Quibbles and Bits: Rehr, McSlarrow Tussle Over Transition

QUIBBLES AND BITS: REHR, MCSLARROW TUSSLE OVER TRANSITION
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
At the Maximum Service Television (MSTV) conference in Washington, the heads of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the National Association of Broadcasters squared off Tuesday over the issues of cable's down conversion of broadcasters' high-definition, digital TV signals and multi-cast must-carry. Broadcasters want cable to have to pass along a broadcaster's HDTV signal as is--saying that not to is to strip out material, while the cable industry wants that ability to downconvert them to standard-definition where capacity is an issue, saying the government should not be forcing what it sees as additional carriage obligations.
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* Digital Transition Date Will Stick, Congressional Staffers Say
Key House and Senate legislative staffers predicted Tuesday that the digital transition date of February 2009 will "stick."
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