[opendtv] DTT in Nevada
- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:33:38 -0700
Challenges Nevada Faces in Digital Television Transition to be Addressed on
Friday in Reno
Many Low Income, Elderly, Rural and Disadvantaged Citizens in Danger of
Losing Their Television Signals After February 17, 2009
(NBA) President & CEO Bob Fisher will announce on Friday that the NBA is
beginning a major public awareness campaign to ensure that tens of
thousands of Nevada citizens will not lose their television signals after
February 17, 2009. That is the date when the shift from analog to digital
television (DTV) will take place. The theme of the campaign is: "NO
CITIZEN LEFT BEHIND: NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION!" The announcement will
be made as part of the second in a series of Community Meetings scheduled
to be held in Reno. The meeting will be held at KRNV-TV this Friday, June
13, from 1:30 - 3:00 PM. Among the growing list of organizations that will
be at this meeting are the Nevada Association of Counties, Reno Black
Chamber and the Nevada State Cable and Telecommunications Association
We are particularly concerned about low income, elderly, rural and
disadvantaged residents who depend on television for news and emergency
information. Under federal law, all full-power television stations will
turn off their traditional analog broadcast signals on February 17, 2009
and broadcast only in the newer digital standard. To receive the digital
format, citizens need to subscribe to cable, satellite or telephone company
video services; purchase a new television with a built in digital tuner; or
install a converter box on their existing television. The problem is more
complicated in Nevada because of the large number of citizens who receive
their television from translators.
The NBA is concerned that many over-the-air households will either be
unaware of or unable financially to take the steps needed in order to
continue to receive television signals when analog broadcasting ceases next
February.
The second Las Vegas Community Meeting will be held on June 23, 1:30 - 3:00
PM at KVBC-TV.
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