WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation announced today the witnesses for a Full Committee hearing on U.S. readiness for the nationwide transition from analog television broadcasting to digital television (DTV) broadcasting. The witnesses are listed below.

 

With the transition date just a year away – set for February 17, 2009 – the hearing, One Year to the DTV Transition: Consumers, Broadcasters, and Converter Boxes, will focus on consumer awareness, the role of broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commission, and the status of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration converter box program.

The Honorable Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

           

The Honorable Meredith Attwell Baker, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Communications and Information, National Telecommunications Information Administration

 

Mr. Allan Horlick, President and General Manager, WUSA9

 

Mr. Chris Murray, Senior Counsel, Consumers Union

 

Mr. Byron W. St. Clair, President, National Translator Association