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Who knew that the DTV drama could be so exciting?  First it was voted to delay by the Senate, voted down by the House Republicans, voted back again by the Democrats, and then the House finally approved with just a simple majority. 

This is how the vote turned out:  264 to 158.  Since Obama wanted a delay in the transition badly, it was only natural that all the Democrats would vote for the delay and all the Republicans against it.  If you have an expired coupon for the converter box, they will still be able to work under the new act.  However, if you think that since it has been delayed, you don’t have to get a converter box, stations still have the option to go to digital before June 12, as long it clears with the FCC.  Since having to stay in analog would cost a lot of money in equipment, and since ads have been running for a year now about the transition, it only makes sense that stations might go to digital before then. 

The FCC has a limited amount of time to write out all the necessary rules that go along with this law, such as that stations must give viewers at least 30 days notice before going to digital.

Read [BroadcastingCable]