You are here: Home Page»News»News Archive» DTV coupon requirements waived for nursing homes, P.O. boxes
DTV coupon requirements waived for nursing homes, P.O. boxes
Apr 28, 2008 1:50 PM
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has proposed waiving its DTV converter coupon requirements to allow nursing home residents and those with post office boxes to apply for the coupons.
The change came in a notice of proposed rulemaking that was published last week in the Federal Register. Originally, the government agency used a definition of qualifying household that did not include either nursing homes or those with post office boxes.
As a result, questions were raised on Capitol Hill about how some seniors and rural viewers — two of the populations most affected by the DTV switch — were going to get the coupons. Some members of Congress, such as Sen.Ted Stevens, R-AK, are from states where many rural populations use post office boxes.
The NTIA is supplying $40 coupons, up to two per household, which will allow analog TVs receiving signals over their air to continue to receive full-power TV station signals when those switch over to digital in February 2009.
This eBook provides both new and veteran shooters an in-depth understanding of the technology that lies between the camera lens and the recording medium and how to maximize a camera's performance.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
2012 will be the year of mobile DTV. That’s the view of Erik Moreno, who along with Salil Dalvi, senior VP for Mobile Platform Development at NBC Universal, is co-general manager of the Mobile Content Venture.
Hear snippets of podcast interviews done throughout 2011 with Pat McDonough of The Nielsen Company, Glen Friedman of Ideas & Solutions!, Danny Wilson of Pixelmetrix and Greg Herman of Watch TV. Pictured is Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix.
