Peter Hirshberg: The Web and TV, a sibling rivalry

A Silicon Valley executive, entrepreneur and marketing specialist, Peter Hirshberg might just be the definitive voice on how new technology affects business and culture. More info and bio.

Link to the talk - I can't embed it for some reason.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/peter_hirshberg_on_tv_and_the_web.html

Hulu Hooplah

Hulu is an online video service that offers hit TV shows, movies and clips at Hulu.com and other online destination sites
— all for free, anytime in the U.S.

It has the similar restrictions as the BBC's iPlayer - you must me in the USA in order to access the shows.

This tutorial lays out the steps of how to get around that using a free proxy called Hotspot Shield.

10 Million US households not ready for digital TV.

In four months time, TV broadcasters in the USA will "turn off analog" and go digital. A report from Nielsen Media Research (NMR) states that about 10 million households are not ready for digital.

More info.

Full Nielsen Report (PDF)

DTV transition (Federal Communications Communications website)