2005 HDTV Report, Part 2: HDTV Implementation Update

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The original plan for DTV targeted the ending of analog broadcasting by 2007. The FCC provided each station with one additional 6 MHz channel slot so they can broadcast their current analog channel and the DTV version of it simultaneously during the transition period.

By 2007, or when 85 percent of the nation receives DTV, each broadcaster is expected to return to the FCC one of the two channels lent for the transition. That space on the spectrum would then be available for auction by the FCC.

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