CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- TitanTV today announced CheckDTV.com, a digital television (DTV) education site now available for consumer use. According to TitanTV, while digital broadcast signals reach just over 100 million American households, consumers are often unclear about the benefits and availability of digital and high-definition television (HDTV). With today's launch of CheckDTV.com, consumers can easily find a straightforward answer to the most fundamental question related to digital television: What channels will I get with digital TV?
This announcement comes on the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives vote to extend the analog cut-off from February 17, 2009 to June 12, 2009.
The CheckDTV site is supported by the same TitanTV patented broadcast technology that provides the backbone of popular DTV education site http://www.antennaweb.org. Where AntennaWeb.org is focused on getting the right antenna, CheckDTV is focused on telling consumers exactly what channels they will get with DTV.
"With so many households subscribing to cable or satellite, we've found that people are really unaware of what DTV channels are actually available to them," said Jack Perry, founder and CEO of TitanTV. "This transition is about free digital television. This transition is about choice. This transition is about getting a perfect digital picture in the same exact place where a consumer used to get an analog snowy one. People lose sight of that," he added.
According to TitanTV, the average U.S. household receives 12.3 FREE over- the-air digital television channels; CheckDTV is designed to show them which ones. After learning which channels they can receive, consumers are handed off to two other sites powered by TitanTV technology: TitanTV.com tells them what HDTV content is available while AntennaWeb.org helps them select the right off-air antenna.
About TitanTV (http://info.titantv.com)
TitanTV is the foremost online software and information provider to the broadcast industry, delivering the most accurate, complete, real-time information anywhere regarding signal coverage, reception, programming and viewers. For consumers, TitanTV offers the only real-time household-level online programming guide, TitanTV.com. TitanTV is a profitable, privately held company, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Contact:
Jack Perry
319-739-3112
jack.perry@titantv.com
