The congressional decision to postpone to June the switch to digital television has placed a crucial decision in the hands of stations: Delay or proceed? If stations go forward and switch to digital broadcast signals on the original Feb. 17 date, they may leave unprepared viewers in the dark. For TVWeek's...
CBS, Fox, NBC, Telemundo and ABC have all agreed to keep both analog and digital signals airing for their owned and operated stations through the new June 12 date set for the DTV transition. Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps made the announcement at his first FCC meeting...
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The House of Representatives vote on delaying the digital TV transition now is set for Wednesday, not Tuesday. The House Rules Committee today issued a notice saying it would meet tomorrow to set the rules under which the House would debate the DTV bill, but not until 5 p.m. Tuesday. House aides said...
Acting Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Copps struck a note of openness in remarks to the FCC staff today. At his first FCC staff meeting, Mr. Copps said the staff should start communicating more with each other, stop running requests from other FCC commissioners through the FCC chairman...