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House debates DTV conversion proposal

Completing the transition from analog television to digital television by the end of 2008 is realistic, but some sort of subsidized converter is needed to ensure that no consumers are disenfranchised, most members of the House telecommunications subcommittee said during a hearing yesterday. The hearing was called to discuss draft legislation introduced by committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Texas) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) that calls for all analog television-signal transmissions to cease as of Dec. 31, 2008. Barton said the proposal represents the efforts of bipartisan negotiations that admittedly did not generate consensus on all aspect of the ...

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