tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/8/2009
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Six weeks before the nation's television stations are scheduled to convert to digital transmission, the Obama administration is asking Congress to consider a delay.
themoderatevoice.com - 1/8/2009
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themoderatevoice.com —
If Obama’s transition team gets its way, Feb.
17 may no longer be a day-of-worry for those...
who still get their TV via antenna. Obama Transition Team Co-Chair John Podesta’s letter to the relevant committee chairs and ranking members ...
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Will the Digital Transition be Delayed?
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Obama Calls For Delay In Digital TV Switchover
Politics Daily —
... to the digital transmission of television signals. Or is it? The soon-to-be Obama Administration doesn't think we are adequately prepared and is asking Congress to consider a delay. ...
Obama Team Wants Delay on TV Switch
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Obama transition director John Podesta is asking Congress to delay the Feb. 17 switch to digital TV transmission.
Says spending to support the switch has been "woefully inadequate."
Millions of TV sets without digital converter boxes will stop receiving TV signals after the change is made. ...
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