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Feature Story /
WASHINGTON
-- Federal law requires broadcast stations to turn
off analog signals and transmit only in digital WAS
EXTENDED from Feb. 18, 2009 -- to June 12th
2009.
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But Free
TV will be back in style . . . thanks to land-lines
and WiFi. •••
"Today, over-the-air television using "rabbit ears
and the old roof antenna" -- is regarded as sort of
like the RF Wireless Telephone™ technology my
grandfather, Nathan B. Stubblefield invented and
Patented way back when in 1892 and 1907,
respectfully," said Troy Cory-Stubblefield, of
NBS100.Com./
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The NBS Family Trust is the organization that still
maintains and holds the original Trademark and
copyright for the Wireless Telephone™ and is
planing its big 100th year of wireless in 2008, one
year before the digital 2009 requirement.
•••
"The U.S. and Canada patents for the Wireless
Telephone™ expired in 1925 and 1927,
respectfully," said Troy. The Wireless
Telephone™ RF spectrums themselves were
confiscated by most of the governments allied to
World War I, World War II.
•••
The enactment of the Sedition Act of 1917 by the
U.S., prevented the patent owners like Tesla and
Stubblefield and others holding wartime secrets to
make and voice their claims against the so-called
"Regulatory Seizures and War-time policy of various
governments," with threat of prison time, or as in
Europe, a real-time confinement in a Nazi
concentration camp. FOR
MORE STORY SEE NBS 100
STUDY. •••
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich. and Nancy Zirkin,
director of public policy with the Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights, are worried that people
who need the converter-box coupons the most will be
the last to learn about them. Federal law requires
broadcast stations to turn off analog signals and
turn on digital on Feb. 18,
2009.
Will Free TV be back? •••
"YES" says attorney Charles Portz, of Portz and
Portz. Rep. John Dingell will make sure the U.S.
Commerce Department plans to give most anyone who
applies for a $40 coupon, a chance to exchange the
coupon for a "no-frills TV to Digital converter
box" -- limited to two per household. The
department has budgeted nearly $1.5 billion, enough
for about 34 million converters. But an estimated
70 million TVs are hooked up to antennas, including
extra sets in homes with cable or satellite.
•••
Reuters reported on Wednesday, (March 28,
2007), that U.S. lawmakers
Rep. John D.
Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee, Democratic Reps. Mike Doyle of
Pennsylvania and Jane Harman of California were the
most outspoken for the Regulatory sezure of the
Analog RF frequencies.
•••
It was their expressed opinions that the
switch to digital television from analog should not
be delayed because it is crucial that emergency
services have access to freed-up airwaves to
communicate.
•••
"I suspect few consumers will know they will have
to purchase new equipment to keep their analog sets
going," said Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.),
chairman of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee.
•••
"We will not let that date slip," Rep. Fred Upton
(R-Mich.) said at a House subcommittee hearing on
the status of the digital TV transition.
•••
Democratic Reps. Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania and
Jane Harman of California echoed his view. "We
cannot violate a sacred trust to those that died on
9/11. I will do whatever I can do not to let this
deadline slip," said Harman, of Venice.
•••
The inability of police and fire officials to
communicate during the 9/11 attacks was blamed for
the deaths of New York firefighters that occurred
despite a police warning when the World Trade
Center towers began to collapse.
•••
About 20 million households rely solely on free
over-the-air television. If owners of analog sets
don't get a converter box, subscribe to satellite
or digital cable or replace their TV with a digital
television by Feb. 17, 2009, their screens will go
dark.
•••
Congress has set aside as much as $1.5 billion for
discount coupons to be used to buy digital
converter boxes. All households with analog
televisions are eligible for the $40 discount
coupons to buy the boxes. However, it is not clear
how the converters will be rolled out or how
consumers will apply for and redeem the
coupons.
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The new "no-frills TV to Digital converter box,"
will enable the owner to utilize their analog
antenna to view over-the-air broadcasting
programing "Free." WiFi routers, and iPhones
connected to land-lines in their home or office,
they will be able to both view and talk to their
friends with TVboxes with a few "extra" outputs.
