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US Digital TV Switchover Delayed Until June

Posted by samzenpus on from the we'll-do-it-later dept.

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."

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  1. Change by sexconker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Change

    1. Re:Change by j235 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Change your hopes.

    2. Re:Change by sexconker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Change the channel.

  2. Congresslamas. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We apologise for the fault in the DTV transition. Kevin Martin, chair of the FCC, has been sacked. been sacked.

    Mynd you, having to transfer to DTV by February 17th could be pretty nasti if you don't have one of them conv00rter b0xes...

    We apologise again for the fault in the DTV transition. Those responsible for sacking the bill to delay the transition who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

    The DTV transition will be completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute.

    Executive Producer:
    "Obama" The Magic Llama

    FCC Chairman: Julius "Llamatron" Genachowski

    Assisted by:

    535 Congressional Llamas from "Llama-Fresh" Lobbyists Ltd., near Paraguay,
    and
    TERRY GILLIAM & TERRY JONES