digital television transition

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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FCC meeting informs public on 2009 digital TV switch

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By Talia Whyte

The Bay State Banner

Robert M. McDowell, one of the five commissioners that head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), conducted a town hall meeting at Emerson College last Thursday as part of a nationwide tour to inform the public about the upcoming transition to digital television on Feb. 17, 2009.

In 2005, Congress passed the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act, which requires that broadcasters stop transmitting the programming of their full-power television stations through analog signals as of next year. Instead, broadcasters must use newer digital technology.

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