http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rup27.4may27,1,2325805.story?coll=la-headlines-business
Lawmakers to Put 2008 Digital Deadline in Bill
From Bloomberg News
May 27, 2005
Senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers said they had agreed to include
in a draft bill a 2008 deadline for conversion of the U.S. television
system to digital signals.
House Commerce Committee members, at a hearing in Washington, said they had
no consensus on whether to provide $3 billion in subsidies to households
that now receive free over-the-air signals rather than cable or satellite
TV. These 21 million households would need to buy converter units to
continue to receive broadcast signals.
Congress wants a deadline for TV broadcasters to convert from analog to
digital signals so the government can give analog airwaves to police and
fire-safety agencies and sell them to Internet and wireless companies.
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