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submission
Remloc writes
"The incoming Obama administration is recommending a delay in next month's U.S. switch-over to digital TV. With only 40 days left and current requests for converter box coupons being wait-listed, the president-elect fears many will be left with no reasonable option if the deadline is not extended."
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Myrv writes
"With less than 2 months before the government mandated switch to Digital Television the Obama Team has requested congress postpone the transition. Citing failure of the Digital Converter Coupon Program Obama and others want the switch delayed. No word on what such a delay would mean for the winners of the 2008 wireless spectrum auction who bid over $19 billion on the frequencies intended to be freed after the switch."
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gregg writes
"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.
In the most significant sign to date of concern about the impending digital TV transition, the Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta said the government funds to support the change are "woefully inadequate" and said that the digital switch date, Feb. 17, should be "reconsidered and extended.""
