Digital transition will tax cable systems, but opportunity awaits, too

IN LESS THAN FIVE months, all American full power television broadcasters are required to shut off their analog transmitters. In Canadian border regions, this could present an opportunity as those remaining Canadian viewers who have resisted cable or satellite TV for so long, instead picking up a number of American TV stations with their rabbit ears. Unless they invest in some digital rabbit ears and a new television, they’ll need help getting the programming they are used to. For example, in Windsor there are 22 stations available off-air, most from the other side of the border Detroit, Mich., and Toledo...