Obama’s DTV delay dies in the House, thanks to Republicans

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  January 28th at 04:18 PM  | 

President Obama wants to delay the long-announced, long-planned, long-desired-by-first-responders transition from analog to digital television broadcasts. By replacing the old, large-bandwidth-consuming NTSC standard with the new, sharper, narrow-bandwidth ATSC, we create lots of room in the radio spectrum for other broadcasts, including those by firefighters, police, and other public safety workers. However Obama wants to delay it for a few months, claiming that people aren’t | Read More »