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June 9, 2009

Why is America switching to digital TV?

An important benefit of the switch to all-digital broadcasting is that it will free up parts of the broadcast spectrum for other services, including police, fire and other government agencies. Also, some of the spectrum will be auctioned to companies, so they can provide consumers with more advanced wireless services, such as wireless broadband...