DTV Transition Extension – June 12 is Now THE Date

DTV Delay Act signed by President. 

Word has just arrived that President Obama has signed the DTV Delay Act into law. That makes it official: the national DTV transition date has moved from February 17 to June 12. In case you’ve been stuck in a cave for the last couple of weeks, see our earlier posts (e.g., here and here) for descriptions of the nuts and bolts of the DTV Delay Act. And stay tuned to commlawblog.com for updates as the FCC continues to grapple with the administrative fall-out from Congress’s last-minute change of the deadline.