Consumers Union: DTV Deadline Should Be Moved

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The DTV transition deadline of Feb. 17 could be a moving target. In a letter to Congressional leaders, the Consumers Union suggested the deadline be moved “to minimize the number of consumers who will lose TV signals.”

On Jan. 5 the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the federal bureau that administers the converter-box coupon program, ran out of funding. Since then, the NTIA has been forced to put more than 100,000 consumers on waiting lists for the coupons, who must either pay full price for the boxes, buy a new TV or subscribe to satellite or cable TV.

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