Over-the-air TV going the way of vaudeville?
Who would ever have thought it would come to this?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/02/28/financial/f125604S40.DTL
A new law could result in fewer TV stations on the air, in exchange for faster wireless data services for smartphones and tablet computers....
The law, part of a payroll tax package signed by President Barack Obama last week, gives the Federal Communications Commission authority to explore such an exchange. The FCC will have to write the rules for it in the coming months.
The idea is to squeeze over-the-air television, which has few viewers, into a smaller slice of the airwaves. Anything freed would be available for bidding by companies, including wireless carriers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless....
About 11 million households lack cable or satellite service and get TV signals only over the air, according to Nielsen. That compares with 89 million who are cable or satellite subscribers.
Can't have people switching back to antennas 'cause they're sick and tired of their triple-digit cable bills, now can we? 
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