digital TV

Hundreds of broadcast stations will switch to digital on the original Feb. 17 deadline. That means millions of Americans with analog TVs may see only snow on their favorite channels come Tuesday. Nearly 500 stations say they intend to switch to digital broadcasts that day, despite a recent Congressional vote to delay the transition until June 12.

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to delay a transition to all-digital television broadcasts until June 12, in an effort to prevent millions of residents from losing their TV signals.

The House failed to pass a bill that would delay the transition to digital TV, but another vote could happen next week.

The House has defeated a bill to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12.

Opposition to a later deadline for the U.S. digital-TV transition is fading, though mobile technology company Qualcomm is holding fast.

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The biggest change to television broadcasting since the advent of color will occur on Tuesday, February 17, when radio towers will start sending a digital signal--though Congress is currently debating whether to postpone the date. Here are some common questions about the transition, and the answers you need to know.

A U.S. government program providing vouchers for digital television converters to people whose TV sets will stop working on Feb. 17 has run out of money.