DTV Transition - Can YOU Help? (Part 6) - Subsidy Set-Top-Boxes

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On July 2006, based on an estimate of the number of households who rely solely on OTA television broadcasts, the U.S. Commerce Department proposed coupons for an estimated 21 million U.S. households to aid the purchase of converter boxes,

Congress passed a law providing an initial $990 million dollars within a $1.5 billion program to subsidize the purchase of converter boxes

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