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WHO: Meredith Baker, Acting Assistant Secretary and Acting NTIA Administrator
WHAT: The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will provide an update on the TV Converter Box Coupon Program and highlight collaboration with the broadcast community, including:
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Washington, DC
Meredith Attwell Baker
Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, U.S. Department of Commerce
Remarks for AS Baker
RE: The Wilmington, North Carolina, Digital Television Transition Test Market
Event to be held at City Hall from 10:30 to noon
DALLAS/FT. WORTH –The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today kicked off Digital Television: Experience the Benefits, an effort with local organizations across the country to educate consumers about the benefits of the digital TV transition and the TV Converter Box Coupon Program. After February 17, 2009, all full-powered television stations will begin broadcasting only in digital.
WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released a comprehensive report on the use of the nation’s airwaves used by the U.S.
WASHINGTON—Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), which runs the TV Converter Box Coupon Program, will begin mailing $40 coupons to
consumers next week--one year from the date of the digital television transition—to be used to
purchase eligible TV converter boxes. Converter boxes are needed to keep analog televisions
that rely on an antenna working when full-power television stations convert to all-digital signals
on February 17, 2009.
Testimony of Meredith A. Baker
Acting Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
Before the
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Committee on Energy and Commerce
House of Representatives
Hearing on
Status of the DTV Transition: 370 Days and Counting
WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today joined key stakeholders at a Washington, D.C. Best Buy to highlight the digital television transition, approximately one year away. He urged Americans to take action and prepare for the digital television transition before February 17, 2009. The transition will offer consumers a clearer picture, more programming choices and free up the airwaves for better communications among emergency first responders.
WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today in a public notice that the agency will be soliciting participation in the Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed (Test-Bed). Participants must notify NTIA of their interest by Feb. 29, 2008.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released the report, “Networked Nation: Broadband in America, 2007,” that highlights the dramatic growth of broadband in the United States. The report shows that the Administration’s technology, regulatory and fiscal policies have stimulated innovation and competition, and encouraged investment in the U.S. broadband market contributing to significantly increased accessibility of broadband services.
WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today hosted a meeting with more than 15 other federal agencies to further coordinate efforts to educate the nation about the February 17, 2009, deadline to transition to digital television.
LAS VEGAS -- The U. S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today at the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow that more than 250 retailers, representing more than 15,000 outlets nationwide, are certified to participate in a program to aid in the transition to digital television. Also, 19 converter box models are eligible for purchase with the coupon and more are being tested as part of the certification process.
WASHINGTON -- With the United States set to switch from analog to digital television in February 2009, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement on the launch of the TV Converter Box Coupon Program, designed to help facilitate the changeover.*
30th International ICANN Meeting - Welcome Ceremony
October 29, 2007
John M.R. Kneuer
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
Good morning. It's a real pleasure to be able to join you at the outset of ICANN's 30th meeting.
This particular meeting represents a milestone in ICANN's development.
Testimony of John M. R. Kneuer
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Before the
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
United States House of Representatives
Hearing on
The Digital Television Transition
October 17, 2007
Testimony of John M. R. Kneuer
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Before the
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
United States Senate
Hearing on
The Digital Television Transition
October 17, 2007
3G Americas Keynote Address, Washington, DC
October 17, 2007
Meredith Attwell Baker
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
Testimony of Jack Gleason
before the House Committee on Commerce
Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection
on
H.R. 1872
Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1997
September 30, 1997
Testimony of John M. R. Kneuer
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Before the
Special Committee on Aging
United States Senate
Hearing on
The Digital Television Transition and its Impact On Older Americans
September 19, 2007
Testimony of John M. R. Kneuer
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
U. S. Department of Commerce
Before the
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
United States Senate
Hearing on
Preparing Consumers for the Digital Television Transition
July 26, 2007