The United States Senate voted unanimously today to extend the deadline for U.S. TV stations to covert their broadcast signals from analog to digital (DTV) until June 12, 2009.
The bill still needs to be approved by the U.S. Congress before it is signed into law by President Obama. Both the President and Congress have indicated their willingness to see the law passed. The original deadline for the transition to digital television was February 17th.
Eureka, CA – It’s not very often that I see articles in the mainstream media where the reporter has an actual grasp of technical issues, or even bothers to spend time seriously researching the subject that they are writing about, for that matter. That being said, there is an excellent story written by a reporter [...]
Washington, D.C. – When Obama speaks… people listen. Well, it seems that politicians listen, at least. After penning a request to Congress two weeks ago to push back the official transition date to digital television, it seems that both the House and U.S. Senate are prepared to do just that. The below paragraph from Friday’s [...]
Washington, D.C. – This story is only marginally connected to the DTV transition, but is so amusing that I just had to pass it on. Apparently, the Federal Communications Commission received a number of complaints about the cable television provider when it decided to switch certain analog channels on its cable system to digital this [...]
Washington, D.C. – There was an interesting article posted on Fox News this morning concerning the transition to Digital Television next month. “ President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up [...]
Eureka, CA – According to today’s Times-Standard, a representative from the Federal Communications Commission will be in Eureka on Thursday, January 15th, to demonstrate how to install a “digital conversion” box and “… help people complete the applications necessary to get a coupon that will provide $40 toward the purchase of a converter box”. As [...]
