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Obama backs extending digital TV cutoff date

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama backs a move to delay a mandatory switch to digital television signals, on fears that viewers are unprepared and as the government has run out of coupons to help pay for converter boxes. (link)

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