The switch from analog to digital television occurs today, and as of late Thursday, 2.8 million - or about 2.5 percent of all viewing households nationally - had still not prepared for the switch, said Edie Herman, a spokeswoman for the Federal Communications Commission... That number approaches 10,000 in Connecticut, according to the Nielsen Co...
But based on the following passage, it appears that there isn't going to be that much of a panic in Connecticut:
...the Connecticut Broadcast Association, which represents 12 fully-powered TV stations subject to the digital switch, received only 24 calls by midday Thursday, said President Michael Rice. Most were from cable subscribers wanting to be sure their programming would not be interrupted, he said. It won't, he added...
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But based on the following passage, it appears that there isn't going to be that much of a panic in Connecticut:
...the Connecticut Broadcast Association, which represents 12 fully-powered TV stations subject to the digital switch, received only 24 calls by midday Thursday, said President Michael Rice. Most were from cable subscribers wanting to be sure their programming would not be interrupted, he said. It won't, he added...
Full story:
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=5731d743-8ee5-468a-a1db-df7a15b018c2