msnbc.msn.com - 1/9/2009
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President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting.
tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/8/2009
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tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com —
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.
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Obama Recommends Delay in Digital TV Switch
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 Urges Delay of Digital Transition
Boots and Sabers —
... Seriously ? President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels won’t be ready. In a letter to key lawmakers Thursday, Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta said the digital transition needs to be delayed largely because the Commerce Department has run out of money for coupons to subsidize digital TV converter boxes for consumers. People who don’t have cable or satellite service or a new TV with a digital ...
Analog TV blackout date postponed by Senate
Wizbang —
... lists most under $60. The Federal Government sponsored a voucher program designed to provide financial assistance to those who couldn't afford converter boxes, but the Commerce Department has already spent the $1.3 billion originally allocated to the program. Earlier this month, President Obama urged Congress to extend the deadline. Obama was worried that the government had not provided sufficient financial and technical assistance to aid citizens with the switchover. ...
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abcnews.go.com 1/27/2009 — PHOTO The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Monday to delay the nationwide switch to digital TV signals, giving consumers nearly four more months to prepare.
What Digital Transition ??
themoderatevoice.com 6/12/2009 — With less than 24 hours to go until the digital transition takes place it seems that some people are still not ready for the big change.
According to a report today on MSNBC (which follows similar reports on the other networks) as many as four million Americans are not ready for the digital ...
Senate OKs 4-month delay to digital TV changeover
huffingtonpost.com 1/27/2009 — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12 _ setting the stage for Congress to pass the proposal as early as Tuesday.
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Delay you can't believe in
powerlineblog.com 1/20/2009 — Jay Carney reports in the Examiner that Barack Obama's plan to delay the long-scheduled transition of television broadcasting from analog signals to digital signals will assist a company with whom one of advisors on telecommunications policy is ...
Obama Urges Congress Not to Block the Bailout
time.com 1/14/2009 — Surely this wasn't what Barack Obama had in mind when he imagined the days leading up to his historic Inauguration . On Tuesday, the President-elect journeyed to Capitol Hill to try to avoid the possibility that his first act in office will be ...
Obama pushes stimulus, warns on recession —
Reuters: Politics 1/9/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama warned on Thursday the U.S. economy could stay mired in recession for years without bold action and he urged lawmakers to work day and night to pass a massive stimulus plan.
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