Congress Postpones Digital TV Transition To June

Dtv Digital Congress has now decided to give people four
more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to
digital TV broadcasting.

by Associated Press

Published: Wed, February 04, 2009 - 3:18 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, February 04, 2009 - 3:20 pm CST

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has now decided to give people four
more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to
digital TV broadcasting.
The House voted Wednesday to postpone the end of analog TV
signals until June 12. The move is meant to address concerns that
more than 6.5 million Americans with older TVs would not be ready
by Feb. 17, the originally mandated deadline.
The House took up the question last week but under a special
procedure that required more than a simple majority. This time it
went through a normal vote.
The Senate passed the measure unanimously last week and the bill
now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature. Obama's
spokesman has said the president will sign it.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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DEW26M Says:

Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 5:19 am

Razorsharp,yep, truly there is! Obama’s cousins have not yet purchased a converter box, that’s why he’s pushing the delay! I mean seriously, what difference is 4 months going to make!?!?

Razorsharp Says:

Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 11:19 pm

This is ridiculous! There has to be more to this delay than what they are telling us.

PatrickJ Says:

Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 4:40 pm

And after this delay there will be another one, and another one. Understand that it is left up to each market to shut off analog or not. Recommend to make the switch as first proposed on the 17th of this month. Its one sure way to get the slackers off the dime!