We were awaiting FCC comment at our Thurs. deadline whether the C...
We were awaiting FCC comment at our Thurs. deadline whether the Commission had yet gotten OMB approval of its order requiring retailers to post analog cutoff warnings at the point of sale near legacy products still being sold (CD…
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April 26 Special Bulletin p2). The Commission requested emergency OMB approval of the order, asking that a decision be handed down by May 18 (today). The order takes effect May 25, assuming OMB has approved it by then. Under the normal OMB review schedule, “the rule may not take effect until October or November, by which time many more analog-only televisions will have been sold to unaware consumers,” the Commission wrote OMB May 7, asking for expedited approval.