http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/switch-to-digital-tv-less-than-a-month-away-3152-dtv-coupons-in-north-escambia Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/switch-to-digital-tv-less-than-a-month-away-3152-dtv-coupons-in-north-escambia/comment-page-1#comment-5478 Nikki Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:04:49 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6033#comment-5478 Thanks for this information. But none of this is going to make TV any better. Thanks for this information. But none of this is going to make TV any better.

]]> http://www.northescambia.com/2009/01/switch-to-digital-tv-less-than-a-month-away-3152-dtv-coupons-in-north-escambia/comment-page-1#comment-5473 CarlB Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:16:21 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=6033#comment-5473 To blindly repeat government claims that this transition is being forced on the public because "digital television promises to provide a clearer picture and more programming options and will free up some of the nation’s airwaves for use by emergency responders" is foolhardy. The truth is that, of the eighteen channels (52-69) being removed from broadcast TV service at the end of transition, fourteen are going not to any form of emergency service but to an auction which brought $19 billion of revenue. That's why Congress is forcing this transition - and that much is all a matter of public record - so don't be fooled by claims that list "public safety" first or forget to mention that most of the bandwidth was auctioned to cellphone providers. To blindly repeat government claims that this transition is being forced on the public because “digital television promises to provide a clearer picture and more programming options and will free up some of the nation’s airwaves for use by emergency responders” is foolhardy. The truth is that, of the eighteen channels (52-69) being removed from broadcast TV service at the end of transition, fourteen are going not to any form of emergency service but to an auction which brought $19 billion of revenue. That’s why Congress is forcing this transition – and that much is all a matter of public record – so don’t be fooled by claims that list “public safety” first or forget to mention that most of the bandwidth was auctioned to cellphone providers.

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