It'll really create a new experience that'll add a
lot of value that will costs the consumer nothing,
except for the cost of a VoIP service, says
Troy." Part
02
/The
NBS100 Regulatory Study Group says that if their
study and grant program works out with the FCC,
they will double the $1.5 billion, Commerce
Department plans to help those needing TV-box
converters. The NBS100 Regulatory Study Group also
plans to introduce to U.S. Congress members, plans
to build a Wi-Fi RFID network, in major Cemeteries
around the world. Click
to SEE MORE about the
"Teléph-on-délgreen" Wireless
CemeterySTORY •••
Some of the TV watchers who will have to make the
transition are known as cable rejecters -- people
who can afford pay TV but choose not to get it. •••
For broadcasters, who base their advertising rates
on the number of viewers watching, the transition
looms as the dawn of a new digital era -- and a
potential financial disaster if viewers aren't
informed.
•••
"The last thing we want is a train wreck on Feb. 18
of 2009," said Dennis Wharton, vice president of
the National Assn. of Broadcasters, which
represents local stations and TV networks. Free TV
will be back in style. •••
Broadcasters are hoping that more viewers will hook
up antennas to their digital sets and get hooked on
free TV. •••
Broadcasters are eager for the switch. They think
viewers will buy digital sets to receive
high-definition programming and the additional
channels the technology allows. Stations also would
significantly cut their energy costs because they
won't have to transmit both analog and digital
signals.
•••
One in 5 U.S. households -- more than a million in
the Los Angeles area -- depend on rabbit ears or a
rooftop antenna to watch TV. Without converter
boxes, most of their sets will go blank the day in
2009 that federal law requires broadcast stations
to turn off analog signals and transmit only in
digital.
•••
The shift is being hailed as broadcast television's
most dramatic upgrade since it bloomed to color
from black and white half a century ago. The
technology gives free TV viewers vastly sharper
pictures and enables networks such as ABC and PBS
to offer a wider range of channels.
•••
The 80% of Americans with cable or satellite
service won't be affected by the change. Neither
will those who have newer, digital TV sets. If you
do have an old analog TV hooked up to an antenna,
you need only buy a converter box, which will
probably cost about $50. The federal government is
going to hand out subsidies to help pay for it, and
you have two years to get ready.
•••Civil
rights leaders and lawmakers are also uneasy. "Any
way you look at it," says Troy, "They are the folks
who should join in on our NBS100 grass-roots
program we have termed: "Our WiFi
"Teléph-on-délgreen" Wireless Video
Telephone Systems in Major Cemeteries Around the
World. Analog Plus RFID Project." SEE
MORE "RFid
STORY.
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A recent poll found that 61% of people who rely on
broadcast TV aren't aware of the digital shift.
What's more, households without cable or satellite
service tend to have lower incomes, and blacks and
Latinos are more likely to receive only
over-the-air TV than whites.
•••
"When I walk into people's houses, they're tuned in
to the news," said Alex Nogales, president of
the Los Angeles-based National Hispanic Media
Coalition. He is testifying on the digital-TV
transition before a House subcommittee today. "Am I
concerned that our community is going to be left
out? Of course." Part
03 /
THE BIG
SWITCH TO DIGITAL •••
Once TV has gone digital, a wide swath of the
analog airwaves will go for free to public safety
organizations, such as police and fire departments,
so they can improve their communications systems.
The rest will be auctioned off by the government,
with major telecommunications firms such as
AT&T Inc. and possibly even Web giants such as
Google Inc. expected to pay as much as $10 billion
to use it for wireless high-speed Internet service.
SEE
MORE PORTZ NBS $30-BILLION
STORY.
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For some TV viewers, the continuing digital
conversion already has launched a new era. They're
discovering that those relics of the pre-cable era
-- antennas -- can deliver sharp programs, many in
high-definition.
