Rabbit-eared Homes Requesting Digital TV Coupons

With two months until the transition to digital television concludes, the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that 76 percent of all households that rely on television with an antenna have requested coupons from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program. Based on self-reporting, 11 million households have requested coupons out of 14.3 million that Nielsen says rely on TV over-the-air. The program helps households switch to digital television when full-power TV broadcasters transition from analog to 100 percent digital broadcasts on February 17, 2009.