House Democrats today are expected to name Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., to replace Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., as chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Telecom and the Internet Committee. The immediate impact of the move is to potentially make less important Rep. Markey's statement Wednesday...
Read full TVWeek coverage of the DTV switch . A key U.S. legislator is considering pushing back the Feb. 17 switch to all-digital broadcast television signals. "With the date looming, moving the date back certainly warrants further discussion and may be a wise choice,” said Daniel Reilly, an aide...
Consumers Union is asking Congress and the White House to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17, citing problems with the government coupon program for DTV converter boxes and other worries. In letters today to President George W. Bush, President-elect Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman,...
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In a new challenge to the digital TV transition, the government’s program offering $40 coupons for TV converter boxes is out of money, weeks faster than anyone expected. The Department of Commerce today announced that it now has committed the entire $1.34 billion available for the coupons and is starting...