John Eggerton writes:
Newly-empowered Democrats on the Energy & Commerce Committee wasted no time telling the Bush administration not to short-change the DTV transition and that to do so could "derail the Feb. 17, 2009 deadline for the DTV transition. ...
... The Democrats oppose limiting participation in the converter box program only to over-the-air households, rather than to second or third analog-only sets in cable households. The Republicans were looking to limit the program--there is $1.5 billion allocated--both due to the potential expense of covering all analog-only sets, which could exceed that figure, and for fear it would be gamed by a TV version of welfare cheats. ...
Link: Broadcasting & Cable.
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