US president-elect Barack Obama has asked Congress to consider postponing the switchover to digital television, to give the government time to fix a consumer help programme that ran out of money this week.
The incoming administration is concerned that millions of US viewers will lose access to TV services if the switchover deadline, on February 17, is not moved.
Consumers advocacy group Consumers Union cited flaws in the federal coupon programme that subsidises converter boxes. The programme offers US$40 towards the purchase of a box, which retail for between US$50 and US$80.
However, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration recently announced that funding for the programme had run out.
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