[opendtv] Broadcasters say FCC's digital TV plan is flawed

  • From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:52:20 -0400

     Broadcasters say FCC's digital TV plan is flawed
     - Apr 19, 2004 08:32 PM (Reuters)

By Jeremy Pelofsky


LAS VEGAS, April 19 (Reuters) - Television broadcasters on
Monday piled criticism on a plan by U.S. communications
regulators to switch to crisper digital signals by 2009, but
some acknowledged the idea was not completely dead.


The plan, drawn up by the staff of the Federal
Communications Commission, is flawed, according to people
attending the National Association of Broadcasters annual
convention in Las Vegas, because it could let cable companies
convert the new signals back to analog to all of their
subscribers and, consequently, few would see digital
channels.

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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=41108459

 
 
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