Get moving on DTV, or else.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 2001 by Albiniak, Paige

Lawmakers tell industry to start making progress on transition or expect legislation Make progress on the DTV transition or we'll force you to do so, industry executives were told in a private meeting with House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and other top lawmakers last week.

"If there isn't some real progress within the next three to six months, I think they have no choice [but to write a law]," said one executive who attended the meeting. The Tauzin meeting followed movement on the DTV front in another quarter: The FCC earlier in the week launched a DTV taskforce to try to lower some of the barriers to DTV conversion (see story, page 34). The meeting focused on three issues, sources said: * The need to...

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