Analog shut-off: Heritage Committee slams digital transition efforts

By Perry Hoffman

OTTAWA - Those in charge of the digital television transition have dropped the ball in informing Canadians on the impacts of the change to DTV, said some MPs during The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage meeting this Monday.The Department of Canadian Heritage, which has taken the lead on the digital TV transition file, has set up a web site (www.digitaltelevision.info.gc.ca and www.televisionnumerique.info.gc.ca) and a toll-free number that are supposed to provide Canadians with information on how the transition may affect them. Despite these initial efforts, committee members questioned why a broad public awareness campaign has yet to start when there...