NTIA, Civil Rights Group Partner on DTV Assistance

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) are teaming up with local partners to open DTV assistance centers in seven "at-risk" cities. The centers will provide information and technical assistance for folks with the most need of help in making the transition to digital TV Feb. 17, 2009, and in some cases before that. Those "at risk" populations have been identified as minorities, non-English speakers, low income, seniors and those with disabilities." The markets getting the centers are Atlanta; Detroit; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Portland, Ore.; San Antonio; San Francisco-San Jose-Oakland; and Seattle-Tacoma. They are identified as those with large numbers of those target populations.