These are interesting times to be in the television production business. A key event is Congress’s mandate, enforced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that all television broadcasts be digital after February 17, 2009.
My office looks out onto a city park with a big hill. A week ago I was watching boys and girls bundled up like the Michelin Man screaming down the hill on their sleds, bouncing like badly-thrown bowling balls before they inevitably tumbled out of their sleds. Three days later, I’m watching city crews on John Deere tractor-ettes mowing the fresh grass.