Noticias y Multimedia

Informasen de las noticias más recientes sobre la transición a televisión digital en los estados unidos. El 17 de febrero de 2009, usted recibirá mejores imágenes, mejor sonido y más canales gratuitas. Aún algunas personas no necesitarán hacer nada antes del cambio a digital, es probable que usted conozca a alguien que tendrá que prepararse para el cambio con una de las tres opciones. Le hemos proveído con recursos debajo para ayudarle informar a su familia y a sus amigos sobre la transición a digital.

Multimedia

• DTV Q&A in Other Languages
  Download PDF-version DTV Q&A documents in many foreign languages.
  Please choose a language Ahmaric Arabic Armenian Assamese Basque Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Canadian French Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Cornish Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Farsi Finnish Flemish French Georgian German Greek Guj Haitian Creole Hausa Hindi Hmong Hungarian Index2.php Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kashmiri Khmer Korean Kurdish Malayalam Malaysian Marathi Mongolian Nepali Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sanskrit Somali Spanish Swahili Tagalog Tajik Tamil Telugu Urdu Vietnamese Welsh
• DTV Action Spots
  Watch our television spots concerning the DTV transition.
• DTV transition downloadable flyer
  The switch to digital television (DTV) is coming. Get ready for dramatically better television.
• DTV transition downloadable one-pager (English)
  February 17, 2009 is right around the corner. Are you ready for DTV?
• DTV transition downloadable one-pager (Spanish)
  February 17, 2009 is right around the corner. Are you ready for DTV?
• Know Your Options Fact Sheet
  Decision tree to help understand your options
  En Espanol
• Coupon Program Fact Sheet
  Information on how to apply for TV converter box coupons
  En Espanol

DTV in the News

• Move to Digital Faces Language Barrier
  The Washington Post, July 19, 2008
  Spanish-language broadcasters are working alongside Latino churches and other community organizations to inform Hispanics about the upcoming switch to digital TV. With a high number of broadcast-only households, Hispanic viewers are among the transition's most vulnerable populations.
• Con artists Prey on Digital TV Conversion Confusion
  New York Daily News, July 17, 2008
  The Better Business Bureau has alerted consumers to an Ohio-based company's misleading advertising campaign promising free converter boxes. Consumers should make sure they are buying converter boxes from a government-certified retailer.
• Wilmington Readies for Early DTV Switch
  TV Newsday, July 17, 2008
  Local TV stations, government agencies and NAB are all gearing up for an early DTV transition in Wilmington, N.C. on September 8, 2008. Besides getting the technology ready, broadcasters are meeting with local residents at community events around town.

Press Releases

• Bob Barker to Star in TV Spots about Upcoming Switch to Digital TV
  NAB, July 24, 2008
  After retiring last year as host of the longest-running daytime game show, Bob Barker is returning to television to remind Americans about the upcoming switch to digital television (DTV).
• New Poll Finds Awareness of Digital TV Switch Leading to Action
  NAB, July 10, 2008
  With awareness of the upcoming transition to digital television (DTV) at near-universal levels among Americans, many households have begun exploring concrete steps to help them make the switch.
• 85 Percent of African-American Households Aware of Digital TV Transition
  NAB, July 7, 2008
  As the broadcast industry's switch to exclusively digital television (DTV) approaches, awareness among African-Americans has jumped sharply during the first half of 2008, according to a new poll released today by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).

Related Resources

• DTV Transition Coalition
  More than 200 business, trade, industry and grassroots organizations have joined together to spread the word about the digital television transition.
• DTV Speakers Bureau
  The nation's largest speakers bureau of television station representatives will reach 8,000 audiences by the switch date.
• DTV Road Show
  Two trucks designed to look like giant TV sets have hit the road to bring information about the transition to communities across the country.
• LPTV Answers.com
  NAB has created a comprehensive guide to help you continue receiving programming from low-power stations that are not required to go all-digital.
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
  A bureau of the U.S. Commerce Department, the NTIA administers the TV converter box coupon program.
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  This independent U.S. government agency oversees various aspects of the media and communications industries, including the digital television transiton.

For reporters or broadcast station members seeking additional information, please contact us at dtvanswers@nab.org.