[opendtv] Re: U.S. unveils DTV converter box plan
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:30:34 -0800
You must have read incorrectly. The NAB issued a press release that
essentially thanked the NTIA for not excluding cable and satellite
subscribers from being eligible.
Somehow, based upon track record, I think that the NAB read the document
correctly and you did not.
John Willkie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 10:58 AM
Subject: [opendtv] U.S. unveils DTV converter box plan
> "The agency said it would identify eligible converter boxes that can be
> sold by retailers. Those boxes must comply with technical specifications
> included in the final rule."
>
> I suppose these details are not available yet.
>
> Apparently, cable and DBS subscribers are held to some sort of honor
> code to not request coupons.
>
> Bert
>
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> U.S. unveils DTV converter box plan
>
> George Leopold
> (03/12/2007 12:32 PM EDT)
> URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197900199
>
> WASHINGTON - U.S. households will be eligible to request two $40 coupons
> beginning Jan. 1, 2008, for the purchase of digital TV converter boxes,
> according to a DTV transition plan announced by the Bush administration
> on Monday (March 12).
>
> The coupon plan for purchasing digital-to-analog converters is part of
> final rules for a $1.5 billion subsidy program issued by the Commerce
> Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration
> (NTIA). Congress initially appropriated $990 million for the program. If
> initial funding runs out, another $510 million could be made available
> if NTIA certifies to Congress that coupon requests exceeded the initial
> amount.
>
> The program is designed to ensure that households that do not receive
> broadcast signals from cable or satellite services will be able to
> continue receiving over-the-air broadcasts after the February 2009
> transition to all-digital programming.
>
> NTIA said consumers requesting coupons must "self-certify" to the agency
> that they do not already subscribe to a cable or satellite provider.
>
> Retailers will sell the converter boxes. NTIA said the coupons will be
> distributed in a form of similar to gift cards so that each converter
> box purchase can be verified at a retailer's sales terminal.
>
> The agency said it would identify eligible converter boxes that can be
> sold by retailers. Those boxes must comply with technical specifications
> included in the final rule. Manufacturers will be required to submit
> production boxes and test results to the Federal Communications
> Commission for certification, NTIA said.
>
> "With the coupon program and a successful analog-to-digital transition
> involving the public, industry and government, the switch from analog to
> digital television will be completed as planned," John Kneuer, assistant
> secretary of commerce for communication and information, said in a
> statement.
>
> Some lawmakers complained that NTIA had been slow to issue the new rules
> governing the converter box subsidy program.
>
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