Digital TV deadline of 2009 supported by FCC chairman PDF Print E-mail
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell endorsed setting a 2009 deadline for U.S. television broadcasters such as Viacom's CBS to switch to digital signals. After urging Congress to set an unspecified deadline in testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, Powell was asked by reporters whether he supports a January 2009 deadline proposed by FCC staff. "Yes," Powell told reporters. "I'm saying it really strongly."
 
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Cable gets a win at the FCC

Ted Hearn writes:

... After an 11-hour delay to the start of its monthly meeting, the FCC voted 5-0 at about 10 p.m. to require cable systems to distribute local TV stations that demand carriage in both analog and digital formats for a three-year period starting Feb. 18, 2009. That’s the day after all 1,756 full-power TV stations must turn off their analog signals and rely exclusively on their digital feeds. Cable systems that are all-digital are exempt from the FCC’s dual carriage mandate.

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