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To Innovation Hearst-Argyle Television is a leader in the digital evolution of broadcast television, on the Internet, over the digital broadcast spectrum, and via satellite. All are platforms used by our company to enhance the viewing experience of our audiences. On the Internet:
To learn more about the Internet Broadcasting Network, click here: Over the Digital Spectrum:
With DTV, images and sounds are transmitted using digital code, paving the way for computer and television convergence. HDTV permits the broadcast of images carrying twice the level of image sharpness and resolution as that found in today's NTSC (analog) television transmissions, and improves television audio to the level of CD-quality sound. Hearst-Argyle Television has been a pioneer in the DTV rollout through early investments in DTV conversion in our local markets, and our stations across the country are broadcasting primetime and major events in spectacular high-definition. We've also pioneered local high-definition (HD) production: WCVB-DT, Boston, our largest digital station, began producing HD episodes of its award-winning, highly rated local public affairs program, "Chronicle," in 1998 and continues to produce special HD editions today. To learn more about HDTV, please click here: In addition to HDTV, Hearst-Argyle's NBC-affiliated TV stations are part of a new service, Weather Plus, developed with NBC and other affiliate groups, to bring the latest in local weather technology to local viewers using a portion of the digital spectrum. Via Satellite:
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Through our partnership with Internet Broadcasting, Hearst-Argyle Television has achieved a leadership position in the convergence of local television and the Internet. The IBS local Web sites -- aligned with our leading local TV stations and those of NBC, Post-Newsweek, McGraw-Hill Broadcasting and Cox Television -- typically aggregates more than 10 million monthly unique visitors, as
measured by Nielsen NetRatings, ranking it among Nielsen's top-tier national news-and-information Web providers and forming a national on-line "network" replicating the successful model of network-affiliate broadcast television. Within this network, the Hearst-Argyle station sites alone aggregate more than 4 million monthly unique visitors.
To explore the Hearst-Argyle stations' local websites, please 
Digital broadcast television (DTV) and its highest level transmission, high-definition television (HDTV), offer the ultimate home electronics experience - now finding its way into millions of American homes.
HATSAT, our own dedicated satellite system, is an advanced technological newsgathering advantage, allowing Hearst-Argyle stations to access and share hundreds of hours of news and feature stories instantaneously and efficiently, enabling customized delivery of real-time national news for local markets. Our Washington, D.C., news bureau's headline-making interviews with Administration officials as well as other national political figures all are distributed to Hearst-Argyle stations via HATSAT. Also shared group-wide via HATSAT: Coverage of major national and international events, and major storm coverage.