gigaom.com - 1/28/2009
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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 the company says could cost it millions, the ...
reuters.com - 1/27/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate passed a bill
on Monday to delay the nationwide switch to digital...
TV signals, giving consumers nearly four more months to prepare. The transition date would move to June 12 from February 17 under the bill that was ...
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Senate passes bill to delay digital TV switch
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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]
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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House Puts the Kibosh on DTV Delay
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... 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. Stacey at GigaOM has the full story and some analysis. Here are some background links to bring you up to speed:
Senate OKs DTV Delay, Still Needs Money for Coupons
The Biggest Losers: Delayed DTV Edition
6.5 Million Homes Not Ready for DTV
Obama Calls for DTV Switch Delay ...
House Puts the Kibosh on DTV Delay [NewTeeVee]
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... 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. Stacey at GigaOM has the full story and some analysis. Here are some background links to bring you up to speed: Senate OKs DTV Delay, Still Needs Money for Coupons
The Biggest Losers: Delayed DTV Edition
6.5 Million Homes Not Ready for DTV
Obama Calls for DTV ...
Telcos to Congress: More Money Please [GigaOM]
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... (much of that in rural areas), but required speeds of 5 Mbps down and 1 up. The companion bill moving through the Senate has the same speed requirements on the low end, and offers $9 billion in grants. But The Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance along with Qwest Communications tells the Wall Street Journal that ...
DTV Delay Almost Official [GigaOM]
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... The next step will be to pass the stimulus bill, which contains funding for a coupon program designed to offset the cost of buying a digital converter box. From there we just need to find the ...
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Here we go again.
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Well it seems that this whole DTV transition delay is finally happening. I’ve hoped that our government would see the light, but that is not the case. The latest bill has passed at the House and is on its way to President ...
Senate OKs 4-month delay to digital TV changeover - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 1/27/2009 — WASHINGTON The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12 setting the stage for Congress to pass the proposal as early as Tuesday. Monday's Senate ...
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gearlog.com 2/5/2009 —
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 ...
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 ...
Senate Approves Digital TV Delay
nytimes.com 1/27/2009 — The Senate voted to delay next month’s transition to June 12 because some viewers would not be ready for the switch. >
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reuters.com 1/30/2009 — 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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