arstechnica.com - 1/28/2009
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Broadcasters and viewers have had February 17, 2009 circled on their calendars for some time. That's the day analog television broadcasts are supposed to become a thing of the past in the US. Earlier this week, the Senate approved a delay of the DTV transition to June, but what's ...
gigaom.com - 2/4/2009
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gigaom.com —
The House voted today to approve a four-month
delay to the transition from analog to digital television
signals, making the new June 12 deadline a near certainty. The Senate approved its own version of the bill last week, and since both bills are ...
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DTV Delay Almost Official [GigaOM]
arstechnica.com - 2/2/2009
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arstechnica.com —
The House may have put the kibosh on
a proposed four-month delay in the transition to digital
television last week—but that bill only failed because, under a suspension of the rules, a two-thirds majority was required for passage. ...
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Modified DTV delay bill set for House revote Tuesday
gigaom.com - 1/23/2009
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gigaom.com —
The Senate late Thursday night agreed on a
bill that would delay the transition from broadcasting analog
to digital television signals by four months. It will vote on that bill next week. Meanwhile, the House this week approved the $6 billion in ...
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Senate OKs DTV Delay, Still Needs Money for Coupons [GigaOM]
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DTV Switchover: Feb 17th Is It
dailywireless.org —
... The House vote of 258 to 168 failed by just a few votes to meet the two-thirds threshold required to pass the measure. The vote comes just ...
House kills delay of digital TV switch
Gadgetell —
... in 2005, led the charge to stop the delay. Barton sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stating that the proposed delay had no merit and actually harmed the country as the spectrum will be used in part by emergency services. Barton said in his letter, “Osama bin Laden isn’t fictional, and he isn’t waiting.” He is correct. Hopefully now that this crisis has been averted, our leaders can get back to more pressing issues.
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Senate approves stay of execution for analog television
arstechnica.com 1/27/2009 —
The DTV transition is well on its way to being delayed. Monday night, the Senate unanimously agreed to extend the switchover date from February 17 to June 12, but the leading backer of the idea insists that no further delays--barring ...
Senate okays digital TV transition delay to June 12th
engadgethd.com 1/28/2009 —
We knew it was bound to happen , and sure enough, it's happening. For the millions of Americans still waiting for their $40 voucher before buying one of those newfangled DTV converter boxes, the US Senate has just given its stamp of approval on ...
Senate OKs DTV Delay and Offers $9B for Broadband [GigaOM]
gigaom.com 1/28/2009 — The Senate yesterday approved a bill to delay the transition to digital television signals until June 12, and the House is expected to approve similar legislation today. While Qualcomm may be gnashing its teeth over the passage of the delay, which ...
House Puts the Kibosh on DTV Delay [GigaOM]
gigaom.com 1/28/2009 — Members of the House this afternoon failed to pass a bill that would delay the transition from analog to digital television signals by four months. Without House approval, the deadline for the switch stands at Feb. 17. Qualcomm is undoubtedly ...
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