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  2. Digital television transition - Wikipedia

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    The first regions to turn off their analogue broadcasts were Andijan, Fergana, Namangam and Tashkent Region. On 15 July 2018, the switch-off was completed on the city of Tashkent, and on 5 December 2018, the shutdown of analog television in Uzbekistan was completed. Vatican City: Digital transition completed in 2012. [121]

  3. Screen-Free Week - Wikipedia

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    Screen-Free Week (formerly TV Turnoff Week and Digital Detox Week) is an annual event where children, families, schools and communities around the world are encouraged to turn off screens and "turn on life".

  4. Sign-on and sign-off - Wikipedia

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    It is the opposite of a sign-off (or closedown in Commonwealth countries except Canada), which is the sequence of operations involved when a radio or television station shuts down its transmitters and goes off the air for a predetermined period; generally, this occurs during the overnight hours although a broadcaster's digital specialty or sub ...

  5. TV-B-Gone - Wikipedia

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    The TV-B-Gone Pro SHP (Super High Power) is the latest TV-B-Gone to be announced. It is considerably more powerful than the standard model, using eight infra-red LEDs to allow TVs to be turned off from distances of up to 100 meters (300 feet). TV-B-Gone Pro SHP is switchable between its North American and European databases of POWER codes.

  6. Digital switchover dates in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    BBC One, ITV1, S4C switched off † Ferryside: Ferryside and Llansteffan communities in Wales (approx 1200 people in around 500 properties) 30 March 2005 ^† BBC Two was not switched off until 19 August 2009 in conjunction with stage 1 of Ferryside's parent transmitter, Preseli. In addition, the digital multiplexes did not adopt their final ...

  7. Useless machine - Wikipedia

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    A modern "useless machine" about to turn itself off. A useless machine or useless box is a device whose only function is to turn itself off. The best-known useless machines are those inspired by Marvin Minsky's design, in which the device's sole function is to switch itself off by operating its own "off" switch.

  8. List of television manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Released the Macintosh TV in 1993 Arcam: 2011 present Arise India: 2012 present AGA AB: 1952 - Audiovox - - Now Voxx International: AWA: 1956 1974 Baird: 1926 1980 made the first TVs, brand name after 1956 Bang & Olufsen: 1950 (prototype) present Beko - - BenQ - - Binatone - - Blaupunkt - Present BPL Group: 1980 present Brionvega: 1947 1956 ...

  9. SelecTV (American TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    SelecTV began broadcasting July 23, 1978, on KWHY-TV channel 22 in Los Angeles. [1] By November, SelecTV had signed up 5,000 subscribers. [2] The service expanded to Milwaukee on WCGV channel 24 on June 27, 1980, [3] and it began broadcasting to Philadelphia over WWSG-TV channel 57—a new-to-air station—on June 15, 1981.