DTV Presser Set For 100 Days Before Switch

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Government and industry representatives on Nov. 10 will mark the 100th day until the Feb. 17, 2009 switch to digital TV with a press conference at the Newseum.

Among those scheduled to talk about the various initiatives--PSA campaigns, community outreach--being undertaken will be FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, National Association of Broadcasters President David Rehr, National Telecommunications & Information Administration acting assistant secretary Meredith Atwell Baker, and PBS President Paula Kerger.

NBC correspondent David Gregory will emcee the event.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.