FCC Launches Daily DTV Bulletins

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

As promised, the FCC issued what will be a daily DTV transition bulletin.

Thursday's, headlined "8 Days and Counting to DTV Transition" (with the "8 Days" in red letters), pitched the availability of free, in-home installation service available in "many markets."

The FCC said to call it for more information on where it was available (1-888-CALL-FCC) or go online to www.dtv.gov. The FCC said that it was prepared, through 34 subcontractors, to handle 200,000 homes if need be to set up converter boxes, hook up antennas and even hook up VCR's to converter boxes (it did not say whether that included instructions on how to reset the clock in those VCRs).

Among those helping out the FCC are firefighters and AmeriCorp volunteers.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.