Goto Section: 54.417 | 54.500 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.418
Revised as of October 1, 2011
Goto Year:2010 |
2012
§ 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]
Subpart F--Universal Service Support for Schools and Libraries
Goto Section: 54.417 | 54.500
Goto Year: 2010 |
2012
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