On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed the DTV Delay Act, which postpones the deadline to switch from an analog to a digital signal to June 12 from Feb. 17.

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Those that don't meet the Feb. 17 deadline must get approval from the Federal Communications Commission to switch on a later date.

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But in reality, those who don't sign up will, as of now, continue getting paper checks after the deadline, but will keep getting entreaties asking them to switch, says Mr. Henderson.

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