COMMENTARY: With HD, are towers a thing of the past?

IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO ENVISION every existing TV transmitter in Canada being upgraded to digital for high definition broadcasting. Ain’t going to happen. Yesterday, www.cartt.ca released a bonus for subscribers, a comprehensive study of all sides of HD in Canada. It’s the most comprehensive look at high-def ever undertaken by a Canadian trade publication. We used seven writers who collectively spun eight stories, or about 16,000 words on HD, including public and private over the air broadcast, specialty services, distribution, regulation, production, consumer electronics, and the lagging Quebec HD market. If you missed it, click here to peruse the stories. Part...