FCC plan to discontinue Analog Transmission in US starting 2006. In 2006 all TV station must start Digital Transmission.
Well, that's not true. They're requiring all off-air broadcasters to have Digital Transmissions in place by 2006, but the analog signals will still broadcast along side with that for many years to come after that. In fact, they're currently looking to amend that decision and extend the deadline for having DTV signals required by 2006 since so few markets have actually switched so far. It's going to take a long time for the U.S. to make the switch it appears.