Does digital TV matter more for cable or satellite service?
Because satellite TV is all digital, and cable can deliver both digital and analog TV across its broadband infrastructure, you might say that digital TV matters more for satellite. Also, FCC requirements that all broadcast signals be digital by February 9, 2009, don’t apply to cable because cable signals aren’t broadcast over the air in a conventional sense. Most cable companies are converting aggressively anyway because of the higher quality and easier manageability of digital as opposed to analog technologies. Because HD is digital by definition and most of the growth and innovation is occurring in this area, the marketplace is driving cable companies to be as capable and competitive in digital programming as the satellite companies.
