The House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology held a hearing last week on the Digital Television (DTV) Transition. The hearing, entitled "The DTV Transition and Small Business: Small Firms Contributing to a Big Change," focused on the ways that smaller companies have been impacted by the upcoming change. Jack Dempsey, general manager of WJHL-TV in Johnson City, Tennessee testified on the how this DTV transition is affecting his television station in a medium-sized market. Also testifying were: Ed Pardini, Medicom Communications on behalf of the American Cable Association; Keith Oliver, Home Telephone Company Incorporated on behalf of the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies; and Greg Hephner, Hephner TV on behalf of the Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition.

Portions of Dempsey's testimony can be seen by clicking here. Click here for the written testimony.