•••
That's because digital broadcasts offer clear,
vivid reception over the free airwaves. And
broadcasters can transmit several additional
channels on the same frequency because the signals
take up fewer airwaves than analog. For example,
NBC affiliates have started offering a digital
24-hour weather station.
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"When people see the picture quality of
[digital] over-the-air -- and it's free --
it's kind of mind-blowing," said Kevin Nakano, a
42-year-old electrical engineer who has already
made the switch to digital broadcasts at his south
Torrance home.
•••
Digital TV sets are sharp enough to make the new
broadcast signals look great, and the Consumer
Electronics Assn. said sales of digital TVs
outpaced those of analog sets for the first time
last year. Plus, prices are dropping -- standard
digital TVs are projected to average $901 this year
and high-definition sets, $1,150.
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Related Stories
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Traditional TV •••
Since its birth, TV, like the Wirelewss
Telephone™ of the early 1900s, has broadcast
in analog, with relatively low-resolution signals
that use large amounts of airwaves.
•••
But many people haven't chosen to skip the digital
TV revolution -- they just haven't been able to
afford it.
•••
A 2005 Government Accountability Office survey
found that 48% of households receiving only
broadcast TV through antennas had incomes of less
than $30,000, compared with 29% of households with
cable or satellite service.
•••
The federal government's plan to raise public
awareness has been criticized as inadequate. The
administration is budgeting only $5 million to
notify nearly 300 million Americans about the
transition. By way of comparison, the German city
of Berlin spent $1 million to notify its 3.4
million residents of a similar shift in 2004.
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Worried that people would be caught off guard, Rep.
John Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the House
Energy and Commerce Committee, has suggested that
Congress could delay the transition date. It has
already pushed back the roll out once.
•••
But advocates say another delay is unlikely, so
they've got to start spreading the word.
•••
Nancy Zirkin, director of public policy with the
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, is worried
that people who need the converter-box coupons the
most will be the last to learn about
them.•••
*The
technology •••
Traditional Wireless Telephone™ RF spectrums
are now called radio, television and Cell Phone /
vPhone spectrums. Since the birth of the Wireless
Telephone™ (Patented: 1908), its RF or radio
spectrums have been broadcast in analog, with
relatively low-resolution signals that use large
amounts of airwaves. •••
Now Digital TV or its Digital signals can carry
sharper pictures and take up less of the airwaves,
allowing broadcasters to transmit several programs
at the same time.
•••
High-Definition TV -- Digital TV also allows for
even higher-resolution pictures in a wide-screen
format, known as high-definition, but this format
takes up more of the airwaves than a standard
digital signal.
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Source: Federal Communications Commission
*Making the switch
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Sales of digital TVs have outpaced analog sets
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Percentage of U.S. households by TV reception in
2005
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Cable: 57%
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Satellite: 19%
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Over-the-air antenna: 19%
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Other or none: 5%
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Many antenna users are in lower income brackets
•••
Percentage of over-the-air TV households and TV
subscribers earning under $30,000 a year
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Over the air: 48%
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Cable: 29%
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Satellite: 29%
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Minorities are more likely to use antennas /
Percentage of racial minorities and whites using
over-the-air TV
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Nonwhite: 23%
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White: 16%
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Sources: Consumer Electronics Assn., Government
Accountability Office
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the
inventors of
the RF Wireless Telephone™, NB Stubblefield,
Nikola Tesla, the victims of World I and II, when
their valuable assets were were seized without
payment; Who
else is complaining about the
Federal law
thats replacing analog transmiting signals with
digital ONLY -- on Feb. 18, 2009?.
Besides
the
inventors of
the RF Wireless Telephone™, NB Stubblefield,
Nikola Tesla, the victims of World I and II, when
their valuable assets were were seized without
payment; Who
else is complaining about the
Federal law
thats replacing analog transmiting signals with
digital ONLY -- on Feb. 18, 2009 Rep. John Dingell
(D-Mich.) Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights, ?
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