[opendtv] Broadcasters Object to Planned Digital TV Bill
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:55:14 -0400
Broadcasters Object to Planned Digital TV Bill
Mon Sep 20, 2004 06:20 PM ET
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. television broadcasters on Monday labeled
as inadequate planned legislation to ensure millions of consumers can
still watch television once broadcasters begin airing only in digital.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain plans to offer a bill
on Tuesday that would require broadcasters to only air the new, crisp
digital television signals by 2009 and would subsidize the cost for
those consumers who rely on traditional television to see those
signals.
His measure would provide up to $1 billion for consumers,
particularly lower-income households, to either buy a device that
would convert the digital signals back into a format that they could
watch or to install cable or satellite service.
The National Association of Broadcasters, which represents scores of
local television stations, said it would oppose the bill because it
would not cover all the traditional television sets in American
households, estimated at over 70 million.
...
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=6284773
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