Who is paying for all the commercials?
To postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months is not going to help many of the millions of U.S. households that rely on analog television. Analog signals travel further then digital. Meaning if you live over 50 miles from your local station, you may not be able to receive a picture with or with out a converter box. An expensive antenna may help, but much of the country is out of range of over the air digital programming. Many stations have already cut the power on their analog transmission and have cut off many of the same households. That is why in many parts of the country consumers subscribe to a cable or satellite TV service.