DTV Day of ACTION!
Today, in cities across the country people are standing up and saying they will not sit silently as their connection with the world is cut off.
On June 12th the airwaves that give us television will switch from analog to digital. And even though there is a subsidy program for the switch, offering $40 coupons for digital television (DTV) converter boxes, many people will still be left behind. Most retailers across the country only offer DTV converter boxes for prices much higher than what the coupon will cover, meaning that as concerned viewers get to the store they will turn around and leave the converter box as an unnecessary purchase.
Here steps in MAG-Net, a national coalition of grassroots media organizations that MMP is a part of, pushing to make sure retailers offer a no-cost box for consumers.
Right here in Philadelphia our own Hannah Sassaman is talking up the transition.
"I've lived in Philadelphia for over twelve years -- without cable. For
much of that I didn't have internet access at home, either. Like
thousands of my neighbors, if I wanted local news and weather, I turned
to my broadcast TV... and with all TV stations going digital in June, now is the time to make sure that every Philadelphian gets a box they can afford."
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