Obama Wants To Delay The Switch To Digital
In his latest proposal, Obama has stated that he wants to delay the switch to digital because so many people do not have their converter boxes. Those that are ready have express concern for this move by Obama because everyone has known about the change for the last two years.
The truth is that the program that sends out the $40 off coupon for the converter boxes has run out of money and has no more coupons. There was no word to whether they would get more money or if they would have more coupons for those waiting in the near future.
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- News Source: Uinta County News | 10 months ago7’s on your side helping you get ready for the digital transition. The chairman of the FCC is saying there’s probably a 50-50 chance the February 17th date may change...FCC Commissioner Michael Copps and Congressman John Conyers were in Detroit...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 10 months agoAmerica will begin to broadcast programming exclusively in a digital format. If you are not ready for DTV, you'll see a message on your television screen if you are tuned in to Channel 13 at 7:30 pm tonight. To continue to receive your local...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 10 months agoThe Federal Communications Commission is taking issue with a proposal from the incoming Obama administration to delay the switch from analog to digital TV. FCC chair Kevin Martin says delaying the change-over could confuse consumers. The change is...
- News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | 10 months agoAfter years of preparation, a proposed delay in the transition to digital broadcasting could confuse viewers, hit local TV stations with unexpected costs and hamper electronics retailers' and cable companies' efforts to win new customers, some...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | 10 months agoJanuary 08, 2009)—For once President-Elect Barack Obama is not calling for change, rather he is asking Congress to delay the start of the switchover from analog to digital TV broadcasting...Obama says too many Americans who rely on analog TV...
- News Source: Sun Sentinel | 10 months agoIt will be tough, if not impossible, to get a federal discount coupon for a digital TV converter box. The federal funds set aside by Congress to pay for the program are nearly depleted...If you have an old TV set and receive over-the-air signals...
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- Blog Source: www.wkrg.comIn a letter to key lawmakers Thursday, Obama transition team co-chair John Podesta noted that the Commerce Department has run out of money for coupons to subsidize digital TV converter boxes for consumers. People who don't have cable or ...
- Blog Source: bulletin.aarp.orgTime to Act on Coupons for Digital TV Converter Boxes. President-elect Barack Obama's transition team today asked key members of Congress to consider delaying the nation's switch to digital television scheduled for Feb. ...
- Blog Source: uspolitics.about.comThe Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program is administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the Department of Commerce, administers this program. The subsidy is a $40 coupon; ...
- Blog Source: features.csmonitor.comIn the latest bump on the road to all-digital TV signals, the influential Consumers Union, publishers of Consumer Reports, asked Congress to shape up or push back the February deadline for the DTV transition. ...
- Blog Source: www.silobreaker.comThe National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced today that it has hit a $1.34 billion ceiling on obligated funds for its digital TV converter box coupon program and has begun wait-listing new applications. ...
- Blog Source: sweetness-light.comAs of Sunday, consumers requesting $40 vouchers to help purchase a converter box are being placed on a waiting list, and federal officials warn that TV watchers may not receive the coupons in time for the switch. ...
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- Video Source: www.truveo.comDTV transition hits first big ...Video Source: www.truveo.comIt's now too late to get a government coupon in time for the February ...
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I think they should go through with it as planned. People have been informed over and over again through a variety of different mediums. Everyone should know by now. And plus, with or without the delay, there will still be some unprepared people.
I was not aware that there was an expiration date on the coupons. That should have been addressed before making the coupons available. Not everyone has the money right away. That really defeats the purpose of offering the coupon so people can afford to have TV when the switch comes.
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