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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> 990 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> DTV STATIONS IN OPERATION - 1186 Stations in 205 Markets Delivering in Digital </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> (As Of April 15, 2004) </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(National Association of Broadcasters)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Feds Aim to Turn Off Analog TV by 2009 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Reuters / Hollywood Reporter / Yahoo News)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Feds: No analog TV by '09 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Hollywood Reporter)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC Staff Defends Digital TV Plan Ahead of Show </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
(Reuters / Yahoo News / iWon)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> FCC's Ferree Intros Plan to Complete Transition to Digital Channels by 2009 </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Ken Ferree, chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau, unveiled a controversial plan today that he said would all but guarantee that the broadcast industry switches to digital TV no later than the beginning of 2009-essentially by changing the agency's must-carry rules to switch a broadcaster's cable carriage rights from its analog to its digital channel at that time </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Television Week)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Ferree TV: FCC Defends DTV Plan [Paid Subscription Required] </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em> Media Bureau chief Ken Ferree isn't surprised by broadcasters' resistance to an FCC staff plan to speed the digital-TV transition and reclaim TV stations' old analog channels. </em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>
(Broadcasting & Cable)<br>
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<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> Ferree: TV Has