Transition Co-Chair Podesta urges DTV deadline extension
In a letter released yesterday, Transition Co-Chair John D. Podesta urged Congressional leaders to reconsider and extend the date by which consumers must outfit their television sets for digital broadcasting (DTV).
The mandated switch from analog to digital reception, originally scheduled for February 17th, 2009, has not been adequately funded, according to Mr. Podesta.
The letter notes that as many as 5 million Americans could lose their television reception if the deadline is not reconsidered.
“There is insufficient support for the problems consumers (particularly low income, rural and elderly Americans) will experience as a result of the analog signal cutoff,” Podesta wrote.
Read the full letter here.
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