online.wsj.com - 1/23/2009
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Senate is on the verge of passing a bill that would delay until June the date when television stations must broadcast in all-digital format, the measure's top Democratic and Republican negotiators told Dow Jones Newswires Thursday. Without congressional action, ...
reuters.com - 1/30/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously passed
another bill on Thursday to delay the national transition...
to digital television. Efforts to move the transition date to June 12 from February 17 are fueled by worries an estimated 20 million ...
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Senate approves bill to delay digital TV
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Senate Expected to Delay DTV Transition to June 12th on Optional Basis [Digital Transition]
Gizmodo —
... On one hand, that's the only fair plan that the government could leave broadcasters after forcing them to make major internal technological revisions. On the other, viewers who weren't prepped for February 17th could still lose some (or even all) channels in spite of the formal delay. [WSJ and Getty Images Photo] ...
Senate expected to make DTV Transition optional to for a while
CrunchGear —
The Senate and President Obama are ready to pass legislation that will postpone the DTV Transistion date from Feburary 17th, 2009 to June 12th, 2009 - or so says the Internet. The new bill doesn’t provide more funds for the DTV Coupon program but will allow individual stations to determine when they will switch off their analog signal. So now, instead of having one, uniform date, some stations will make the switch on February 17th and others later in the year. Good or bad?
Broadcasters and consumers have known about this date for years. PSAs ...
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