Download or read book Digital TV Transition: Information on the Implementation of the Converter Box Subsidy Program and Consumer Participation in the Program written by Mark L. Goldstein and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Digital TV Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 requires all full-power TV stations in the U.S. to cease analog broadcasting after Feb. 17, 2009, known as the digital TV transition. The Nat. Telecomm. and Info. Admin. (NTIA) is responsible for implementing a subsidy program to provide households with up to two $40 coupons toward the purchase of converter boxes. In this testimony, which is principally based on a recently issued report, the author examines: (1) what consumer education efforts have been undertaken by private and fed. stakeholders; and (2) how effective NTIA has been in implementing the converter box subsidy program, and to what extent consumers are participating in the program. Illustrations.