--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - May 26, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - Kyle McSlarrow of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association addressed the House Telecommunications Subcommittee today on the digital TV transition, saying the cable industry "can best assist the digital transition by guaranteeing that our customers can – on the first day of digital-only broadcasts – continue to watch their favorite stations on their existing televisions without having to buy any new equipment or subscribe to any new service." He said Congress can help by giving cable operators the flexibility to down-convert digital must-carry signals to analog format at the headend and allowing cable to carry some of those down- converted signals in lieu of digital versions. More on the hearing will be available in SkyREPORT Friday: http://www.skyreport.com.
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