Now that the U.S. government has avoided the Fiscal Cliff and reached some type of financial agreement that citizens have been told we should be happy about—even though it will increase our taxes and social programs will be cut—it’s time to look more closely at another nagging precipice that, I suggest, personally and directly affects many more people. I’m talking about resolving the country’s more monumental task: the broadcast industry’s digital cliff. There’s no solving it, mind you, due to current technical and age-old physical limitations, but maybe we can minimize the negative effects on viewers with better technologies and more efficient use of spectrum. [Read More…]