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InternetNews June 17, 2005 Roy Mark	McCain Stakes Claim on DTV Transition Bill John McCain introduced legislation setting a hard date of Jan. 1, 2009, for the United States to cease analog television broadcasting.
InternetNews July 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Broadcasters Agree to Hard Date DTV Transition After nine years of aggressive lobbying to slow the digital television transition, broadcasters are dropping their objections to a Jan. 1, 2009, deadline to end U.S. analog broadcasting.
InternetNews February 17, 2005 Roy Mark	House Considers Subsidizing DTV Transition A new proposal aims to speed broadcasters' move to digital and open spectrum for advanced wireless services.
InternetNews May 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Barton Slaps Hard Deadline on DTV Transition House panel prepares for the first hearings on legislation stating that broadcasters must cease transmitting programs in analog format.
InternetNews December 19, 2005 Roy Mark	DTV Transition Date Set The House approves the DTV transition date and the Senate expected to agree today.
InternetNews January 23, 2007 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Pushes Educational Outreach New legislation would mandate consumer programs by broadcasters, retailers and the FCC.
InternetNews February 2, 2006 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk Congress finally sent legislation Wednesday to President Bush that sets Feb. 17, 2009, as the end of analog broadcasting in the United States. After that, television sets must have digital tuners to receive an over-the-air signal.
InternetNews October 24, 2005 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Disagree on DTV Deadline, Subsidies The U.S. House and Senate are $2 billion and four months apart in their legislative efforts to finally wean Americans off analog broadcasting.
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2009 Pete Putman	TV's Analog Push-Back: Delaying the Switch to Digital Television Delayed already for more than two years already, problems are popping up that may push the digital television transition date back even further.
InternetNews April 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Tech to TV Execs: Get Off the Beachfront! A group of IT CEOs urges Congress to set a date certain for digital TV transition so spectrum can be opened for wireless broadband.
InternetNews May 26, 2005 Roy Mark	Intel Chips in on DTV Transition Intel tells a Congressional panel that TV spectrum will accelerate wireless broadband roll-out.
Reason February 2006 Julian Sanchez	Couch Potato Subsidies The Senate agreed in November to spend up to $3 billion retrofitting old television sets to guarantee that every man, woman, and child in the U.S. would be able to enjoy high-quality digital television.
Home Theater June 11, 2009	DTV Transition Deadline Is Tomorrow Tomorrow, June 12, 2009 is the final deadline for the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. Here's the DTV transition thought of the day: Does it matter?
CIO November 15, 2005 Grant Gross	Help for Emergency Responders The push for digital TV would hasten better communications.
InternetNews October 20, 2005 Roy Mark	DTV Deadline to Vacate Spectrum Advances The Senate Commerce Committee voted today to boot broadcasters out of their analog spectrum by no later than April 7, 2009. After that date, broadcasters would air programs only in digital signals.
InternetNews December 21, 2005 Roy Mark	DTV Bill Heads to President's Desk With President Bush's signature, over-the-air analog broadcasting will go dark in three years.
InternetNews September 30, 2005 Roy Mark	Katrina May Blow Broadcasters Out of Analog More spectrum and money for first responders is getting renewed Congressional interest in the backwash of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
InternetNews November 21, 2005 Roy Mark	House Approves DTV Bill Television broadcasters have three years to clear analog spectrum for wireless broadband providers and first responders.
InternetNews October 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Panel Eyes Vote on Digital TV Switch Tech executives urge Congress to set a hard deadline for broadcasters to shift completely to digital signals of no later than 2009. The vacated analog signals would be given to first responders and auctioned. A vote on legislation could come Wednesday.
InternetNews March 2, 2007 Roy Mark	Dingell Dangles DTV Delay Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee slams digital converter box subsidy program.
InternetNews January 16, 2007 Roy Mark	Coalition Pushes For DTV Transition Tech companies, trade groups urge Congress to hold fast to Feb. 17, 2009 cut-off as the end of analog broadcasting.
InternetNews March 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Feds Tune In DTV Subsidy Plan All U.S. households will be eligible for two $40 coupons to help defray the cost of digital converter boxes that analog television sets will need to view over-the-air broadcasting after Feb. 17, 2009.
InternetNews February 11, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	DTV Snags Loom Large Despite Delay FCC chairman warns of widespread confusion as many stations plan to shut off analog signals next week.
InternetNews January 30, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	House Likely to Pass DTV Delay Bill Next Week After House Republicans shot down a first attempt, the Senate passes a second bill on concerns that millions of Americans aren't ready for the conversion.
Popular Mechanics October 2008 Rob Sabin	Everything You Need to Know About the Digital TV Transition In reality, the digital TV transition isn't all that complicated. For most people, it is a nonissue, and for everyone else, adjusting to the switch will require minimal effort and expense.
