FCC on DTV issues: "There could be a universal solution for all the stations"
It seems the FCC is finally going to do something about the DTV issues!
In a recent Connecticut Post article, an FCC spokeswoman offered a glimpse of what might be happening down the line in improving DTV. Since this article's going to enter the pay-per-view newspaper archives after a week, I'm going to post some of the quotes the FCC spokeswoman made.
"The FCC held out a little more hope for Simmons. First off, Janice Wise, a spokeswoman for the commission, said officials realize that the move to digital broadcasting hasn't gone as smoothly as everyone might have liked. She noted that there were some "problem areas" that FCC engineers were looking into, one of those being the greater New York market that includes the Fairfield County [Connecticut] area."
"We still are looking into issues on the East Coast," she said, adding that FCC engineers are working with TV stations on various fixes to the problems. These include increasing broadcasting power and changing to different frequencies.
"There could be a universal solution for all the stations ---- it's too early to respond to that," she said.
I say, better late than never. This restores my hope that for many of us in the crowded Northeast, we will once again have access to quality, reliable, and uimpeded OTA television on par with the analog service we once received.
It seems the FCC is finally going to do something about the DTV issues!
In a recent Connecticut Post article, an FCC spokeswoman offered a glimpse of what might be happening down the line in improving DTV. Since this article's going to enter the pay-per-view newspaper archives after a week, I'm going to post some of the quotes the FCC spokeswoman made.
"The FCC held out a little more hope for Simmons. First off, Janice Wise, a spokeswoman for the commission, said officials realize that the move to digital broadcasting hasn't gone as smoothly as everyone might have liked. She noted that there were some "problem areas" that FCC engineers were looking into, one of those being the greater New York market that includes the Fairfield County [Connecticut] area."
"We still are looking into issues on the East Coast," she said, adding that FCC engineers are working with TV stations on various fixes to the problems. These include increasing broadcasting power and changing to different frequencies.
"There could be a universal solution for all the stations ---- it's too early to respond to that," she said.
I say, better late than never. This restores my hope that for many of us in the crowded Northeast, we will once again have access to quality, reliable, and uimpeded OTA television on par with the analog service we once received.
