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The Consumers Union urges Congress to delay the Feb. 17 shift from analog to digital television broadcasting until more funding is made available for a federal digital converter box subsidy program. Run by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the government subsidy program has exhausted the $1.34 billion designated for households that rely solely on over-the-air broadcasts.
- With just 39 days left before television stations begin broadcasting in digital, the Consumers Union urged Congress Jan. 7 to delay the transition from analog to digital until more funds are made available in the federal coupon program created to offset the costs of digital converter boxes. The ...

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