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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: Feds Share Coupons To Help TV Transition |
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Feds Share "Coupons" To "Help" TV "Transition"
By JOHN DUNBAR, Associated Press Writer
Mon Dec 31, 6:18 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Millions of $40 government coupons become available Tuesday to help low-tech television owners buy special converter boxes for older TVs that might not work after the switch to digital broadcasting.
Beginning Feb. 18, 2009, anyone who does not own a digital set and still gets their programming via over-the-air antennas will no longer receive a picture.
That's the day the television industry completes its transition from old-style analog broadcasting to digital.
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