Digital TV Coupon Waiting List to Clear Within 3 Weeks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 5, 2009 - 1:22pm.

Washington - The list of consumers waiting to receive coupons to put towards the purchase of digital TV converters is beginning to shrink, as the agency tasked with doling them out announced receipt of additional funds from Congress. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) said over 2.3 million households have been waiting for coupons that it has been temporarily unable to distribute, but that it expects to clear the list within 2-3 weeks. Congress recently passed legislation postponing the official analog TV switch-off date to June 12.