The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules giving broadcasters more flexibility in making the switch to digital television from traditional analog signals.

The rules would, among other things, allow some broadcast stations to make a “phased transition” to digital broadcasting.

Stations also will be allowed to reduce or terminate their analog service before the February 17, 2009, deadline for the transition, “if doing so is necessary to achieve their transition,” the FCC said Monday.

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