NAB Seeks Analog Pass-Through in DTV-to-Analog Converter Boxes

NAB SEEKS ANALOG PASS-THROUGH IN DTV-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER BOXES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The National Association of Broadcasters is reaching out to DTV-to-analog converter-box manufacturers asking them to incorporate analog pass-through capacity in their boxes and pledging to produce TV spots to inform viewers that not all analog signals will be cut off Feb. 18, 2009. While a handful of the converter boxes pass through analog, many of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration-approved boxes do not. With low-power and translator stations, which retransmit signals to remote areas, not required to switch to digital by Feb, 18, 2009, as full-power stations are, there is possibility for confusion. Viewers in remote and urban areas would not get those analog signals on their TV's if they bought boxes that did not pass through analog signals.
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