TWICE - Sparks Fly In Analog Cutoff Debate:
"Washington — The ongoing battle for the establishment of a firm analog television cutoff date to complete the digital television transition, brought another exchange this week between the consumer electronics and broadcast industries.
In a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and later in an address to members of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Consumer Electronics Association president/CEO (CEA) Gary Shapiro, pushed for a firm cutoff deadline for analog TV broadcasts, saying just 13 percent of American households rely on over-the-air broadcasts to receive television programming, while 87 percent receive programming from multichannel video services such as cable and satellite."
