Digital television conversion delayed until June 12B

By Talia Whyte

The Bay State Banner

Boston television viewers now have an additional four months to prepare for the long-anticipated digital changeover, a timetable expected to allow further outreach efforts to prepare the relative few in the city whose TVs are not yet ready.

The U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday approved delaying the digital television changeover, a switch mandated by the 2005 passing of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act, which required broadcasters to stop transmitting the programming of their full-power television stations through analog signals and start using newer digital technology.

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