Will the digital transition delete millions of viewers?

A year from Sunday, television for many Americans will cut to black. Analog signals will stop transmitting, older sets will become useless and millions of TV-watching households will simply disappear. [via The Hollywood Reporter]

"At least that's the doomsday scenario confronting the TV industry as a government mandate forces all U.S. stations to convert to digital from the analog signals that have been broadcast on the same frequencies since the 1930s.

... For viewers who don't upgrade to digital-ready TVs or set-top converters, Feb. 18, 2009, will begin with a blank screen instead of a smiling Meredith Vieira. For TV executives, that day could be catastrophic."

emily | 8:04 PM | Technology |
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