[opendtv] Re: Dingell Blasts Delays to Digital Transition
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 21:28:10 -0800
Delay? You continue to be confused. He wants the government to begin the
give-away in earnest. See, I told you it would all be about the giveaway
and Congress spending the money.
John Willkie
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> On Behalf Of Bob Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:49 AM
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> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Dingell Blasts Delays to Digital Transition
>
> Dingell is the main reason we are stuck with 8-VSB IMO. He is the
> delayer of the digital transition. Now he wants to delay some more.
> Talk about being in someone's pocket.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> On 2/28/07, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From <http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11618> via AVS:
> >
> > - Tom
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------
> > February 27, 2007
> > Dingell Blasts Delays to Digital Transition
> > By Ira Teinowitz
> > Increasingly unhappy with the pace of the transition to digital, and
> > promising that if it isn't righted soon "a scapegoat will be found" and
> > "people will be voted off the island," Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich.,
> > hinted the scheduled Feb. 17, 2009, switchover date may need delaying.
> >
> > Story continues below...
> >
> > Dingell, the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, on Tuesday
> > addressed the National Association of Broadcasters' state leadership
> > conference. He said he's concerned that with 10 months to go before
> > consumers start requesting $40-off coupons for converters that let their
> > analog TVs see digital signals, the Federal Communications Commission
> > has yet to set standards for those converter boxes; the National
> > Telecommunications and Information Administration has yet to provide
> > firm guidelines for allocating coupons; and broadcasters have not fully
> > launched their transition information campaign.
> >
> > "The average American will be annoyed to buy a $50 converter to keep a
> > $100 television working," he said.
> >
> > He called informing viewers about the conversion "no small task" and
> > said the progress so far is "regrettably not sufficient to avoid raising
> > Americans' ire."
> >
> > During the speech, Dingell also accused the Bush administration of a
> > "limited appreciation" of the complexity and sensitivity of the
> transition."
> >
> > A delay in the date of the digital switchover would have major effects,
> > potentially costing the government millions of dollars-some of the
> > bandwidth offered by analog channels has already been sold in
> > auctions-to say nothing of the impact on cable providers and
> broadcasters.
> >
> > Rep. Dingell told reporters after the speech that he hasn't made a firm
> > decision on pushing back the date, but he's growing increasingly
> > restless about the transition's handling.
> >
> > "I think we are going to have to see," he said. "I think we are going to
> > have to fix a date that makes sense and [reflects]l that the other
> > things that have to take place in order to make that date work are being
> > done."
> >
> > Rep. Dingell also questioned in his speech whether the FCC had done
> > enough to outline the public-interest obligations of broadcasters on new
> > multicasting channels. He said the committee would be closely watching
> > the outcome of broadcasters' negotiations with cable providers for
> > retransmission rights.
> >
> > (Editor: Horowitz)
> > --
> > Tom Barry trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Find my resume and video filters at www.trbarry.com
> >
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