DTV News for 10-17-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 10-17-2005
440 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

US Senate draft digital TV bill sets move for 2009
U.S. television broadcasters would be required to air only digital signals by April 7, 2009 and an auction of their old airwaves would have to raise at least $4.81 billion, under draft Senate Commerce Committee legislation obtained by Reuters on Friday.
(Reuters / Yahoo News / Muzi)
http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArtic ... LTV-DC.XML
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051014/tv_ ... gitaltv_dc
http://dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/1383707.shtml

Firm date sought in move to digital TV
(Associated Press via Santa Rosa, CA Press Democrat / Altus, OK Times)
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs ... 6/BUSINESS

Senate Hard Date: April 7, 2009
Millions of analog-TV sets could go dark April 7, 2009, under a Senate Commerce Committee leadership bill designed to complete broadcasters' transition to digital-TV transmission.
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP

DTV Markup May Move to Oct. 20 [Paid Subscription Required]
The Senate mark-up of a DTV hard date bill may move from Wednesday, Oct. 19, to Thursday, Oct. 20, according to sources.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

DTV Date: April 7, 2009 [Paid Subscription Required]
Broadcasters will have to pull the plug on analog transmissions on April 7, 2009, according to a Senate Commerce Committee draft of a DTV "hard-date