Digital Converter Boxes, Re-Scanning, Antenna Issues R u Ready For DTV

June 13, 2009

Don’t blame yourself DTV is great but there is a learning curve. If you are one of the 35 million americans that have rabbit ears or roof top antennas – brace yourselves. There are important things you need to know 1 – Digital is great, but it is not perfect 2 – In most cases, [...]

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DTV Installation Team Hard at Work with 24 hours to do

June 12, 2009

DTV Digial Converter Box Team Works Hard to Make Sure Nursing Home is not Left in the Dark. With the clock ticking down – our trusted team members Chris, Caesar, Johnetta and DeeNice are diligently working to pre-prep the installation on the Grant Park Nursing Home’s digital converter boxes.

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Nursing Homes Vulnerable to Transition to DTV as June 12 date looms near

June 7, 2009

The most vulnerable citizens still risk being left in the dark on June 12th when the final shut-off to the analog signal for TV viewers occurs. As an organization (The Urban Progressive Foundation, a501c3) that has the distinction of being one of the few nationally to begin a crusade for a year to include the [...]

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DTV Minority Activist, “DeeNice, the Digital Dynamo”, Pounds the Pavement to Ensure Underprivileged & Elderly Aren’t Left in the Dark after the DTV Transition hits on and after June 12th

June 5, 2009

Ms. Denise “DeeNice” Rhodes of Washington D.C. has been working every day for the last year to ensure underprivileged communities and the elderly in the mid- Atlantic area aren’t left in the dark when analog TVs everywhere switch to digital June 12, 2009. But there is still much work to be done! In the Washington [...]

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Time is running out for DTV transition: NTIA Encourages action now!

May 30, 2009

With 15 days left until the end of the digital transition, the TV Converter Box Coupon Program is providing several reminders to our partners as you continue to make sure your constituents are prepared for the June 12 transition. · Coupon Arrival Date: Coupons are still available for eligible households, and applications for coupons continue [...]

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DTV Digital Converter Box: How to Install

May 27, 2009

Please view this Town Hall DTV Conversion Meeting: Lean how to install your Digital Converter Box here by DeeNice, The Digital Dynamo.

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DTV Outreach:FINALLY 30 Day Count Down to DTV Freedom

May 15, 2009

Who would have thought that we are finally coming down the stretch to DTV transition. So much has occurred since our DTV outreach began our crusade a year ago. Granted, most thought I focused was out of touch. The key was to go to residents of underserviced and connecting their digital converter boxes for free. [...]

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DTV Installation: 275 Digital Converter Boxes Installed @ Local Senior Care Center in Washington DC

April 27, 2009

contact: L. Slaughter FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 202-652-4700 April 23, 2009 info@DTVoutreach.org Washington, DC Press Release Woman Technology Entrepreneur Strives to “Tame the DTV Transition Tiger” 275 Digital converter boxes are on their way to Grant Park Care Center at no cost to the senior citizen residents of this nursing home and health care center in [...]

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FREE City-Wide DTV Conversion Clinic, Saturday, April 4 at the DC Armor Football Game

April 1, 2009

DTV Outreach City-Wide Event – Transition to Digital If you want to know more about the National Transition to Digital TV, how it will impact you, and how to be ready, come to the DC Armor “Fan Zone” on Saturday, April 4, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. The Urban Progressive Foundation in partnership with the [...]

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DTV Coupons are Flowing

March 28, 2009

Effective March 27, 2009, all 4 million $40.00 government-issued digital converter box coupons have been printed and shipped first class. Kudos to the FCC and NTIA for their rapid response to this very pressing issue SPECIAL NEWS ALERT:  If your coupon has expired you can now go back on the website at www.dtv2009.gov, and order [...]

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Seniors Receive DTV Installation Assistance at Van Ness Senior Building in Washington DC

March 10, 2009

The Digital Television Converter box $40 Coupon program is back in action. The Obama administration has appropriated another $650 million for The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) to generate much-needed converter box coupons. Over 4 million residents on the waiting list will get their coupons first, followed immediately by households who receive signals over-the-air [...]

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DTV Coupons Are Back! Transition to Digital Television Update

March 9, 2009

This past week I attended the FCC hearings on the updates regarding the DTV program. Following are noted updates: The 4 million waiting list for the $40 coupons requests have begun shipment. Coupons will be mailed 1st class mail, instead of the previous 3rd class mail. Discussions are currently being made to have the expired coupon recipients [...]

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Local Non-Profit Installs DTV Boxes for Ronald McDonald House

February 23, 2009

WASHINGTON (Feb. 20) Saturday, February 21, 11am, the non-profit, The Urban Progressive Foundation, will install 16 DTV converter boxes at the Ronald McDonald House at 1326 Quincy St., NE, Washington DC.  All 16 boxes were donated by Wal-Mart #2258 in Alexandria, Va.  This generous donation is in response to the critical need for under-served and [...]

