Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-10-04
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9781976371271
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and Public Safety Act of 2005requires all full-power televisionstations to cease analogbroadcasting by February 17, 2009.Following this digital televisiontransition, consumers who receiveover-the-air television signals onanalog sets will need to take actionto be able to view digitalbroadcasts. The act also requiresthe National Telecommunicationsand Information Administration(NTIA) to create a program thatsubsidizes consumers' purchases ofdigital-to-analog converter boxes.This requested report examinesprogress made (1) by federalentities and others in facilitatingthe transition, (2) in educatingconsumers on the transition, and(3) in implementing the converterbox subsidy program. GAOreviewed legal, agency, andindustry documents; interviewedpublic, private, and otherstakeholders; and convened anexpert panel focused on consumeroutreach.