FCC Officially Moves DTV Date

On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission released an order officially moving the deadline for the discontinuation of analog television broadcasts from Feb. 17 to June 12. In doing so, it said it was waiving the Administrative Procedures Act's requirement of notice, public comment and a 30-day delay period on commission actions, pointing to its tight deadlines and a reading of the date-move bill it says justifies the call. The Commission decided that stations do not have to provide emergency information in Spanish on their analog nightlight signals and it will allow stations that previously said they wanted to cut off analog on Feb. 17 but now have changed
their minds, to do so.