digital broadcasts

Microsoft denies blocking NBC shows or digital broadcasts

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 05/28/2008 - 6:34pm

Microsoft says now that it wasn't Windows Media Center that was responsible for blocking two NBC Universal shows earlier this month.

The software maker said that there is nothing in Windows Vista Media Center that would have blocked the recording of over-the-air broadcasts or QAM.

On May 12, people

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Report: N.C. town to switch off analog TV early

CNET Tech blog  Wed, 05/07/2008 - 4:45pm

For the vast majority of Americans, analog TV sets aren't supposed to go black as part of the switch to all-digital broadcasts until February 17, 2009.

But federal regulators are expected to announce Thursday that Wilmington, N.C., has volunteered to make the transition several months early as part ...