In a recent turn of events, Mexican opposition senators voted in favor of extending the deadline of the conversion of TV signals from analog to digital by the end of 2016. Notably, a couple of weeks ago, Mexican telecom regulator, Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT or Ifetel), had reaffirmed that the digitization of TV signals across the nation would be completed by the end of this year. The revised decision was taken on the grounds that an attempt to meet the Dec 31, 2015 deadline would leave millions of viewers across the nation without TV access.