Sec.  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 30, 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,  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) 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, and from http://www.dtv2009.gov or 1–888–DTV–2009 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 March 31, 2009.

   [ 73 FR 28732 , May 19, 2008]

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