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Obama's transition team urges Congress to postpone DTV cutover
Engadget — ... With the money well all dried up and a monumental transition looming, Barack Obama's transition team is urging Congress to take a second look at letting the cutover take place as planned on February 17th. According to a letter recently sent to ...

Obama's transition team urges Congress to postpone DTV cutover
Engadget HD — ... With the money well all dried up and a monumental transition looming, Barack Obama's transition team is urging Congress to take a second look at letting the cutover take place as planned on February 17th. According to a letter recently sent to ...

Obama Team Calls for DTV Transition Delay
Gearlog — The Obama administration has reportedly called on Congress to delay the broadcaster switch from analog to digital television. "With coupons unavailable, support and education insufficient, and the most vulnerable Americans exposed, I urge you to consider a change to the legislatively-mandated analog cutoff date," John Podesta, co-chair of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team wrote in the letter to DTV leaders, which was provided to The Washington Post. By law, broadcasters must switch from analog to digital signals by February 17, 2009 in order ...

DTV Delay?
dailywireless.org — ... A top aide to President-elect Barack Obama sent a letter to key members of Congress this week urging a delay on the DTV switchover, reports the Washington Post. The Obama administration is saying there is “insufficient support” for the problems consumers will experience during the shut-off of analog signals. ...

News Bits: Obama Adviser to Head FCC
Contentinople: — ... ). Our primary concern, of course, is that  Genachowski is a lot harder to spell than, say, Martin. Also on Capital Hill: One of Genachowski's first tasks, should he be nominated and confirmed, as we're all anticipating, is the upcoming transition from analog to digital , which is currently scheduled for Feb. 17 (mark your calendars!). Obama, however, ...