COMMENTARY: New numbers, little response. The digital TV transition remains stuck in neutral

TICK, TICK, TICK. There are 407 days left until the end of analog over-the-air television in the major markets the CRTC has identified as must-switches (just look up and to the right to see our countdown clock).Last week the CRTC, as we reported here, said 857,000 households in major markets will be left without viable TV signals because they use older analog sets fed by rabbit ears or some other sort of antenna because they continue to receive their television off-air.It also okayed a "Freesat" type of alternative (free service for a small package “local” stations, after a hardware charge...