WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 200 organizations have joined the Digital Television (DTV) Transition Coalition, a group firmly committed to educating consumers about the nation’s transition from analog to digital television, which will be completed on February 17, 2009.
DTV Transition Coalition members (complete list is attached) include a wide variety of consumer groups, broadcast, cable and consumer electronics companies, retailers, civil rights and grassroots organizations, trade associations, and state and local government organizations.
“The DTV Transition Coalition is a leading source of information for those most affected by the transition to digital television,” said Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), a founding member of the DTV Transition Coalition. “The efforts of the coalition are critically important to making sure no one loses a television signal in 2009 due to a lack of information about the transition.”
Millions of consumers who rely solely on over-the-air television signals are at risk of losing television reception unless they take the necessary steps to receive a digital signal by February 17, 2009, when full-power television stations nationwide are required to end their analog broadcasts. Consumers who have their analog TVs hooked up to cable, satellite or telephone company video service provider should not be affected.
Consumer awareness of the DTV transition has increased dramatically over the past year. Recent surveys show that consumer awareness has almost doubled since the DTV Transition Coalition was founded a year ago, with over 75% of consumer nationwide now aware of the transition.
“The coalition is working hard to educate the public and raise awareness about the transition, said Tom Nelson, COO of AARP. “The imperative next step is that folks turn that awareness into action and prepare themselves for this transition.”
The Coalition is supplementing the hundreds of millions of dollars broadcasters and the cable industry are spending on public service announcements by directly reaching out to communities affected by the transition with educational materials, speaking engagements and a variety of other grassroots initiatives.
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- DTV Transition Coalition members:
AARP
Advanced Television Systems Committee
Affinity Marketing
Alabama Broadcasters Association
Alaska Broadcasters Association
Alliance for Public Technology
Alliance for Rural Television (ART)
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
American Cable Association (ACA)
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
American Library Association (ALA)
Archway Marketing Services
Arizona - New Mexico Cable Communications Association
Arizona Broadcasters Association
Arkansas Broadcasters Association
Asian American Justice Center
Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. (MSTV)*
Association of Cable Communicators
Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)*
Audio Quest
Best Buy
Black Leadership Forum Inc.
Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania (BCAP)
Broadcast Education Association
Broadband Solutions and Testing, Inc
Broadcom
Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM)
Cable Telecommunications Association of New York, Inc.
Cable Television Association of Georgia
California Broadcasters Association
Call For Action
Care2
CENTRIS
Circuit City
Cisco Systems, Inc.
CNET
Colorado Broadcasters Association
Communications Workers of America
Community Broadcasters Association
Congressional Black Caucus
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Connecticut Broadcasters Association
Consumer Action
Consumer Electronic Retailers Coalition (CERC)*
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)*
Consumers for Competitive Choice
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Councilmember Mary Cheh's Office
Crosby Volmer International
Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA)
DIRECTV
Disney
District of Columbia Office of Cable Television
EchoStar Satellite LLC
Edison Group
Effros Communications
Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC)
Entertainment Publicists Professional Society
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA)
Federal Citizens Information Center
Federal Communications Commission
Florida Association of Broadcasters
Georgia Association of Broadcasters
Goodwill Industries International
Greater New Orleans Broadcasters Association (GNOBA)
Hawaii Association of Broadcasters
High Tech DTV Coalition
Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA)
Idaho State Broadcasters Association
Illinois Broadcasters Association
Indiana Broadcasters Association
Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC)
Iowa Broadcasters Association
Iowa Cable & Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Isis Video and Editing Services
KA6UTC
Kansas Association of Broadcasters
KCET
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
KGTV
Kinsella/Novak Communications, LLC
K Mart
KTSF
Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association
Latino Literacy Now
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)*
League of United Latin American Citizens
LG Electronics*
Louisiana Association of Broadcasters
Louisiana Cable & Telecommunications Association
Maine Association of Broadcasters
Maryland/D.C./Delaware Broadcasters Association
Massachusetts Broadcasters Association
Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA)
Media Freedom Project
MediaTides LLC
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Microtune
Minnesota Broadcasters Association
Minority Media Telecommunications Council
Mississippi Association of Broadcasters
Missouri Broadcasters Association
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics
Mobile Media Enterprises
Montana Broadcasters Association
NAACP
National Alliance of State Broadcast Associations (NASBA)
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)
National Association of Black Owned Journalists
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)*
National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA)
National Association of Counties (NACo)
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
National Association of Latino Elected Officials
National Association of Latino Independent Producers
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
National Association of Neighborhoods
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM)
National Association of Telecommunications and Advisors (NATOA)
National Black Church Initiative
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)*
National Coalition of Black Civic Participation
National Consumer's League
National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (NCCNHR)
National Council of LaRaza
National Education Association
National Fair Housing Alliance
National Grange
National Grocers Association (NGA)
National Hispanic Media Coalition
National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service
National Organization of Black County Officials
National Religious Broadcasters (NRB)
National Urban League (NUL)
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
National Council on Aging
Nebraska Broadcasters Association
Nevada Broadcasters Association
New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters
New Jersey Broadcasters Association
New Mexico Broadcasters Association
New York State Broadcasters Association
Nielsen Company
North American Retail Dealers Association (NARDA)
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
North Dakota Broadcasters Association
Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons
Ohio Association of Broadcasters
Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association (Stoddard)
Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters
Oregon Association of Broadcasters
Panasonic Corporation of North America
PCIA -- The Wireless Infrastructure Association
Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters
Philips Consumer Electronics
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Plasma Display Coalition
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Qualcomm
RADD
RadioShack
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
RCA/Audio Video
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Retirement Living TV
Rhode Island Broadcasters Association
Samsung Electronics
Sanyo Fisher
Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation
Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA)
Sears
Signals Unlimited
Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
South Carolina Broadcasters Association
South Dakota Broadcasters Association
Southern Growth Policies Board
Target
Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters
Terrestrial Digital
Texas Association of Broadcasters
Texas Cable & Telecommunications Association
Texas Instruments
THAT Corp.
Thomson
TitanTV Media
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
United Front Media
Universal Remote Control
Utah Broadcasters Association
Verizon
Vermont Association of Broadcasters
Virginia Association of Broadcasters
Voices of September 11th
Wal-Mart
Washington State Association of Broadcasters
Washington Urban League
WBAL
Wineguard Company
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
Wisconsin Cable Communications Association
WLMB TV40
WUSA
Wyoming Association of Broadcasters
Zenith Electronics LLC
* Founding member of the DTV Transition Coalition