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  • NewsClips - March 27, 2009
    There could be a shortage of set-top digital converter boxes needed to keep old TVs working after the switch to digital-only broadcasting, federal officials said Thursday. Demand could exceed supply by upwards of a million boxes, lawmakers fretted at an oversight hearing on the digital switch.
    Posted: Mar 27, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 26, 2009
    CITIES SHOULDN’T RUN BROADBAND The economic stimulus package contains, among other line items, some $7 billion in grants to increase the availability and adoption of broadband Internet services.
    Posted: Mar 26, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 25, 2009
    People who got digital TV converter box coupons but let them expire now can apply for new ones. The recent stimulus package put more money into the coupon program, letting the National Telecommunications and Information Administration give households with expired coupons a second chance.
    Posted: Mar 25, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 24, 2009
    A post-"Battlestar Galactica" Sci Fi Channel is quickly scrambling to rebrand itself as much more than just a science fiction cable network by changing its name to Syfy, and one of the channel's founders is not happy about it. Exclusively at Hollywood.com, what looks to be the first of many letters from Sci Fi co-founder Mitch Rubenstein was posted. Rubenstein launched the channel with Laurie Silvers, and they now own Hollywood.com.
    Posted: Mar 24, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 23, 2009
    Rep. Josh Shapiro of Montgomery County, considered a rising star in state Democratic circles, tells Commonwealth Confidential that he is close to an announcement about whether he will vie for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Arlen Specter since 1980. "I expect to make an announcement very soon about how best to move forward," Shapiro said in a recent interview.
    Posted: Mar 23, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 20, 2009
    Telecom companies vying for $7.2 billion in broadband funds included in President Obama's economic stimulus plan urged regulators not to mandate a super-fast Internet speed as a criterion for winning the money. Critics of this approach, though, say no government standards led to the United States lagging its industrialized peers in average broadband speed, viewed as a key driver of economic development.
    Posted: Mar 20, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 19, 2009
    Verizon New Jersey failed to come through with advertised promotions such as free flat-screen televisions for customers who signed up for its FiOS television, telephone and Internet services, the state said Wednesday. In a lawsuit filed by the state Attorney General's Office, Verizon New Jersey is accused of "deceptive and misleading" marketing, sales, billing and customer service practices.
    Posted: Mar 19, 2009
  • Newsclips - March 18, 2009
    Regulators have cleared 158 TV stations around the country to shut down their analog broadcast signals before June 12, when the remaining full-power stations will end theirs. Most of the stations going early are in smaller markets and don't broadcast any of the four major commercial networks.
    Posted: Mar 18, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 17, 2009
    Cable and big phone companies have a message for federal officials overseeing $7.2 billion in stimulus money set aside for new high-speed Internet lines: Don't use the money to subsidize upstarts planning to compete with existing broadband services. Stimulus money should be used for "extending broadband [service] to unserved areas," the cable industry's lobbying group emphasized in a letter to members of Congress last week.
    Posted: Mar 17, 2009
  • NewsClips - March 16, 2009
    We're an on-demand society. "The Office" airs at an inconvenient time for you? No worries; set the DVR and catch the episodes later. Didn't see "Milk" because you didn't have time to get to a theater? No problem; start and stop it at will on cable TV. Craving ice cream at 3 a.m.? It's easy to find an open store at any hour in almost every town.
    Posted: Mar 16, 2009