Gov’t: TV Coupons Are in the Mail

Coupons days are here for owners of outdated analog televisions.

The federal government said Friday it will begin mailing out $40 coupons next week to consumers to help pay for converter boxes that will save their analog sets from becoming obsolete.

TV viewers who get their programming over an antenna and are not connected to cable or satellite will need a converter box when full-power broadcast stations begin ...

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