Starting Tuesday, January 1st, television viewers can start applying for converter box coupons. The Commerce Department has set up a toll-free hotline (888-DTV-2009) and a website, where they can sign up for the $40 coupons that will allow their old analog tv’s to receive digital broadcast signals. Each household will be eligible for two coupons.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a Commerce Department agency, is running the $1.5-billion program designed to ease in the switch to digital television, set for February 17, 2009.
