House Republicans have voted No on a bill that would have moved the digital television transition date originally scheduled for Feb. 17, 2009 to June 12, 2009. The DTV Delay bill had been originally passed by the Senate on Tuesday, but needed two thirds majority votes from the House to receive approval. Voting outcome was 258 [...]
Archive for January, 2009
DTV Transition Delay, Almost…
Hot off the Reuters wire, the Senate passed a bill this afternoon (1-26-09) to delay the the transition to DTV until June 12th, 2009. Earlier in January, President Barack Obama’s presidential transition team sent a letter to Congress asking for an extension because they felt that many Americans would not be ready by the originally scheduled February 17th, [...]
DTV deadline extension a bad idea?
The Obama administration is considering a postponement of the DTV transition, which is scheduled to occur on February 17, 2009. If the extension is granted, consumers would benefit, but at the expense of several public service agencies and corporations.
President-elect Obama asks for Digital Transition delay
Digital Transition date in jeapordy? A letter sent on Thursday to key lawmakers from the Obama-Biden presidential transition team has requested that the Digital Transition on Feb. 17th, 2009, “should be reconsidered and extended.” Several problems were cited with the TV converter box coupon program which included “inadequate funding” of government DTV education programs, and [...]
DTV Guide for Procrastinators
As of Dec. 2008, approximately 7 million U.S. households still need to convert to Digital Television (also known as DTV). If one or all of your TVs are not equipped to watch DTV signals, you will run the risk of not being able to watch television broadcasts after the Digital Transiton.
