COUPONS FOR DIGITAL CONVERTERS ARE IN THE MAIL

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	FCC COMMISSIONER URGES TEST BEFORE DIGITAL SWITCH Jan 2 2008
	An FCC commissioner has suggested that the commission conduct a test of the switchover to (more)
	UNIVISION INAUGURATES INFORMATION CAMPAIGN ON SWITCH-OVER Oct 1 2007
	With many studies indicating that the overwhelming majority of consumers still have no knowledge of (more)
	MARTIN DENIES SWITCH TO DIGITAL TV IS IN STATE OF CONFUSION Sep 20 2007
	FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on Wednesday took issue with comments from an official of the (more)

COUPONS FOR DIGITAL CONVERTERS ARE IN THE MAIL
Monday, February 18 2008

The FCC says that it will begin mailing out $40 coupons this week to help owners of analog TV sets who still receive programs over the air buy converter boxes so that they will be able to receive digital signals. The boxes will be available in nearly 10,000 stores, including most of the "big box" warehouse outlets like Wal-Mart, Circuit City and Best Buy for $40-70. Some consumer groups have expressed concern, however, that digital signals may not travel as far as analog ones and that the settop converter boxes will therefore be useless in some areas when the mandated switchover to digital occurs next year.

BLANK SCREENS FOR MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS?
Friday, February 15 2008
If the switch to digital television were to occur today instead of one year from Sunday, 13 million households would be staring at blank screens, according to a report by Nielsen research released today (Friday). Another 6 million households would have at least one set that would not be able to receive digital signals. The report suggested that African-American and Hispanic households are the least prepared for the switch -- with 17.3 percent of Hispanic (more)

ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH?
Monday, February 11 2008
A substantial segment of the millions of people with analog TV sets that receive signals over the air may not be able to view their local stations -- even if they purchase an analog-to-digital converter box, when the switchover to digital occurs next year, according to Centris, a market research firm in Los Angeles, and reported by today's (Monday) New York Times. "For the people with rabbit-ear antennas, I would say at least 50 percent (more)