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FCC 54.418
Revised as of October 2, 2015
Goto Year:2014 |
2016
§ 54.418 Digital Television Transition Notices by Eligible Telecommunications
Carriers.
(a) Eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) that receive federal
universal service funds shall provide their Lifeline or Link-Up customers
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 such customers, or as a monthly stand-alone
mailer (e.g., postcard, brochure), beginning April 1, 2009, and concluding
on June 30, 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, or as part of a monthly stand-alone mailer (e.g., postcard,
brochure) in the same language or languages as the customer's 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) The nationwide switch to digital television broadcasting will be
complete on June 12, 2009, but your local television stations may switch
sooner. After the switch, analog-only television sets that receive TV
programming through an antenna will need a converter box to continue to
receive over-the-air TV. Watch your local stations to find out when they
will turn off their analog signal and switch to digital-only 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 your local
television stations, http://www.DTV.gov, or 1-888-CALL-FCC (TTY
1-888-TELL-FCC), and from http://www.dtv2009.gov or 1-888-DTV-2009 (TTY
1-877-530-2634) for information about subsidized coupons for
digital-to-analog converter boxes;
(c) If an ETC's Lifeline or Link-Up customer does not receive paper versions
of either a bill or a notice of billing, then that customer must be provided
with equivalent monthly notices in whatever medium they receive information
about their monthly bill or as a monthly stand-alone mailer (e.g., postcard,
brochure).
(d) ETCs that receive federal universal service funds shall provide
information on the DTV Transition that is equivalent to the information
provided pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this section as part of any
Lifeline or Link-Up publicity campaigns conducted by the ETC between March
27, 2008, and June 30, 2009.
[ 73 FR 28732 , May 19, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 8878 , Feb. 27, 2009]
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Goto Section: 54.417 | 54.419
Goto Year: 2014 |
2016
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