Digital Television

U..S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today urged Americans who need help getting ready for the national switch to digital television (DTV) to apply for a converter box coupon no later than Monday, June 1, in order to receive it before the June 12 transition.

Consumers who have TVs connected to cable, satellite, or another pay TV service are ready for the transition to digital. If they don't prepare, consumers who rely on free, over-the-air TV and use "rabbit ears" or a rooftop antenna with a television that uses an analog tuner, will lose television service on June 12.

From Commerce Website: http://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2009/07/24/secretary-locke-reminds-consumers-apply-tv-converter-box-coupons-july

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today reminds Americans who are still not digital television-ready that they have one more week to request converter box coupons before the July 31st deadline.

WASHINGTON – On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the two federal agencies managing the switch is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.