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Listen up, rabbit ear fans: Your guide to digital TV
- The Gazette (new window)
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2/17/08
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Retailers need to do a better job educating their staffs and customers, said Grady Nesbitt, CoPIRG’s citizen outreach director.
“I myself was unaware of this until we conducted the survey in September,” he said. “Those 22 million Americans who are relying on over-theair broadcasting will literally be in the dark in February of ’09.”
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Viewers in the Dark on Digital TV
- The Denver Post (new window)
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2/13/08
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The nation is not well-informed when it comes to understanding the pending digital-TV transition, based on a Wednesday congressional hearing and findings from a national advocacy group.
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Rail time
- Colorado Daily (new window)
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03/20/2008
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The report not only outlines the problems with modern commuting and transportation issues including traffic congestion, gas consumption and CO2 emissions, but also determines in precise detail the number of reductions that could be created in each of these categories if certain mass-transit projects that have already been proposed are completed. |
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Group: Retail sales staff ill-informed on digital transition
- Daily Camera (new window)
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02/14/2008
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Consumer advocacy group CoPIRG said its secret-shopper surveys at 132 electronics stores in 10 states -- including Colorado -- revealed that 94 percent of salespeople provided inaccurate information about the converter boxes. |
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Reducing Static on TV conversion
- The Rocky Mountain News (new window)
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02/13/2008
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Retail chains are providing inaccurate or misleading information to consumers preparing for next year's conversion to a digital TV world, a watchdog group says. |
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Buyer beware as country readies for Digital TV transition
- 9news.com (new window)
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02/13/2008
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CoPIRG and other public advocacy groups around the country sent in secret shoppers into stores last fall trying to see if information they were given was accurate.
In Colorado, the survey found among other things: 94 percent of sales staff provided inaccurate information about digital converter boxes, 81 percent of sales staff provided inaccurate information about the federal government's coupon program to help people buy the converter boxes, and 19 percent of sales staff provided inaccurate information about the transition date.
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Renewable-energy advocate named to PUC
- Denver Post (new window)
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01/16/2008
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Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter on Tuesday appointed prominent environmentalist Matt Baker to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, sparking criticism from industry and Republican legislative officials. |
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