§ 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]

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