Sec.  76.1630   MVPD digital television transition notices.

   (a)  Multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) shall provide
   subscribers with notices about the transition for over-the-air full power
   broadcasting from analog to digital service (the “DTV Transition”) in the
   monthly bills or bill notices received by subscribers beginning April 26,
   2008 and concluding in March, 2009.

   (b) The notice must be provided as part of an information section on the
   bill or bill notice itself or on a secondary document mailed with the bill
   or  bill notice, in the same language or languages as the bill or bill
   notice. These notices must:

   (1) Be in clear and conspicuous print;

   (2) Convey at least the following information about the DTV transition:

   (i) After February 17, 2009, a television receiver with only an analog
   broadcast  tuner  will  require  a converter box to receive full power
   over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation's transition
   to digital broadcasting. Analog-only TVs should continue to work as before
   to receive low power, Class A or translator television stations and with
   cable and satellite TV services, gaming consoles, VCRs, DVD players, and
   similar products.

   (ii)   Information   about   the  DTV  transition  is  available  from
   http://www.DTV.gov  or  this MVPD at [telephone number and Web site if
   available],  and  from  http://www.dtv2009.gov  or  1–888–DTV–2009 for
   information about subsidized coupons for digital-to-analog converter boxes;

   (3) And explain clearly what effect, if any, the DTV Transition will have on
   the subscriber's access to MVPD service. It must also note that analog sets
   not connected to an MVPD service may need additional equipment ( i.e. ,
   converter box) or may have to be replaced.

   (c) To the extent that a given customer does not receive paper versions of
   either a bill or a notice of billing, that customer must be provided with
   equivalent monthly notices in whatever medium they receive information about
   their monthly bill.

   [ 73 FR 15451 , Mar. 24, 2008]

Subpart U—Documents to be Maintained for Inspection

   Source:    65 FR 53621 , Sept. 5, 2000, unless otherwise noted.