2009 Digital Television Transition

By February 17, 2009, television stations must cease broadcasting analog signals and begin broadcasting only in digital. This is known as the DTV transition, and it requires careful attention by viewers. If you have a television set that relies on over-the-air analog signals to receive local broadcast stations, rather than on cable or satellite delivery, your television set may not be able to receive these signals after February 17, 2009, without a digital converter box.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is running a coupon program that enables consumers to apply for a coupon toward the purchase of a converter box. To learn more about this program, or to request a coupon, please go to https://www.dtv2009.gov/ or call 1-888-DTV-2009. For more information on the DTV transition in general, please visit www.dtv.gov or contact the Federal Communications Commission at 1-888-CALL-FCC.

As the Department of Commerce and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implement this conversion, there is much reason for excitement and an understandable desire to make certain that the new technology is used to serve the public interest. The promise of DTV is incredible; it should, in the next few years, improve the viewer experience and allow a single station to broadcast a variety of programming and data simultaneously in superior quality. Perhaps most importantly, the DTV transition will free up a portion of the spectrum, currently reserved for analog television, for improved wireless networks. More consumers will have better access and better quality wireless service. In addition, a portion of this valuable spectrum will be set aside for use by first responders.

 
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