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Part 3 – Shaw Direct: The Saviour of Free TV in Rural and Remote Canada?
Dear Minister Moore, Summer has arrived early, eh? Before I get to Part 3 of my review of Shaw’s Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program, I’d first like to add something I forgot to mention in Part 2 of this … Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: TVO to abandon over-the-air broadcasting in analogue markets
Dear Minister Moore, TVO, Ontario’s public educational broadcaster, has announced it will end over-the-air television broadcasting in existing analogue markets. According to an April, 2012 TVO Update, 100 LPRT analogue television transmitters will be decommissioned “immediately”. 14 Medium/High Power transmitters … Continue reading
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Tagged #DTV2011, 2012, analog shut-off, Canada, CRTC, July 31, MP James Moore, Ontario, over-the-air, public broadcasting, TVO
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Part 1 – Shaw Direct: The Saviour of Free TV in Rural and Remote Canada?
Dear Minister Moore, Ever tried channel surfing in a one TV channel town? It’s doable but not much fun. You just end up back at the same channel. Channel surfing hasn’t been the same at my parents’ place in Denbigh, … Continue reading
My attempt to use Dial-Up Internet to watch Netflix
Dear Minister Moore, Was reminded of a story on Saturday that I thought you might enjoy. As you know, I was busy last summer documenting preparations related to Canada’s digital television transition. I happened to have my netbook on me … Continue reading
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Tagged #DTV2011, 56k, analog shut-off, bell, Canada, CRTC, Denbigh, Dial-up Internet, digital television transition, Mad Max, MP James Moore, Netflix, Netflix.ca, Ontario
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Double Post: #DTV2011 in 2012 + Free CRT TV of the Month (January, 2012)
Dear Minister Moore, Happy New Year. This month’s Free CRT TV photo, the first for 2012, was taken by Felan Parker near Toronto’s Manning and Barton neighbourhood. Looks to be a 10 inch or so portable set. B&W, perhaps? I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged #DTV2011, analog shut-off, Canada, CBC, chairman konrad von finkenstein, CRTC, Denbigh, digital television transition, Free CRT TV of the Month, Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program, LTSS, MP James Moore, Ontario, over-the-air, Radio-Canada, shaw
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Last Channel Standing, Part 2
Dear Minister Moore, I hope this finds you well. Enjoyed your Nickelback tweets yesterday. Writing to follow up my October 17, 2011 blog post that detailed how the number of over-the-air (OTA) television channels in the community of Denbigh, Ontario … Continue reading
Hello TVO, bye bye CHCH
Source: logopedia Dear Minister Moore, Writing with a good news/bad news OTA TV update. I’ll give you the bad news first. The bad news is that I’m no longer able to watch CHCH television. I’ve been unable to receive it … Continue reading
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Tagged #DTV2011, analog shut-off, antenna, august 31 2011, Canada, CHCH, CRTC, digital television transition, Hamilton, MP James Moore, Ontario, over-the-air, Toronto, TVO, UHF, VHF
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TVO Goes Digital OTA Next Week
Dear Minister Moore, Next week will be a big one for TVO. The Ontario provincial educational broadcaster will be “live-cutting” from analogue to digital in nine of its television markets. While other Canadian broadcasters started (low power) digital over-the-air (OTA) … Continue reading
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Tagged #DTV2011, analog shut-off, atsc, Belleville, Chatham, Cloyne, digital converter box, digital television transition, Kitchener, Leona Dombrowsky, london, Ministry of Education, MP James Moore, Ontario, ota, Ottawa, over-the-air, Province of Ontario, Thunder Bay, Toronto, TVO, UHF antenna, Windsor
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Up close with a rural television transmitter tower
Dear Minister Moore, I hope you had a nice Simcoe Day/Natal Day or whatever they call the August Civic Day in British Columbia. Writing to share some photos from a recent visit I made to a rural Ontario television transmitter … Continue reading
Analog shut-off: U.S. moving to mobile TV while Canadians still talking transition (cartt.ca)
Dear Minister Moore, Greg O’Brien at cartt.ca has kindly granted me permission to re-post the SMPTE Toronto ATSC report that I wrote for the web-based news platform this week. Enjoy! Best, Steven ——— Analog shut-off: U.S. moving to mobile TV … Continue reading
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