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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Obama backs extending digital TV cutoff date Reuters - 42 minutes ago By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama backs a move to delay a mandatory switch to digital television signals on fears viewers are unprepared and as the government has run out of coupons to help pay for converter boxes. "The February 17 cutoff date for analog signals should be reconsidered and extended," John Podesta, co-chairman of the Obama-Biden transition team, said in a letter to key lawmakers on Thursday. Congress mandated the February 17 switch to digital television, which will affect some 20 million consumers who do not already use the technology. Owners of older television sets receiving over-the-air signals must buy converter boxes, replace their TVs with digital models, or subscribe to satellite or digital cable service. But the government said earlier this week it had run out of $40 discount coupons for consumers to help pay for converter boxes needed to keep their sets from going blank, leading a major consumer group to call for a delay of the analog switch-off. "With coupons unavailable, support and education insufficient and the most vulnerable Americans exposed, I urge you to consider a change to the legislatively mandated cut-off date," Podesta wrote. Obama's wading into the issue is likely to significantly boost the case for delay, according to one congressional source. Democratic Sen. John Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate's commerce committee, said he backs a delay but several Republicans issued statements saying it would cause more confusion and cost. Further, a delay would limit access by Verizon Communications and AT&T Inc to the $16 billion worth of spectrum they won in a government auction last year. That spectrum segment is currently used by broadcasters for analog TV. The wireless industry trade group said a postponement could "decrease confidence in the auction model for spectrum allocation that has generated billions for the U.S. Treasury." Ironically, Consumers Union, an advocacy group that backs an extension, cited the auction as a reason consumers should not have to pay money out of their pockets to buy converter boxes. The senior Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Copps, issued a statement supporting a pushback of the cutoff date. MILLIONS UNPREPARED About 7.8 million homes, or 6.8 percent of total U.S. television homes, are "completely unprepared," according to a survey of December data by Nielson Ratings. Cable and satellite TV companies that already deliver digital broadcast signals were hoping to grow their subscriber base after the switchover on February 17. Even with a converter box, some subscribers will not be able to receive digital signals over the air, forcing them to consider pay-TV options. The two largest cable companies, Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc, have said they see an opportunity to add new subscribers who in the past might not have taken pay-TV services. The switch is intended to free up more airwaves for public safety uses and also to provide better television reception. The Government Accountability Office, the Congressional watchdog, warned in September the government was not prepared for a last-minute surge in coupon demand. And so it came to pass earlier this week, when the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a unit of the Commerce Department, said it exhausted its $1.3 billion budget for the program and nearly 1 million people are on a waiting list for the coupons. Lawmakers are so worried that they asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay all complex matters that are before the agency until the switch has occurred. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Technology Consumer electronics show kicks off in Las VegasAFP - 18 minutes ago US-TECH SummaryReuters - 41 minutes ago Obama backs extending digital TV cutoff dateReuters - 42 minutes ago Palm debuts "Pre" smartphone, operating system at CESReuters - 1 hour 6 minutes ago Sony unveils new gadgets in celebrity revue at CESReuters - 1 hour 24 minutes ago Enlarge Photo President-elect Barack Obama makes a speech on the economy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, January 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young Related Photos Slideshow US elections 2008 Most Popular – Technology Viewed Marks & Spencer to axe 1,230 jobs and close 27 stores Gaza war toll rises Finance fights sex for Aussie dictionary honour Pink iguanas discovered on Galapagos Islands US deficit 'to hit $1.2 trillion' View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular
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