Some North American high-power stations, located on the border with Mexico, they could continue with transmissions analogous after February 2009, if a project approved by the United States Senate, it becomes law.
The Digital Border Television Act, promoted by Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Barbara Boxer of California establishes a process for broadcasting organizations at the same time length of the border in order to request the Commission Federal Communications a permit to continue operating with the analog and digital system for the next four years.
"Many Texans are not prepared for the rapid transition to digital television, especially those who live along the border," Hutchison said. "The families who continue to watch the seasons of Mexico, while taking steps to prepare for the transition, do not may receive alerts from the emergency system."
Spanish-language stations north of the border also don't they want to lose viewers of the analog system south of the border, where there is no program to subsidize the boxes Converter.
The bill allows the Commission to deny the right to simultaneous broadcast in analog and digital after February, if it does not serve the public interest or causes interference with DTV stations.
The continuity of Mexico's analog programming can help deter some U.S. residents from participate in the transition by subscribing to television pay or get a DTV converter.
