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DOGs predate digital TV by a good deal, so if there is any influence between DOGs and digital TV software - I’m not sure there is- if would be in the opposite direction.
I think it’s just tradition really and what has grown up. Worth noting that for sports, many US channels move their DOG to the top of the screen. Likewise there have been U.K. channels with bottom of the screen DOGs in the past - it would have been relatively common in the early days of cable TV, and especially among news channels - Sky News’ DOG was at the bottom of the screen until 2001 and went back there again for a period later in the 2000s.
I think it’s just tradition really and what has grown up. Worth noting that for sports, many US channels move their DOG to the top of the screen. Likewise there have been U.K. channels with bottom of the screen DOGs in the past - it would have been relatively common in the early days of cable TV, and especially among news channels - Sky News’ DOG was at the bottom of the screen until 2001 and went back there again for a period later in the 2000s.