NASA started converting its NASA TV satellite delivery service from analog to digital this July. The service is now available as an MPEG-2 digital signal on AMC-6, transponder 17C in the continental U.S. AMC-6 is located at 72 degrees west longitude (WL) and another satellite has to be used to provide NASA TV to Alaska

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is switching from analog to digital satellite distribution and prime contractor for NASA TV , Marshall Communications, has selected Americom Government Services, Inc. to provide an end-to-end network solution including uplinks and downlinks. NASA announced

NASA, with the help of interested broadcasters, is seeking to create, produce and program broadcast-quality TV video products for NASA TV's public information channel. NASA plans to focus on aeronautics, space, science and technology programming topics Products include material previously produced by the organization

Many Americans are discovering that upgrading to a digital set or adding a converter box is not enough to get a reliable digital signal

A news item on the United Kingdom's 10 Downing Street Web site said new research on the UK DTV transition published last Wednesday showed that "13 percent of people plan not to switch over to the new technology." The UK government plans to shut down analog TV transmission by 2010. Communications Minister Stephen Timm

So far, there is no date by which these stations have to shut down analog transmission.

Spain's government aims to switch entirely to digital TV broadcasting in 2010, according to the Financial Times in an article by Leslie Crawford . This would make it one of the first countries in Europe to shut down analog TV broadcasting. See the article for more on Spain's plan for the digital switch. Swedish