gigaom.com - 1/23/2009
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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 broadband funding offered under President ...
google.com - 1/23/2009
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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 ...
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The Associated Press: Senate nears deal to delay digital ...
reuters.com - 1/27/2009
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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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news.yahoo.com - 1/27/2009
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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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Senate OKs 4-month delay to digital TV changeover - ...
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Senate Agrees to DTV Delay
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... will push the transition back to June 12. The Senate is also seeking money for converter box coupons that some consumers may need for the transition. Approximately $650 million has been set aside by the House for those coupons. Under the proposal, some television stations have the choice to halt analog broadcasts if they so choose. Verizon Communications has spoken in favor of a delay, while Qualcomm, which hopes to expand its MediaFLO mobile TV network, has voiced opposition. more info at GigaOM ...
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Senate OKs DTV Delay, Still Needs Money for Coupons
While I don’t favor a delay and have said repeatedly the entire transition has been a cluster on multiple levels, local affiliates being permitted to flip the switch prior to to June 12th might make things even more chaotic. I’m sure maintaining simulcasts incurs expenses of one form or another. And some stations will drop NTSC broadcasts. But others won’t. So the folks who have no clue what’s coming will now be even more confused ...
Senate OKs DTV Delay and Offers $9B for Broadband [GigaOM]
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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 ...
House Puts the Kibosh on DTV Delay [GigaOM]
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... to try to force nine stations in four metro areas to stop analog broadcasts in February rather than in June, which would allow Qualcomm to launch its MediaFLO service. Congress, meanwhile, would turn its focus to finding money to fund a program that will help consumers prepare for the shift. ...
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gearlog.com 1/30/2009 —
Here we go again.
The Senate on Thursday night approved another bill that will delay the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12.
As you might recall, the Senate already approved a DTV delay bill on Monday, but it was defeated in the House ...
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ohgizmo.com 2/5/2009 —
By Luke Anderson
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 ...
House OKs DTV Delay, Bill Goes to President Obama
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 ...
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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