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U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
For Immediate Release
July 25th, 2007		  
COMMERCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES WITNESSES FOR DTV TRANSITION HEARING
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation released today a witness list for the full Committee hearing on Preparing Consumers for the Digital Television Transition.

 

The Committee will explore U.S. readiness for and the consumer impact of the nationwide transition from analog television broadcasting to digital television (DTV) broadcasting.

 

Preparing Consumers for the Digital Television Transition

Full Committee

Date:  Thursday, July 26, 2007

Time:  10:00 a.m.

Location: Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building

Witnesses:  See below

 

Panel I

Ms. Nelda Barnett, Member, AARP Board of Directors, AARP

 

Mr. Alex Nogales, President and CEO, National Hispanic Media Coalition

 

Ms. Nancy Zirkin, Vice President/Director of Public Policy, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights



Panel II

The Honorable John Kneuer, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Communications and Information, National Telecommunications Information Administration

 

Ms. Cathy Seidel, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

           

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