On February 18, 2009, all analog television broadcasting in the United States ceases, and is replaced by digital television (DTV). Many problems accompany this DTV conversion in the United States -- bad planning, little public knowledge, insufficient funds, and poor government and industry response to the public interest.

This website, DTVredalert.org, is a project of Chicago Media Action, and is intended to help provide a public-oriented perspective to the DTV conversion and its aftermath.

A good starting point to learn about the DTV conversion and its social aftermaths is in these articles published on the FlowTV website:

The Forthcoming DTV Tsunami

The DTV Tsunami Approaches

Has the DTV Tsunami Arrived?

(Disclaimer: One of the creators of this website is the author of these articles.)

Below is a list of other articles on the web of note documenting the DTV conversion and its aftermath.

  • FCC Releases New Rules on Use of Distributed Transmission System Technologies...
  • Twenty-nine percent say DTV transition means all TV programming will be in HD...
  • Martin Defends Inquiry Into 'Consumer Confusion' Around DTV Transition - B&...
  • BBC NEWS: The pains of switching to digital
  • FCC Spending $1M on DTV Ads with AARP - B&C
  • Schools mull digital TV's implications
  • DTV NASCAR Campaign Off To Bumpy Start - Broadcasting & Cable
  • FCC to Sponsor NASCAR Car #38 | Benton Foundation
  • 20% Of Over-The-Air TV Viewers To 'Go Dark': Survey | Benton Foundation
  • Some Consumers Keep Old TVs Despite Switch to Digital Signals - WSJ.com
  • Transition to Yesterday: Subsidizing the Killer App of 1952
  • Nielsen: DTV Unready Households Decline | Benton Foundation
  • Martin: Give Class-A LPTVs Shot at Full-Power Status; Cable Lobby Not Happy |...
  • NTIA's New DTV Pitch: 'Apply, Buy, Try' | Benton Foundation
  • USAToday: Most portable TVs will be left behind in signal switch