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Digital TV Delayed Until June!
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 5, 2009
Modified Feb 5, 2009
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As you may have heard, on February 17th, all TV stations in America were supposed to stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and start broadcasting in digital. But the changeover turned into a big mess, with the government running out of the coupons TV fans need to get converters for their old analog sets. There are over 1.5 million people on a waiting list for the coupons, and Congress knows that if they can't watch their stories there's going to be hell to pay. So yesterday the House passed a bill to buy more time, which means we'll all have to wait until June 12th to watch Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles digitally. Gotham Gazette has a damning exposé on the debacle, revealing that the converters are out of stock at many local retailers, and some stores like Radio Shack have been demanding unnecessary personal information from consumers when they try to redeem the coupons.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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