Commerce's NTIA Announces TV Converter Box Coupon Program is Placing New Coupon Applicants on a Waiting List as Program Hits $1.34 Billion Funding Limit

Commerce's NTIA Announces TV Converter Box Coupon Program is Placing New Coupon Applicants on a Waiting List as Program Hits $1.34 Billion Funding Limit

WHAT: The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will provide an update on the Coupon Program and what it means for consumers.

WHO: Meredith Baker, Acting Assistant Secretary and Acting NTIA Administrator

   WHEN: Monday, January 5 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT)    DIAL-IN: Number: 1-800-230-1093   Passcode: 980528   

The TV Converter Box Coupon Program is designed to help households continue receiving over-the-air television when full-power television stations cease analog broadcasting after February 17, 2009, as authorized in the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005. The digital transition will impact households that have over-the-air analog TV and use "rabbit ears" or a rooftop antenna for TV reception.

Consumers receiving their TV programming over-the-air with an analog set will need to make one of three timely choices about how to watch TV after that date or risk losing their service: 1.) Buy a converter box that will plug into the analog TV 2.) Buy a TV with a digital tuner 3.) Connect the analog TV to cable, satellite or other pay service.

For more information about the Coupon Program, go to www.DTV2009.gov.

CONTACT: Elaine Myada, +1-202-835-9478, Elaine.myada@ketchum.com, for National Telecommunications and Information Administration; or Todd Sedmak of National Telecommunications and Information Administration, +1-202-482-7002, tsedmak@ntia.doc.gov

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Source: National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Web Site: https://www.dtv2009.gov/

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