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Broadcasters Early Temination of Analog Signal Tonight

February 18, 2009

Crisis Management for Under-served Communities Impact by the DTV Transition After much deliberation, Congress passed the DTV Transition Delay Bill earlier this month. The purpose was to push the ill-set DTV transition date back to June 12, 2009. Though it has been documented that the public is not ready for this transition many broadcasters are [...]

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DTV: Do-Over Digital Transition Delay Bill Goes to House Again

February 4, 2009

Check out the follow websites: The Digital Dynamo The Senate Passed the Bill to Delay the Transition to Digital Television, however when the Bill came to the House it was not approved. So back to the drawing board it went and this week, maybe today, not sure, The DTV Delay Bill is up for another [...]

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DTV Delay Approved by US Senate Today

January 27, 2009

  A victory is hailed, as the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Feb. 17, 2009 analog to digital switch to be delayed until Friday, June 12, 2009.  This vote is a big victory for the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress, who have pushed for a delay when it became painfully apparent that millions of [...]

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DTV Transition Delay Coming Closer to Agreement on Hill

January 24, 2009

In 2005, Congress required broadcasters to switch from analog to digital signals, which are more efficient, to free up valuable chunks of wireless spectrum to be used for commercial wireless services and interoperable emergency-response networks, according to the Associated Press. With 17 million Americans still completey or partially not ready for the DTV Transition switch [...]

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Bill to Request DTV Push Back to June 2009 Lawmakers Disagree

January 18, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama has asked Congress to push back the DTV Transition until June 2009.   However, there is strong opposition push-back from lawmakers stating that it is too costly and too late to make this change. Ask Congress to push the date back – go to www.PushDTVdateback.com

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Push The DTV Date Back Delay DTV Transition Shut Off

January 12, 2009

Now is the time to Act.  For almost a year our non-profit has been sounding an alarm that we have not done enough for those under-served communities(elderly, minorities, disabled and rural) to be digitally updated. Now President Obama has stated that “We Need To Push The Date Back” and delay the upcoming shut off of [...]

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DTV Procrastinators to a Mandated Techological Application?

January 2, 2009

I attended the DTV test in Wilmington, North Carolina, September 2008. However, I have a slightly different perspective on how the test has been viewed by pundits who feel that “people were purposely waiting to the last minute.” This statement infers that Americans are being negligent or procrastinators. This is not actually the whole story. [...]

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Why is the Urban Progressive Foundation so Passionate about Helping Seniors re: Transition to Digital Television

December 22, 2008

Six months ago, it became clear that there was a Digital Disaster on the Horizon with the Transition to Digital Television. Underserved communities could be left in the dark Feb. 17 2009. With no funding, but a passion to be part of the solution, my non-profit The Urban Progressive Foundation began a journey going to [...]

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Digital Conversion May Spark Crisis – Underserved Impacted By Transition to Digital Television DTV

December 19, 2008

Article by Talk Radio News Service December 15, 2009 While the Presidential transition has garnered massive amounts of attention, a different kind transition looms before America. On February 17th television stations will no longer broadcast in analog, and will instead broadcast digitally, requiring viewers without digital TV’s or cable to purchase converter boxes to continue [...]

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Transition to Digital Television: Underserved Still at Disproportionate Risk of Losing TV

December 18, 2008

Underserved Still at Disproportionate Risk of Losing TV by Sanjay Talwani, 12.15.2008 TV Technology http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/71496 excerpt Despite a public outreach effort of historic proportions, certain groups in the nation—the elderly, the poor, the rural, the non-English speaking—are still at risk of losing free TV when full-power analog broadcasting ends next February. Mark Lloyd On the [...]

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National Press Club event very…

December 17, 2008

National Press Club event very successful. Still much work to do with the under serve communities. Earning(?) n… http://tinyurl.com/63alnx

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The DTV is not all that it cou…

December 16, 2008

The DTV is not all that it could be for(?) to do for undeserved communities. http://tinyurl.com/6xgs58

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Transition to DTV’s impact on …

December 16, 2008

Transition to DTV’s impact on the under serve(?). Pal(?) form today was successful. Great feedback from panelists. http://tinyurl.com/54w5nq

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Underserved yet Well Deserved Communities and DTV Impact

December 10, 2008

This year has had many ups and downs for all of us.  With the economy in disarray and employment scarce, many Americans are worried how this will impact their families and loved ones lives. Although there are many negative circumstances that have touched our communities and nation, our non-profit “The Urban Progressive Foundation (a project [...]

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Crisis Management for Millions of Underserved Americans DTV’s IMPACT

December 5, 2008

News Alert Urban Progressive Foundation Crisis Management for Millions of Underserved Americans Transition to Digital Television National Press Club Dec. 15, 2008 Panel What:    A panel discussion explaining proper transition procedures and assessing the status of nationwide preparations for the February 17, 2009 transition from analog to digital transmission of television broadcast signals, expected to [...]

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The UK invested 400 million do…

November 30, 2008

The UK invested 400 million dollars to educate 60 mil residents over 5 yrs. The US allocated 15 mil for 300 mil americans in one yr

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Centris report states that ove…

November 30, 2008

Centris report states that over 50% of the rabbit ear antenna may not work

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