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FCC: Cable operators can stop providing analog signals of local TV

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In a move that has upset the broadcast industry, the Federal Communications Commission said it will let lapse a rule that required cable operators to carry local television signals in analog.

 

Digital TV Hotline Gets 700,000 Calls Over Switch

Digital TV Hotline Gets 700,000 Calls Over Switch

Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.

The Federal Communications Commission said Saturday that about 317,450 calls went into the help line, 1-888-CALL-FCC, on Friday alone, the day analog signals were cut off.

 

Media Decoder: Ready or Not, Analog TV Viewers Lose Their Signal

The deadline for America’s transition to digital TV is Friday, and stations are shutting off their analog signals.

 

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