Incoming U.S. president Obama wants to delay analog shut-off

WASHINGTON – With 40 days to go before American TV broadcasters are supposed to shut off their analog transmissions, incoming U.S. president Barack Obama has indicated he wants to delay the February 17th deadline, according to a report in Multichannel News. Below, the story, by Multichannel’s Ted Hearn, is reprinted with permission: President-elect Barack Obama wants to delay the Feb. 17 transition to digital broadcasting, claiming poor, rural and elderly residents will be unprepared for the cutoff of analog TV signals so soon after he takes office on Jan. 20. Obama's call for a delay, sharply criticized by one Republican...