*** NEW!! CERC has updated its CONSUMER GUIDE entitled: “What Consumers Need to Know About the February 17, 2009 ‘DTV Transition’ and the NTIA ‘Coupon-Eligible Converter Box’ Program.” This informative Q&A is meant to help retailers explain and consumers better understand and plan for the DTV Transition in February 2009 when most local over-the-air local ‘analog’ broadcast TV station broadcasts are shut off. New questions/answers dealing with low power TV stations and antennas have been added.
*** CERC has also published a Spanish version of the CONSUMER GUIDE in conjuction with the National Hispanic Media Coaltion entitled: “Guia Para El Consumidor En Espanol.”
*** The DTV Transition application period has begun! Consumers can find out more information and apply for up to two (2) coupon eligibile converter box coupons online at www.dtv2009.gov or by calling toll free: 1-888-DTV-2009 (888-388-2009).
*** NTIA has recently created a new website to help consumer electronics retailers decide whether and how to participate in the CECB Program.
*** NEW!!! Retailers registered with the CECB program may be interested in knowing where the applications are coming from. NTIA is sharing with CERC the number of coupon applications coming in from each state, as well as detailed with the first 3-digit zip codes.