most to use expensive cable & satellite TV providers.
Eureka, CA, February 24, 2009 – I was perusing KIEM-TV’s website earlier tonight when I ran across an interesting link to their policy on granting waivers to satellite television viewers (specifically DirecTV viewers) for [...]
Washington, D.C. – This story is only marginally connected to the DTV transition, but is so amusing that I just had to pass it on.
Apparently, the Federal Communications Commission received a number of complaints about the cable television provider when it decided to switch certain analog channels on its cable system to digital this past [...]
Review of DirecTV’s new Video On Demand (VOD) service, available to DirecTV customers with HDTV satellite TV and DVR receivers. Downloads using broadband.
A frightening number of the DTV conversion boxes currently on the market lack a key feature that will leave their owners unable to watch many of their favorite channels after installation.
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New section gives complete, up-to-date listing of all channels available via SuddenLink, the local cable TV provider throughout most of Humboldt County.
Below are the latest channel listings as provided by SuddenLink Communications for Humboldt County, California. HDTV channels are indicated in RED. Channels listed as “basic” are transmitted via the cable system as an analog (NTSC) signal, and can be tuned-in without the need for a DTV tuner or converter at present. This is the case, [...]
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SuddenLink Communications published an ad in the Times-Standard this past week announcing the availability of new channels in High Definition (HDTV) including KBVU FOX 29, a local broadcaster in Eureka, California.
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We are still adding to this list, station by station.Hopefully, the page will be finished within the next couple of weeks. As they say in the TV industry… Stay Tuned!!!
Below is a list of all known television broadcasters in the Eureka, CA and Humboldt County markets. Many of these stations [...]
Eureka Television Group (ETV), the broadcasting conglomerate that currently owns five television stations in the Eureka, California, market, recently posted information on the accessibility of their signals via broadcast, cable and satellite television. This includes VHF, UHF, UHF-LPTV and Digital or HDTV.
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