September 12, 2007 7:37 AM PDT

FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchover

New rules require cable companies to offer local-broadcast channels to analog TV owners for three years after switchover.

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HBO and Showtime now have another excuse
to limit most of their cablecasts to the narrow, "full-screen" mode, instead of the wide-screen mode intended by the filmmakers.
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I think i might just have to
throw my TV through the cable company's window when I can?t get a pic with the antenna any more greedy bustards.
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