Martin Asks Congress For DTV Education Money

MARTIN ASKS CONGRESS FOR DTV EDUCATION MONEY
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable]
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin made his pitch to a House Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday for $1.5 million for a DTV education campaign. That would be in addition to the $5 million the National Telecommunications & Information Administration got for its campaign to promote the DTV converter box subsidy program. The request was part of a pitch for an extra $4.5 million for four projects. The DTV money, said Chairman Martin, would " allow the Commission to initiate a wide range of outreach projects to help educate consumers about the DTV transition," though he didn't say what those efforts would be.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6434480.html
-- See also --
FCC'S COPPS WORRIED ABOUT DTV TRANSITION
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Seth Sutel]
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on Tuesday called for greater efforts to educate the public about a government-mandated switch-over to digital television signals in two years. Commissioner Copps, appearing alongside fellow Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, told the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters that there was a possibility of serious disruptions when analog TV signals go off the air on Feb. 17, 2009. ''I am really worried about this entire transition process,'' Copps said at the NAB convention in Las Vegas. The guiding principle, he said, should be ''no consumer left behind.'' Commissioner Copps called for more efforts in both the private and public sector to educate the public about the issue.
http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/04/17/daily.8/
* Copps 'Really Worried' About Digital Transition
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6434582.html
* FCC chief derides 'stealth process' of digital TV transition
http://www.rfdesignline.com/news/199100288;jsessionid=TCIFZBHM2KKW4QSNDL...