Home Theater January 16, 2009	Three-Month DTV Delay Urged Sen. John Rockefeller has introduced a bill that would delay the switchover from analog to digital broadcasting from the currently scheduled February 17th to June 12th.
Home Theater October 30, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	Will FCC Revoke DTV Spectrum? Wireless broadband may take precedence over digital TV.
Popular Mechanics May 5, 2008 Glenn Derene	Digital Transition Looms, but Do Americans Have a Right to TV? A look at how much it costs to get everyone on board the digital bandwagon, and how the cost compares to what the government spends on other things.
PC Magazine March 1, 2009 Sascha Segan	Don't Delay the DTV Transition We've waited long enough for the analog to digital television conversion. It's time to switch over.
PC Magazine November 30, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Switching to Digital TV The national transition to digital television may be upon us.
InternetNews June 9, 2005 Roy Mark	FCC Tuning In DTV The Federal Communications Commission told TV makers today they must comply with a July 1 mandate to carry digital tuners in half of their most popular models.
IEEE Spectrum October 2005 Robert M. Rast	The Dawn of Digital TV Analog television prepares to meet its doom, vacating valuable real estate in the radio spectrum -- and the band rush begins
PC World September 26, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Digital TV Could Bring Unpleasant Surprises Consumers could face built-in copy controls, obsolete equipment, and new expenses when digital broadcast becomes standard.
Home Theater March 19, 2009	FCC Tweaks DTV Transition Scenario The Federal Communications Commission is using what it learned in February to set down rules for the remainder of the stations that complete the transition in June.
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Analog TV: Fade To Black On Feb. 17, 2009 Congress will decree that broadcasters must end analog transmissions on that date and switch to the digital technology they have been phasing in for several years. If you are planning to buy a television, make sure it's digital-ready.
Home Theater May 20, 2009	FCC to Do 'Soft Test' of DTV Transition Analog TV broadcasts will be interrupted three times on May 21, 2009 with a message heralding the end of analog broadcasting, coming on June 12.
Home Theater February 4, 2009	It's Official: DTV Transition Botched The on-again, off-again effort to delay the DTV transition from February 17 to June 12 has overcome its biggest obstacle.
Home Theater May 22, 2007	Will Box Shortage Mar DTV Transition? TV station owners are worried that a lack of convertors may let analog sets fade to black after the transition to digital television.
Home Theater February 25, 2008	Feds Mail Analog-TV Adapter Coupons Your $40 federal subsidy designed to keep your old TV going is in the mail -- if you've requested it.
Home Theater November 11, 2008 Mark Fleischmann	NY Tries Brief Analog TV Shutoff Analog television channels went dark for two minutes in the New York metropolitan area a few weeks ago, in an early trial run for the DTV transition, scheduled for February 2009.
InternetNews October 27, 2005 Roy Mark	House, Senate Still in Squabble Over DTV Details Though a U.S. House panel joined its Senate counterpart Wednesday in agreeing to flip a 2009 switch on digital broadcasting, the precise date, the exact cost and the absolute certainty of the digital television transition remains in question.
InternetNews September 16, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Are We Ready for DTV? After a DTV test launch in North Carolina, a House subcommittee questions the country's preparedness for February's nationwide transition.
Home Theater August 27, 2007	Free Analog Cable Service Urged A coalition of small cable operators is urging Congress to let them provide free analog cable service following the switchover to digital television broadcasting.
Home Theater June 16, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	FCC Gets 900,000 DTV Panic Calls The Federal Communications Commission has fielded more than 900,000 calls since analog television broadcasting was shut down on Friday June 12.
Home Theater June 5, 2009 Mark Fleischmann	DTV Transition One Week Away On June 12, 2009, more than half of the nation's television broadcasters will make the final switch to digital signals, shutting off analog forever.
Home Theater October 18, 2007	Best Buy Banishes Obsolete TVs Best Buy stopped selling analog sets on October 1, 2007. No longer will confused low-end consumers take home obsolete TVs. A bright new DTV world is dawning.
Home Theater October 26, 2007	FCC Slaps Retailers on Analog TV Labeling The fines are for selling analog televisions without adequately warning consumers that these sets will become obsolete with the end of analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009.
Home Theater January 27, 2009	Senate Partly Delays DTV Transition The drive to delay the DTV transition cleared the Senate last night. However, the legislation now has a new twist - the delay is voluntary.
IEEE Spectrum December 2012 Lynn Claudy	TV's Future: The Broadcast Empire Strikes Back New digital technologies could put over-the-air TV back in vogue in the United States and around the world.
Reason April 2003 Mike Godwin	Prisoners of Digital Television A misadventure in high-tech regulatory policy -- and a Harry Potter Fix.