September 25, 2011
Digitial Madness
After converting to digitial years ago I did not feel the effect of the recent digitial switchover.
In spite of all the madness over converting "if you have rabbit ears" I was shocked to hear from an old friend who had the antenna, and did not convert. Of course he's gotten nothing since August 31 as promised, but dosen't care. Considering that most of CTV's and Global's shows are on-line (ergo: 90% of American programming) with some bits and pieces covered by YouTube the question enters whether or not any signal device is need anymore, or even a TV.
Also word has it that Shaw cable in Vancouver which proclaimed that mid september would be the end of Analogue braodcasting, has regened on that and now said that Novemeber is the cut off.
After the chaos over digitial broadcasting in the states and the cut off dates being as meaningless as the judges scores on Dancing with the Stars you'd think the Canadian braodcasters would be better prepared seeing the follies of their Yankee counterparts. However our broadcasters were no more better and the technicans don't work well under the deadlines, which makes me wonder why they had them in the first place.
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