DTV Delay Receives Senate Approval
The Senate passed a bill yesterday to delay the nationwide switch to digital TV signals from February 17 to June 12. This will give consumers nearly four more months to prepare.
From Reuters:
The transition date would move to June 12 from February 17 under the bill that was fueled by worries that viewers are not technically ready for the congressionally-mandated switch-over.
It also would allow consumers with expired coupons, available from the government to offset the cost of a $40 converter box, to request new coupons. The government ran out of coupons earlier this month, and about 2.5 million Americans are on a waiting list for them.
Senate Commerce Chairman John Rockefeller said delaying the TV switch is the right thing to do because the United States is not yet ready to make the transition.
“The Senate acted responsibly to give the Obama administration time to attempt to bring order to a mismanaged process,” the West Virginia Democrat said in a statement.
Tags: Congress, Converter Box, Digital TV, DTV, DTV Delay, DTV Senate, John Rockefeller, Set Top Box
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January 27, 2009 at 7:18 am
FYI-there is a lot of gibberish at the top part of your blog…code or something.
January 27, 2009 at 7:26 am
I fixed it when I saw it
Not sure what happened!!! Strange things are afoot!!!