In the end, a bad brew of poor planning and politics led Congress to delay the nation’s transition to all-digital television signals by three months to June 12. In the poor planning column: An underfunded coupon program to help pay for analog converter boxes; public outreach in some markets that raised...
With the digital TV transition now 100 days away, the government is claiming some success with its coupon program for digital television converters. At a news conference today sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, Meredith Baker, acting administrator of the Commerce Department’s National...