The Digital Beat Extra is a free online news service provided by the Benton Foundation. Much like our Digital Beat Daily , Digital Beat Extras are intended to keep you up to date on important industry developments, policy issues, and other pertinent communications-related news events.
Extras go beyond the headlines to get a deeper perspective of selected topics.
We welcome your suggestions to cover issues related to the following topics. Tuning in Digital Audio Broadcasting Everywhere we turn there is evidence of the digital revolution that has taken hold of this country. Soon everything from cars to refrigerators will be connected to the Internet. Television stations have already begun to convert to digital technology. And now even radio, the first electronic mass medium, has been swept up in the digital tide.