House, Senate Near DTV Delay Bill

[adam]

Compromise legislation between Democrats and Republicans would push the mandatory transition to digital broadcasting from the looming Feb. 17 deadline to June 12 while allowing broadcasters to move forward with the transition on a voluntary basis.

Lawmakers appeared Jan. 23 to be nearing a deal that would allow television stations to move forward with the digital television transition on a voluntary basis while moving the mandatory shutdown of analog broadcasting from Feb. 17 to June 12.


www.eweek.com/c/a/Government-IT/House-Senate-Near-DTV-Delay-Bill/

[MasterFX1]

I think that most of our local station's Chief Engineers have made it clear that they intend to voluntarily make the Transition on Feb 17.

[dkennedy]

It looks like the Bill passed in the Senate but failed in the House. Feb 17 is still on...