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NEWS ABOUT: analog networks

analog networks stories: 4 news summaries

(AP) - Congress has decided to give people four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital TV. The House voted today to postpone the end of analog TV signals until June 12. The Senate passed a similar measure last week, so it now goes to President Obama,... More »

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Congress • digital broadcasting • analog networks • network television • bill • President Obama

 House Rejects Digital TV Delay 

Republicans argue deferral will cost broadcasters

Jan 28, 09 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - The House defeated a bill today to delay the switch to all-digital television, the Washington Post reports. The vote comes two days after the Senate approved extending the deadline to June 12 from Feb. 17, and is a defeat for congressional Democrats and the Obama administration, who want to give... More »

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television • Congress • digital television • analog networks • House Republicans • analog • Obama administration

FCC to Test
TV's Digital Era in N. Carolina

Wilmington will be
feds' guinea pig
to phase out analog

May 7, 08 8:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wilmington, NC, will be a test market for the switchover to all-digital television, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US as a whole is to change from analog signals by Feb. 17, but Wilmington could flip by Sept. 8 as broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commissions worry over how the... More »

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television • FCC • North Carolina • digital television • analog networks • Wilmington

Analog Service Hanging Up
on Customers

Digital networks soon only option, but
service has its kinks

Jan 21, 08 3:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Phone customers still dialing up using old analog networks will be out of luck—and service—beginning Feb. 18 when the nation’s wireless companies shut down the outdated technology and switch to digital. Of the quarter-billion American cell phone users, the vast majority use digital networks, but some 1... More »

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FCC • Verizon • General Motors • AT and T • Sprint Nextel • phone service • Alltell • digital networks • analog networks • T-Mobile

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