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TV Converter Box Coupon Program Statistics and Background

Federal Register Notice: NTIA has extended the solicitation period for applications for the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) replacement digital television translator projects. NTIA will accept applications for these projects until Monday, May 18, 2009.(Acrobat PDF, 58 Kb)
Posted January 30, 2009

Press Release: Commerce Department Announces Committee to Advise on Management of Nation’s Airwaves: Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced the appointment of a diverse group of representatives from the private sector for a two-year term to the Commerce Spectrum Advisory Committee.
• Print version (Acrobat PDF, 32 Kb)
Dated January 16, 2009

Federal Register Notice: TV Converter Box Coupon Program Data: NTIA has amended the system of records regarding the TV Converter Box Coupon Program to allow for the collection of additional personally identifiable information, namely the name of nursing home facilities. (Acrobat PDF, 58 Kb)
Posted January 14, 2009

Press Release: Commerce’s NTIA Announces New Coupon Applicants Will be Placed on Waiting List Due to High Demand for TV Converter Box Coupons: NTIA today announced that starting Sunday, January 4, consumers requesting coupons from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program are being placed on a waiting list.  Coupons will be mailed on a first-come-first-served basis, as funds from expired coupons become available, because the program has reached its $1.34 billion legal obligation limit, which consists of ordered and redeemed coupons.
• Press Release, Print Version (Acrobat PDF 27 Kb)
• Digital TV Transition: Consumer Guide in 2009 (Acrobat PDF, 468 Kb)
• Over-the-Air Household Participation Rates by Designated Market Area (DMA) as of December 31, 2008 (Acrobat PDF 37 Kb)
• Response to U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey, Chairman, Subcommittee on Telecomunications and the Internet, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives (Acrobat PDF 390 Kb)
• TV Converter Box Coupon Program Statistics and Background
Posted January 5, 2009

Additional "What's New" Announcements...

Non-Federal License Applications Being Coordinated with NTIA: Non-federal users can now check the status of their spectrum applications going through coordination with NTIA/IRAC (those for federal/non-federal shared bands). Where NTIA/IRAC has completed its response, the applicant should contact the FCC regarding any further action that may be required concerning the NTIA/IRAC response.

Information on Management of Internet Names and Addresses.