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The Obama transition team is seeking to delay the Feb. 17 move to digital TV, saying millions of homes aren’t ready.

Six weeks before the nation’s television stations are scheduled to convert to digital transmission, the Obama administration is asking Congress to consider a delay.

FCC commissioner Michael Copps proposes list of digital-TV-conversion steps in response to lessons learned from early analog cutoff in Wilmington, N.C.

FCC will monitor tropical storm Hanna, but Wilmington, N.C., expected to switch to digital TV Monday.

National Association of Broadcasters board joint chairman Jack Sander stresses digital-TV transition over retransmission-consent talks.

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China Digital TV Holding Co. Ltd (NYSE: STV) 12% LOWER; reports Q2 EPS of $0.18 for diluted ordinary shares ($0.20 for basic ordinary shares) 1 cent lower than the analyst estimate of $0.19.

Revenues for the quarter were $19.4 million, versus the consensus of $18.80 million. Sees Q3 sales in the range of $15.5-$16.5 million, versus the consensus $21.14 million.

China Digital TV also narrowed its FY08 sales guidance from $79-$84 million to $80-$83 million, versus the consensus of $82.69 million.

Viewability requirement for digital-TV stations on cable, what to do with wireless microphones now using 700-megahertz band on potential agenda.

New York -- FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein called the coming digital-TV transition a "win-win" proposition for broadcasters looking to market themselves and reconnect with their local communities.

As expected, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration proposed waiving its digital-TV-to-analog converter-box-coupon requirements to allow nursing-home residents and those with Post Office boxes to apply for the coupons.

As promised, the FCC levied more than $6 million in fines on retailers and equipment companies for violating its rules on digital-TV-set labeling, prohibitions on shipping sets with analog-only tuners and requirements that new TVs work with the V-chip/ratings system.