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House Oversight of the Digital Television Transition (updated with witness list)

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Boucher: DTV Transition On "Very Good Path"

Submitted: March 25, 2009 - 9:51pm
Last updated: March 25, 2009 - 9:52pm
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House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology & the Internet Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) will hold a digital television transition oversight hearing on Thursday, but is already indicating that the transition is on "a very good path." He has praise for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Copps, the TV industry and the national telecommunications and Information Administration's converter box coupon program.

A lack-of-reality program

Submitted: March 25, 2009 - 8:41am
Last updated: March 25, 2009 - 8:42am
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Submitted: March 24, 2009 - 8:39pm
Last updated: March 24, 2009 - 8:42pm
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has begun to accept replacement requests from eligible households whose coupons expired without being redeemed. Meanwhile, money allocated to the NTIA as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has allowed NTIA to clear the digital converter box coupon waiting list.

House Oversight of the Digital Television Transition

Submitted: March 19, 2009 - 9:44pm
Last updated: March 19, 2009 - 9:44pm
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The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a digital television oversight hearing on Thursday, March 26, 2009.

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Date: Mar 26 2009 - 10:00am - 2:00pm

House Oversight of the Digital Television Transition

The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a digital television oversight hearing on Thursday, March 26, 2009.

The hearing will examine the administration of the DTV Converter Box Coupon Program by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), outreach and consumer education efforts by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the status of the transition from the perspective of other stakeholders.

Witness List:

  • Anna Gomez, Acting Secretary for Communications and Information, Department of Commerce
  • Hon. Michael J. Copps, Acting Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
  • Mark Lloyd, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
  • Peter Morrill, General Manager, Idaho Public Television
  • Robert S. Prather, Jr., President, Gray Television, Inc.
  • Gary Severson, Senior Vice President, General Manager, Entertainment, Wal-Mart Stores, US
  • Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
  • Christopher Wood, Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel, DTV Compliance Officer, Univision Communications Inc.

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