No DTV 'Dog Days' In August For NTIA

NO DTV 'DOG DAYS' IN AUGUST FOR NTIA
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
There's no summer break this year for folks the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), a part of the Department of Commerce. Congress has tasked the NTIA with running the digital-to-analog converter box program which is meant to smooth the transition to digital-only television in Feb 2009. The NTIA says it is still on track for a mid- to late-August date for awarding the outside contract to administer the controversial program through which the government must distribute millions of coupons good toward the purchase of a converter box for analog-only TV sets. It's bound to become more controversial as the digital conversion date comes nearer.
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