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Dave Martindale

writes:
On Jun 25, 11:33 pm, wrote:
What law is that? The FCC is shutting down NTSC BROADCAST signals,
which doesn't say anything about cable. Nor do they care, because
the push to go digital is so the FCC can auction off the spectrum now
occupied by digital and rake in billions.

Last line, "...occupied by analog and rake in billions".

The spectrum can be auctioned off as soon as the analog TV transmitters
are shut down. Cable TV systems already use mostly different
frequencies to carry analog TV, and can continue to do so indefinitely.
There's no technical reason they would need to stop, although eventually
it may be difficult to find TVs with analog cable tuners.

Dave