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FCC Response to GAO Report on the DTV Transition

Follow up to the GAO report, Digital Television Transition: Increased Federal Planning and Risk Management Could Further Facilitate the DTV Transition, GAO-08-43, November 19, 2007, the FCC Written Response to the GAO Report on DTV, December 11, 2007.

  • “One of the most important responsibilities of the
    Commission, with respect to the nation’s transition to digital television, has been to shepherd the transformation of television stations from analog broadcasting to digital broadcasting. Currently, 95% of all full power television stations (1,636 stations) are
    broadcasting in digital, and over 99% of stations (1,706 stations) have been assigned a final post-transition channel for operations. [Note: The GAO’s Draft Report incorrectly states that “approximately 90 percent” of television stations are providing a broadcast signal. (p. 14)] It has taken a series of complicated steps, spanning over two decades, in order to get to this point.”
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