Not greed from broadcasters
but greed from the electronics companies. They want to sell more TV sets, and the best way they can do that is to lobby/force the government to fade out the old analog signal and replace it with a digital signal. Of course the broadcasters are resisting, they don't want to pay for the extra equipment and they feel that the analog signal is good enough. But we are not living in a democracy, but rather a plutocracy, and I am not speaking about Mickey Mouse's dog. If the US Citizens were given a vote on the issue, they would vote it down. But they are not, those Communication Nazis at the FCC are forcing this down the thoats of the US Citizens.
I can imagine a Joe Sickpack in 2007 trying to flip on his analog TV set, and getting nothing but snow. "WTF happened? Hey Mary, did Billy and Suzie futz with the TV set again?" and he bangs on it, checks the dials and controls, and tries to tune in the stations. But nothing happens. Then he calls up his friend Bubba and finds out that Bubba had to buy an adapter to get his TV set working. "WTF? $150 for an adapter to get free TV? When did this happen?"
Meanwhile the evil managers who run the consumer electronics companies are counting their money as Asian Kids who earn 50 cents an hour chuck out the TV sets and Digital Converters and work their 90+ hours in a sweat shop.
