engadgethd.com - 2/12/2009
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No way Obama was going to veto this after driving it all the way through Congress, but technically, the digital TV delay wasn't actually official until now. Late today, America's President signed his name onto the bill which will delay the digital TV transition from February 17th to June ...
broadcastingcable.com - 2/11/2009
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broadcastingcable.com —
President Barack Obama has signed the bill extending
the DTV date from Feb. 17 to June 12....
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Obama Signs DTV-Delay Bill
pcmag.com - 2/18/2009
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President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act into law Tuesday, and his team launched a...
Web site Recovery.gov that is intended to track the progress of the stimulus package. "The size and scale of this plan demand unprecedented ...
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Obama Signs Stimulus Bill, Launches Recovery.gov - News ...
gearlog.com - 2/5/2009
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Get ready for summertime DTV transition. The House
on Wednesday approved a bill to move the DTV...
transition from February 17 to June 12 by a vote of 264 to 158. The Senate approved the measure last week, so it now moves to President Obama, who ...
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House OKs DTV Delay, Bill Goes to President Obama
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Digital TV transition: 12 hours in, how are things going?
Engadget —
... up to the digital TV switch, and why not drop us a line to let us know of any interesting local coverage in your area or experiences (procrastination-fueled runs on converter boxes, transition gaffes, mob violence) going on. A roundup of FCC links and national press coverage is after the break. Engadget's lead-up coverage: T-minus one year till the US analog shutoff: are you ready? The original DTV transition: what could've been President Obama signs DTV delay bill into law Digital TV transition spoof video is both ...
FCC says DTV transition going smoothly, few TVs shot up
Engadget —
... , and after the endless delay and countless arguments, it seems as though June 12 hit with more of a whimper than a bang: the FCC says there haven'y been any widespread service disruptions, and although the agency's toll-free help lines recorded 700,000 support calls between June 8 and June 12, most converter box issues were resolved in less than five minutes by a simple channel re-scan. Similarly, we can't say we've heard of any particularly big problems out there, so really, we're just wondering what the hell took so long. ...
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CNET News - Politics and Law
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the DTV Delay Act, a bill postponing the date on which television broadcasters will have to transition from analog signals to digital signals.
The legislation moves the transition deadline from February 17 to June 12. Democrats, including ...
681 stations to turn off analog broadcast on 2/17 —
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As soon as Obama signs the DTV Delay Bill into law, the original DTV switch will become optional until June 12, but that isn’t stopping 681 television stations from making the switch. The FCC is stating that those stations make up 40% of the US’s total broadcasters which probably ...
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