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  • House Digital-TV Bill Sets Dec '08 Deadline; $1 Billion Subsidies

    10/21/2005 3:33:34 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 28 replies · 743+ views
    Dow Jones Newswires (excerpt) ^ | October 21, 2005 | Brian Blackstone
    Excerpt - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A House Commerce Committee draft bill sets a Dec. 31, 2008, deadline for the transition to digital from analog television signals - three months earlier than legislation approved by the Senate Commerce Committee Thursday. The House Commerce Committee is expected to mark up its version of the digital-TV bill later this month. The legislation, details of which were obtained by Dow Jones Newswires, also sets aside nearly $1 billion to conduct a consumer education campaign and fund a subsidy program for consumers with analog TV sets to purchase digital converters so that they don't lose...