DTV Transition Act Would Set End Date for Analog TV

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet has scheduled a hearing on a staff discussion draft of the DTV Transition Act of 2005 for May 26, 2005 at 11:30 a.m. According to an article in NAB TV Today published this weekend, the draft calls for setting Dec. 31, 2008

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Publish date:: May 24, 2005
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet has scheduled a hearing on a staff discussion draft of the DTV Transition Act of 2005 for May 26, 2005 at 11:30 a.m. According to an article in NAB TV Today published this weekend, the draft calls for setting Dec. 31, 2008 as the hard date for shutting off analog TV.

This hearing may be available on the Internet. For details, refer to the Web page announcing the hearing on a staff discussion draft of the DTV Transition Act of 2005 for additional information.

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The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet (part of the House Energy and Commerce Committee) will hold hearings on the DTV transition Oct. 17 and Oct. 31.

The Senate Commerce Committee set April 7, 2009, as the hard date for completing the DTV transition and allocated $3 billion for a converter box subsidy

The government wants the analog spectrum back in order to generate income from a spectrum auction.

The Consumer Electronics Association supports the efforts of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee to set a hard shut-off date for analog TV broadcasting, according to the association. CEA issued this statement supporting the staff draft released by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens and Co-Chairman Daniel

Nearly a year into a full-court press to end analog television as we know it, lawmakers finally got around to the subject of how to tell the public. During a Thursday afternoon House subcommittee hearing, a handful of congress members showed up for the testimony from individuals representing senior citizens, Hispanic A

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The nation has elected to do a region-by-region switchover.

Portions of a new report will be unveiled at subcommittee hearings Oct. 17 and Oct. 31.

The chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said he still favors the analog TV shutoff deadline.