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11
Aug
Free Retail Store Locator for DTV Converter Box Coupons
Mesa, Arizona – HDTV TUNERS NOW .COM is proud to announce the release of their new DTV converter coupon participating retailer locating service on the website, DTV Converter Coupon Program participating retailer locator . This new search tool allows consumers to search for a [...]
11
Jul
The U.S. House Commerce Committee and it’s telecommunications and Internet panel is asking the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to explain why they did not plan and budget for replacing consumer’s expired DTV converter box coupons. The committee lead by Democratic Reps. John D. Dingell (Mich.), chairman of the House Commerce Committee, [...]
12
Jun
DTV transition concerns were aired at a House Telecommunications & Internet Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The hearing, The Status of the DTV Transition: 252 Days & Counting, was chaired by Rep. John D. Dingell (D-MI). During the hearing the progress of the DTV transition, consumer awareness, and the DTV [...]
3
Jun
Coupon Eligible Converter Boxes (CECBs) from the NTIA website. These DTV converter boxes are eligible for purchase using the $40 off coupon from TV Converter Box Coupon Program . Converter boxes with HDTV picture quality, Dolby Digital 5.1 sound outputs, and other advanced features are usually called HDTV Tuners and are not eligible [...]
12
Feb
Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and John Dingell (D-Mich.) have asked the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) to allow consumers to reapply for DTV-to-analog coupons if they fail to redeem them before the 90-day expiration date.
NTIA is handing out up to two coupons per household, each worth $40 toward the boxes, which will allow analog-only [...]
5
Feb
Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, FCC Chairman Martin, NAB President Rehr, NCTA President McSlarrow, CEA VP Oxman, Best Buy Senior VP Vitelli to Kick Off DTV Transition at Best Buy Store in Washington, D.C.
Key digital-TV-transition leaders are gathering at a Washington, D.C., Best Buy store Feb. 7 as part of the kickoff of the National Telecommunications and [...]
