[opendtv] Powell Pitches 2009 DTV Date
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 22:40:56 -0400
Powell Pitches 2009 DTV Date
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/8/2004 6:24:00 PM
Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell Wednesday
pitched the Senate Commerce Committee on his digital-TV transition
proposal to set 2009 as a hard date for return of the analog spectrum.
He told the committee that would give all parties fair warning so
that they could plan accordingly.
The issue before the committee was the recommendation by the 9/11
Commission to speed the return of broadcast spectrum for public
safety uses.
A proposed bill would set the give-back date of spectrum for
channels in the 700 Mhz band now used by 75 TV stations at Jan. 1,
2007. Powell argued that if Congress decided to make that a hard
date, it should also set the 2009 hard date too in order to minimize
the inequity of making one group of broadcasters give up their
channels before the rest.
...
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA451695?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP
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