Digital D-Day Cometh

The anticipated digital switchover on February 17th continues to concern a lot of folks. The funding program for those converter boxes is out of cash, and a good many U.S. households still haven’t bought the equipment. In addition, some consumers don’t realize they’ll need new antennas as well to bring in those digital signals. Color the public confused and upset, the FCC scrambling, and some broadcasters at their wits’ end. Read more here in an MSNBC.com story. Meanwhile, the transition team is trying to delay the switchover, a policy which some networks support.