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      "title": "The Digital TV Transition: A Brief Overview",
      "summary": "During the first session of the 109th Congress, policymakers sought to accelerate the\nnation\u2019s\ntransition to digital television and to expedite the transfer of radio frequency channels from the\nbroadcast industry to public safety and commercial users no later than 2009. Broadcasters are\nholding spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHZ) band (channels 52-69) that they would be required\nto relinquish after the transition to digital television (DTV) is achieved. Without a hard deadline,\nthe transition to digital television has been postponed. Meanwhile, public safety officials want 700\nMHZ spectrum that has been assigned to them, but not delivered, in order to build new interoperable\nnetworks, while the commercial wireless industry would like access to the spectrum for new\nservices.\n Legislative language to clear spectrum and facilitate the transition to digital televison was\nincluded in both the House and Senate FY2005 budget reconciliation bills ( H.R. 4241 / S. 1932 ). The final version of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (  P.L.\n109-171 ) sets the digital transition deadline at February 17, 2009, and allocates up to $1.5 billion for\na digital-to-analog converter box program.  P.L. 109-171   does not include provisions on\n\u201cdownconversion,\u201d nor does it address the debate over expanding \"must carry\" rules\nto include\nmulticasting must carry. The enacted legislation also does not include provisions on the\n\u201cbroadcast\nflag.\u201d This report will not be updated.",
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      "title": "The Digital TV Transition: A Brief Overview",
      "summary": "Congressional policymakers are seeking a way to accelerate the nation\u2019s transition to digital television and to expedite the transfer of radio frequency channels from the broadcast industry to public safety and commercial users no later than 2009. Broadcasters are holding spectrum in the 700MHz band (channels 52-69) that they would be required to relinquish after the transition to digital television (DTV) is achieved. Without a hard deadline, the transition to digital television has been postponed. Meanwhile, public safety officials want 700 MHz spectrum that has been assigned to them, but not delivered, in order to build new interoperable networks, while the commercial wireless industry would like access to the spectrum for new services.",
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