DTV Delayed? No, says House of Reps
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 in favor and 168 against, having narrowly missed the two thirds approval mark.
According to the AP, opposing House Reps had voiced conceren about added costs involved for television broadcasters who have spent several years preparing for the February digital transition.
Other measures could be drafted to postpone the DTV Transition, but time is running out with less than a month left.
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would just like to thank the government for forcing me to pay someone to recieve tv i guess i will be a word of mouth person since i will no longer be able to watch the news after the 17th
this sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!
What about those of use that live in a small valley? No money, only have one choice of “cable” we can not afford it !!! We can’t even afford the converter box, can’t get the coupon, still waiting… unfair for the poor. This valley lives on very tight budgets. We can not even afford food much less having to be forced into the only cable available to have tv. $50.00 a month for cable is alot of money to those of us who do NOT have that extra a month, what should we do???? Why can’t we have a chioce to keep our antennas ?? I only get 2 channels as is, I am NOT a couch potato by any means, but is the only way to the “ouside world”, unless going into a place to get internet access & on line. Not having a car makes this almost impossible. I was really hoping Presedent Obama would’ve come through with holding it out till all is ready… would’ve been nice for the “little people”.
[...] The Senate has approved a second bill to delay the digital transition from Feb. 17th, 2009 to June 12th, 2009. Before becoming official, the House will only need a simple majority vote in favor of the bill to pass as opposed to the 2/3 majority vote needed for last weeks defeated bill. [...]