Australia's Communications Minister Helen Coonan recently said that the government probably will not be able to shut analog TV transmissions in 2008, as originally planned, according to a Sunday Times article. Only five to nine percent of homes are able to receive DTV signals with a digital TV set or set-top box,

MediaGuardian.co.uk is running a Special Report on the DTV transition and the shutdown of analog TV in the United Kingdom. One article, Millions could face BBC TV switch-off in 2007 reported on proposals from the Digital Television Group to shut off analog transmitters on a staggered region-by-region basis. Stati

WMDT TV, the ABC and CW affiliate in Salisbury, Md., was unable to make a planned early DTV transition when high winds prevented the necessary antenna swap, according to the general manager, Kathleen McLain, quoted in Delmarva Now. The station

Qualcomm, however, still opposes any delay in the analog shutdown.

The shutdown of analog TV is rapidly approaching. Some stations are already operating with their post-transition DTV facilities, and will only have to turn off the analog transmitter on Feb. 18, 2009. Other stations may be operating with the facilities specified in Appendix B of the Seventh Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, but were unable to file applications to improve coverage due to interference to analog TV stations.

An article in Pravda provides a brief outline of Russia's DTV plans. The English translation in the article, Digital television to hit Russia only in 10 years is somewhat difficult to understand, but the quote from Deputy Minister for Information Technologies and Communications Boris Antonyuk is clear. "In six year

The NEWS.scotsman.com Web site carried an article by Laura May, Analogue is a real turn-off for Welsh describing the shutdown of analog TV in the small Welsh towns of Ferryside and Llansteffan. The residents of the towns were part of a government pilot project. Four hundred households agreed to test the digital set