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On May 1, 2009, Nielsen Media Research reported that 3.1% of Americans were still completely unprepared for the transition. [111] On June 11, 2009, one day before the analog shutoff, the National Association of Broadcasters reported that 1.75 million Americans were still not ready. [112] 971 TV stations made the final switch to digital on June 12.
A coupon-eligible converter box (CECB) was a digital television adapter that met eligibility specifications for subsidy "coupons" from the United States government.The subsidy program was enacted to provide terrestrial television viewers with an affordable way to continue receiving free digital terrestrial television services after the nation's television service transitioned to digital ...
Each American household was able to request up to two coupons worth $40 to facilitate the purchase of digital-analog converter boxes. [4] These requests for coupons could be submitted between the dates January 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009, inclusive. [5]
The five main ATSC formats of DTV currently [when?] broadcast in the U.S. are: . Standard definition—480i, to maintain compatibility with existing NTSC sets when a digital television broadcast is converted back to an analog one [citation needed] —either by a converter box or a cable/satellite operator's proprietary equipment
An analog cable service (known as Dejiana since 1 July 2011) continued to be broadcast, but starting on 1 April 2012, all cable providers in Japan were required to convert from analog to digital services. Most analog cable services were terminated between 24 July 2011 and April 2015. [165]
The Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., upheld a Federal Communications Commission ruling that barred cable companies from retaining the exclusive right to provide service in buildings they ...
When analog broadcasting over the air ceases, users of sets with analog-only tuners may use other sources of programming (e.g., cable, recorded media) or may purchase set-top converter boxes to tune in the digital signals. In the United States, a government-sponsored coupon was available to offset the cost of an external converter box.
The transition proceeded with about 235,000 people requesting coupons after the June 12, 2009, transition date. [10] Two $40 coupons were made available per US address [11] nominally from January 1, 2008, through March 31, 2009; each coupon could be used toward the purchase of one approved coupon-eligible converter box. The coupons expired 90 ...