News - Analog signal
Achille Pollino writes: Many articles I've read say that if you have cable TV service, the change from analog to digital broadcasts in 2009 will not affect your analog TV set and you won't need to buy a converter box.
By Greg Edwards, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Sep. 27--Two small Virginia cable systems say new federal rules that ensure subscribers will receive local channels after the 2009 transition to digital broadcasting present a challenge.
By JOHN DUNBAR WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission approved rules Tuesday night that it says will ensure that millions of cable subscribers will still be able to watch broadcast programming after the digital television transition in 2009.
By Reading Eagle, Pa., Reading Eagle, Pa. Jan. 2--Here's a date for couch potatoes to mark on their calendars: Feb. 17, 2009. That's when the transmission of analog television signals will cease.