[opendtv] Re: Update: House DTV transition plan includes set-top subsidy
- From: Bob Miller <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:19:59 -0500
Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>So which will it be? Feb 18 2009 or April 7, 2009? Either
>way, it looks like $40 is the price point to shoot for in
>basic ATSC STBs.
>
>
I believe that is $50 with a $10 co-pay. But I doubt if it will ever
happen at $50
Bob Miller
>Bert
>
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>Update: House DTV transition plan includes set-top subsidy
>
>George Leopold
>(12/19/2005 11:04 AM EST)
>URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D175006379
>
>WASHINGTON - The House voted Sunday (Dec. 18) to establish
>a 2009 deadline for ending U.S. analog broadcasting and the
>start of all-digital TV services. The Feb. 18, 2009,
>transition date was part of a massive budget reconciliation
>bill approved over the weekend in the House. The bill passed
>by a vote of 216-206.
>
>The House bill authorizes the National Telecommunications
>and Information Administration to launch a "digital-to-analog
>converter box program" to allow viewers without DTV receivers
>to continue receiving a broadcast signals. The bill allocates
>up to $990 million for the program, which would allow U.S.
>households to obtain up to two, $40 converter-box coupons.
>
>The measure was initially approved by the House Energy and
>Commerce Committee. Panel Chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, said
>in a statement that "the DTV legislation brings needed
>certainty to allow consumers, broadcasters, cable and
>satellite operators, manufacturers, retailers, and government
>to prepare for the end of the transition."
>
>The Senate voted last month to set April 7, 2009, as the
>deadline for U.S. broadcasters to switch to digital broadcasts.
>Lawmakers want to use unused analog TV spectrum for broadband
>wireless and public-safety applications.
>
>Spectrum auctions associated with the reclaimed spectrum are
>expected to generate an estimated $10 billion in revenues.
>
>The bill also includes up to $1 billion in grants to help
>public-safety agencies obtain and deploy interoperable
>communications. Recent hurricane disaster relief efforts
>illustrated how the lack of interoperable communications
>hampered rescue efforts.
>
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