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FCC: Nearly 500 U.S. TV Stations to Make Digital Switch Early

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 11, 2009 - 11:18am.
Washington - Nearly 500 U.S. TV stations plan to turn off their analog signals and begin broadcasting exclusively in digital on Feb. 17, rather than wait until the delayed June 12 date that was approved by Congress, according to a notice from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Combined with the 190 or so stations that have already made the switch, over one-third of the 1,800 or so U.S. TV stations will cease transmitting their analog signals on Feb. 17.

The FCC gave stations until this past Monday to give notice that they intended to make the switch to digital early; the agency also reserved the right to prevent stations from doing so if it were "contrary to the public interest."

Nielsen recently reported that 6.5 million U.S. homes were unprepared for the upcoming transition.

 

Related Links:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-09-221A1.pdf

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/02/491_stations_plan_to_go_digita.php

Published in DMW Daily, February 11, 2009
tags: Law | Policy | TV | FCC | Digital TV Transition |



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