SpectrumTalk

Lawmakers Assail
Digital TV Effort:

"Lack of Planning" Cited in
Coupon Program for
Converter Boxes

The Washington Post today published an article critical of the DTV transition efforts by NTIA. The first sentence is a good summary:

"A billion-dollar program to help consumers prepare for the upcoming switch to digital television has been mismanaged and is running out of money, key lawmakers said, prompting concerns that millions of TV viewers could be left in the dark."

The article deals with NTIA's management of the DTV convertor box coupon program, really a thankless task that no agency was prepared for.

However, as I have written earlier, clear, correct, and understandable consumer information on the transition and its implications is still hard to find.

Here is a link to the whole Post article.