§ 76.1630   MVPD digital television transition notices.

   (a)  Multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) shall provide
   subscribers 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 subscribers 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, in the same language or languages as the 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,   1-888-CALL-FCC   (TTY
   1-888-TELL-FCC),  or  this  MVPD  at [telephone number and Web site if
   available],  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;

   (3) And explain clearly what effect, if any, the DTV Transition will have on
   the subscriber's access to MVPD service. It must also note that analog sets
   not  connected to an MVPD service may need additional equipment (i.e.,
   converter box) or may have to be replaced.

   (c) To the extent that a given customer does not receive paper versions of
   either a bill or a notice of billing, that customer must be provided with
   equivalent monthly notices in whatever medium they receive information about
   their monthly bill.

   [ 73 FR 15451 , Mar. 24, 2008, as amended at  74 FR 8879 , Feb. 27, 2009]

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Subpart U—Documents to be Maintained for Inspection

   Source:  65 FR 53621 , Sept. 5, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

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