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US Digital TV Switchover Delayed Until June
necro81 writes "The Delay DTV Act was passed first by the Senate, now by the House, and will be signed by the President. The hard cutoff for turning off analog TV broadcasts in the US has been pushed out to June 12th. The act had earlier failed to gain a 2/3rds majority in the House, but passed this afternoon with a simple majority. The bill allows stations to cease analog transmissions at any point between Feb 17th (the old cutoff) and June 12th, and many have signaled they will do so."
Why is the state even involved in this. How is this any of their business? It's a sad shame to see just how far socialism has crept into the system.
Their first and foremost responsibility is to the citizens as a whole.
Screw the stations. If enough people protested this, then they should revoke the whole digital broadcasting.
In short, there is NO REASON to be fair to the television stations when it comes down to what the citizens want.
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