Arpin tells broadcasters to get off their digital duffs

TORONTO – Radio and TV broadcasters in Toronto need to dig into digital – in a hurry – because we’re falling behind the rest of the world, CRTC vice-chair, broadcasting, Michel Arpin said in a speech to the Broadcast Executives Society on Monday. As most will already be aware, U.S. television broadcasters must give up their analog over-the-air spectrum on February 17th. In Canada, the deadline is August 31, 2011, a scant three years away. Arpin also referenced progress being made in the conversion to digital TV in the U.K. and France, two countries with later deadlines – but also...