The FCC is reporting that Friday’s transition from analog to digital TV transmissions was largely uneventful. No major outages or problems were reported. Their toll free helpline was flooded with calls – over 317,000 – from people who couldn’t figure out how to operate their new converter boxes, but the FCC said most problems were more »

The U.S. Senate has voted to delay the upcoming digital TV transition by 4 months to June 12. Congress is expected to pass the proposal today amid loud protests from broadcasters and Republican lawmakers. The Obama administration has been pushing for a delay ever since the government program set up to distribute coupons for the converter boxes consumers who rely on analog signals will need to continue receiving broadcasts ran out of money. It now has a waiting list of over 2 million.