The specification was developed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), with input from the broadcast and consumer electronics industries as well as public interest groups. The subsidy program was enacted to provide terrestrial television viewers with an affordable way to continue receiving free digital terrestrial television services after the nation's television service transitioned to digital transmission and analog transmissions ceased. National Telecommunications and Information AdministrationĪ coupon-eligible converter box ( CECB) was a digital television adapter that met eligibility specifications for subsidy 'coupons' from the United States government. Telecommunications and Information Administration,ġ401 Constitution Ave.English, Spanish, and portion of other languages Required to transition to digital broadcasting on Juneįor Viewers of Translators and Low Power StationsĬonsumer Advisory on the DTV Transition and LPTV/Classįor details on the rulemaking process, see the program's Low Power, Class A and Translator TV stations are not Outside the Box - The Digital TV Converter Box Coupon Program: This report describes the challenges NTIA faced in administering the TV Converter Coupon Program and the solutions developed to address those issues. Also see TV Converter Box Coupon Program: Background and Statistics. Of applications and coupons requested to date. On the federal regulations, please see the TVįor the TV Converter Box Coupon Program areĪvailable online, which include the number To two digital-to-analog converter boxes. Worth $40 each, to be used toward the purchase of up Households were eligible to request up to two coupons,

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