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Senate Expected to Delay DTV Transition to June 12th on Optional Basis [Digital Transition]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/23/2009
Senate Expected to Delay DTV Transition to June 12th on Optional Basis [Digital Transition]
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Because there are 1.4 million households on the underfunded digital converter voucher waiting list, the Senate is finalizing a proposal to delay the DTV switchover to June 12th—a bill that's expected to pass unanimously. The bill (a rewrite of the Obama-supported Sen. Jay Rockefeller ...
google.com - 1/23/2009
The Associated Press: Senate nears deal to delay digital TV transition
— google.com — 11 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate appeared close to agreement late Thursday on a bill to... delay next month's planned transition from analog to digital television broadcasting to June 12 setting the stage for a vote early next week. Senate ... (more) The Associated Press: Senate nears deal to delay digital ...
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online.wsj.com - 1/27/2009
U.S. Senate Votes to Delay Digital TV Transition
— online.wsj.com — COREY BOLES and FAWN JOHNSON WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a bill that would... delay until June the date when television stations must broadcast in an all-digital format. Without congressional action, all TV stations by law must stop ... (more) U.S. Senate Votes to Delay Digital TV Transition

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gigaom.com - 1/20/2009
June DTV Transition Would Hurt Qualcomm Most [GigaOM]
— gigaom.com — As Congress contemplates broadband access as part of President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan, Jay Rockefeller, chairman... of the Senate Commerce Committee, has filed a bill that would push back the transition from analog to digital ... (more) June DTV Transition Would Hurt Qualcomm Most [GigaOM]

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Digital TV transition delay
p2pnet news — p2pnet news view | TV:- This clip from the excellent visual comment on the US transition from analogue to digital TV says it all. It’s on Top Gear Electronics which says because there are 1.4 million US  households on the “underfunded digital converter voucher waiting list,” in a bill that’s “expected to pass unanimously,” a senate proposal could delay the DTV switchover to June 12. “Rattled by the recession, many consumers facing the upcoming switch to digital television are taking the cheap way out - buying inexpensive converter boxes instead of new digital TV sets,” said the Wall ...

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