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September 25, 2002

Transition to Digital Television

Witnesses testified about the implementation of digital broadcast television and about lingering industry obstacles to its implementation by… read more

Witnesses testified about the implementation of digital broadcast television and about lingering industry obstacles to its implementation by a mandated deadline in 2006. Among the issues they addressed were the return of analog bandwidth to Federal Communication Commission control, bringing digital equipment to the marketplace, consumer responses to the mandate, and digital must-carry regulations. close

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Charles Bass U.S. Representative [R] New Hampshire
Rick Boucher U.S. Representative [D] Virginia

Thera Bradshaw President Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International
Sherrod Brown U.S. Representative [D] Ohio
Lana Corbi President and CEO Crown Media USA->Hallmark Channel
Christopher Cox U.S. Representative [R] California
Eliot Engel U.S. Representative [D] New York
Anna G. Eshoo U.S. Representative [D] California
Michael Fiorile President and CEO National Association of Broadcasters->Dispatch Broadcast Group
Vito Fossella U.S. Representative [R] New York
Jim Gleason President Cable Direct
Gene Green U.S. Representative [D] Texas
Jane Harman U.S. Representative [D] California
Gene Kimmelman Co-Director Consumers Union
Richard Lewis Chief Technical Officer Zenith Electronics Corporation
Alan McCullough President and CEO Circuit City Stores
Tom Sawyer U.S. Representative [D] Ohio
John M. Shimkus U.S. Representative [R] Illinois
Bart Stupak U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Fred Upton U.S. Representative [R] Michigan
Greg Walden U.S. Representative [R] Oregon
Michael S. Willner Vice Chair and CEO Insight Communications
Robert C. Wright Chairman and CEO NBC Universal

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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet

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Program ID:: 172850-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Sep 26, 2002 | 6:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Oct 01, 2002 | 2:21am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Sep 26, 2002 | 6:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 27, 2002 | 1:26pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Sep 30, 2002 | 10:00am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Oct 01, 2002 | 2:21am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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