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Transcript: 1985 - Announcement was made 1987 - Creation of ACATS Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Double the resolution of standard definition Dozens of CD quality audio Large amount of data capacity Legislative History Balanced Budget Act of 1997 first legal definition of digital television prohibited analog broadcast licenses past Dec 31, 2006 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Dec. 2006 --> Feb. 17, 2009 Only Full Power Stations Rescinded FCC's power to amend deadline Coupon Program February 2009 DTV Delay Act Extended date to June Extended coupon program Gov't Accountability Office 19% of Americans OTA only 20.8 million households Multichannel Video Programming Distributors Majority of households Multiple television per households Kitchens, patios, sports events 30 million Americans Conversion Regulation 36" televisions - 2004 25"- 34" televisions - 2005 13"+ - 2007 Industry Conversion ABC, NBC, FOX - 720p CBS - 1080i Glen Ridge, NJ Resident Lives 3 miles from tx Tx sits on 400 ft hill Solution: Build a 50 ft antenna on top of roof Chicago, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Dayton, High Point (NC), New Orleans, Philadelphia, Santa Fe, Washington DC Digital signal drops when bits lost Industry Reports Post-Transition Consumer Confusion Justice Holmes, 1930 For researchers interested in policy it allows to gauge impact. (Scholoz & Tietje, 2002) Transcribe interviews Open coding Group in higher order Documents coding sheet Reception, Antenna, Consumer Concerns Trial Courts Legal Actors Utilize Coupon Program Internal Transition 12 Documents Thesis Prospectus Defense June 12, 2009 U.S. transitioned to digital television Purchase new equipment MVPD (cable and satellite) carriers Law in Action Rationale 317,000 phone calls on the day of transition Participants Analog signal fade or "ghost" Tips to increase reception: rotating, rescanning, moving physical antenna Multiple unit of analysis Each hearing unit of analysis Broadcast Engineers Semi-Structured Interviews DTV Implementation: A Case Study of Angola, Indiana Manufacturing Retail Recreation DTV Cliff Effect Assistance Act RQ1: How has the town of Angola, Indiana dealt with the digital television transition? RQ2: What were broadcast engineers' perceptions of the digital television transition? RQ3: What were residents’ perceptions of the digital television transition? RQ4: What were the government’s expectations of the digital television transition? Community Service Angola, IN Experiences in preparing and executing the transition Allocate money to local authorities to build translator towers Theoretical Framework Political Enforcers Devices to assist, different products, lack of consumer education Laws live on paper, but carried out in life. (Tamahana, 2009) Congressional Reports Angola Residents Law in Books and Law in Action (1910) How they dealt with conversion Legal Realism Broadcast Engineering & Telcompaper Law in Books Analysis Appellate Courts Commerce, Science, and Transportation Reception issues due to noise floor from cell phones and wifi How they receive television Residents Recreational Homes Case Study Method Stations/Antenna providers that service the area MM Docket 00-39 Research Questions Antenna Broadcast Engineers DIGITAL CLIFF Workforce Roscoe Pound, 1916 Bump in subscribers Recruitment What was the public response Governmental Documents Oliver Wendell Holmes, Roscoe Pound, and John Chipman Gray Reception issues due to insufficient power allocations Glen Ridge, NJ resident lived 3 miles from the transmitter Tx sits on 400 ft hill Solution: build a 50 foot antenna "The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience." 1881 Common Law Provide PSA or deals for community 9 Hearings Technical questions about power and coverage area Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah Search of 2009 & 2010 articles 47 & 42 articles found Posters in cafe, bars, diners Geographic Features If there is MVPD service and motives to pay Snowball sampling residents MVPD House Subcommitee FCC Reports Literature on the impact of decision. (Kwerel & Levy 2006) Literature on why decision makers chose a system. (Angulo, Calzada & Estruch, 2011; Carnevale 1993; Fischer, 2008; Hart, 2010) Literature on rhetoric that accompanied the change (Dickson, 2009; Eggerton, 2009; Eggerton, 2009b; Grotticelli, 2009; Taylor, 2010) Law in Action Senate Commitee Process International Standards MM Docket 87-268 Steuben County Academic Literature Lacking Reception Academia meets Industry Steps or cost required to deal transition Reported Station Problems OTA only, how is reception and antenna info Subscriptions A majority were about reception and antenna issues. Documents Archival records Open-ended interviews Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection To understand the law, understanding how it is enforced Industry Reports Report & Order will be unit of analysis
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