[opendtv] DTV Delay Bill
- From: Bob Miller <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:02:59 -0500
Seems the Senate bill allows broadcasters to shut down at will after
the February deadline and before the new June 12th deadline. What
percentage of broadcasters will?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28863961/wid/11915829/?GT1=43001
I thought that the Obama call to delay the transition was a fig leaf
effort so that his administration could say that they did what they
could. I didn't think it would even come up for a vote. But this bill
could be the same thing. It allows Congress and the administration to
both claim that they did what they could while blaming broadcasters,
who might be hurting bad enough in the present economic climate, to
scuttle the effort by turning off their analog transmitters in
February anyway.
Bob Miller
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