Without a broadcast flag in place, content providers might decide not to release new programming in digital format, thus reducing consumer demand for Thomsons' digital set-top boxes, according to Arland.
Breathing room A BIG BOOST for Oxygen Media, Geraldine Laybourne's ambitious attempt to create women's programming in a converged format for the Internet and cable TV (Feb. 22).
But you sacrifice a bit with 16:9 because they force traditional programming into a pillarbox format, with black bars on both sides--and if you're not careful, the bar pattern can burn itself into the screen.