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Third Periodic Review of the Commission's Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television

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Third Periodic Review of the Commission’s Rules and Policies Affecting the Conversion to Digital Television, Report & Order, December 31, 2007.

  • “With the DTV transition deadline less than 14 months away, our focus is now on overseeing broadcasters’ construction of facilities that will reach viewers in their authorized service areas by the time they must cease broadcasting in analog. Specifically, this Report and Order adopts rules to ensure that broadcasters meet their statutory responsibilities and can begin operations on their final, post-transition (digital) channels upon expiration of the February 17, 2009 transition deadline. We want to ensure that no consumers are left behind in the DTV transition. We recognize that the transition is a complex undertaking presenting many challenges to the broadcast industry and that some disruption of television service may be unavoidable leading up to the analog turn-off. Therefore, we adopt rules to offer broadcasters regulatory flexibility, while at the same time requiring broadcasters to maintain the best possible television service to the public and meet viewers’ over-the-air reception expectations after the transition date.”
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