Cable's Digital Drive Irks Basic Customers

Deborah Yao writes:  "Across the country, cable operators have been moving popular channels from analog to digital service, which offers customers better picture and sound but also can handle much larger volume, allowing cable operators to use their networks for more lucrative options such as video on demand and Internet and telephone services.  ¶  Cable operators such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Cablevision are tight-lipped about the changes, which affect many of the nation's cable subscribers. ...¶ 'They're trying to reclaim some of the capacity, mostly for HD' or high-definition TV, said Bruce Leichtman, president of the Leichtman Research Group, a research and consulting firm in Durham, N.H. ..."  Link:  Washington Post.