Almost everyone in the United States watches TV. However, many people don't know about the impending TV blackout.
In a throwback to the Y2K transition, a number of Web sites are running countdown clocks that, presently, read "426 days, 8 hours, 39 minutes, 31 seconds." That is the time remaining until Feb. 17, 2009, the deadline set by Congress when all US broadcasters must cease analog broadcasting and switch to all-digital signals.
As this date approaches, interested parties are ratcheting up the debate over a number of important questions, including:
How prepared are the government and the broadcast industry for the changeover?
How aware is the public of the transition?
Who is most likely to be affected by the change?
What technical issues need to be resolved before the transition happens?
You can read more about this issue at eMarketer.
Personally, I think the most important question is what Movie Blog will capture the attention of the American Public because, let's face it, when the TV screens go dark in 2009 the only choice we'll have to be entertained by the boob tube is to pop in a DVD and watch movies. Forget about video games, the Wii and XBOX 360!
Bad for Television, but GREAT for sites like Our Movie Date!
Hopefully, OMD can keep this in mind from this point moving forward so we can post regularly and build a steady following leading up to this fateful year.
Who knows, in another year DVD's may become obsolete and everyone will be participating in Virtual Reality ala the Star Trek Holodeck.
Until then, we encourage you to visit this site often and tell your family and friends about us.
If, by some chance, Television and Movies go the way of the dinosaur we might just have to start a new blog - - one about books perhaps!
Could you imagine the length of time between posts on that site? CRIPES! Let's hope it doesn't come to that any time soon.
