Movies & TV - Oct. 20, 2009
OnMedia: Baseball or not, you can see the news at 9
Thanks to Channel 6's digital subchannel 6.2 -- also available to digital cable viewers -- the Fox station is able to broadcast tonight's ALCS game, and offer the normal 9 o'clock news to viewers who aren't baseball fans.
Tags: digital tv, channel 6, hd, rod blagojevich, jay johnson, arrested development, green acres, the addams family

Arts & Entertainment - June 12, 2009
Putting the digital TV transition in sharper focus
In case you missed the endless news stories, commercials, on-air tests and informational "crawls" across the bottom of the screen over the past two years -- or were simply anesthetized by the onslaught -- Friday is the day that country switches to all-digital broadcast television. That means that older TVs, the kind with "rabbit ear" antennas or things on the roof of homes, will not work.
Tags: digital tv, converter box, transition, june 12

Living - Jan. 19, 2009
Ask OMC: What's the deal with the digital TV flip?
The federally-mandated transition from analog to digital TV broadcasting -- designed to create more space for mobile devices and Internet access -- is creating confusion, controversy and headaches for people who use older TVs without cable or satellite dishes. Bruce from Franklin has a question and we have a few answers in this installment of "Ask OMC."
Tags: digital tv, transition, feb. 13