Helping Consumers Stay Informed
On February 28th 2007 the Digital Television Transition Coalition began fulfilling its mission to inform consumers of the June 12, 2009 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting. The coalition is comprised of business, trade and industry groups as well as grass roots and membership organizations that share an interest in a smooth transition. The core mission of the Digital Television Transition Coalition is to ensure no consumer is left without broadcast television due to a lack of information about the transition. Beginning roughly two years before the end of analog broadcasting, the coalition uses marketing and public education strategies including paid and earned media placements to distribute consistent, unified and accurate information on the transition. Coalition members are encouraged to use the group’s resources in their local and national outreach efforts and many of the largest stakeholders will augment the coalition’s work with their own DTV transition campaigns. Through these privately funded efforts and other campaigns run or funded by the Federal Government, the June, 2009 end of analog broadcast television will find all consumers looking toward a bright digital future.Learn how 241 Industry and public interest groups educated Americans about the DTV transition.
DTV Transition Coalition Founding Members
DTV Transition Coalition Members
AARP Advanced Television System Committee Affinity Marketing
Alabama Broadcasters Association Alaska Broadcasters Association Alliance for Public Technology Alliance for Rural Television (ART)American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) American Cable Association American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) American Library Association
Archway Marketing Services
Arizona Broadcasters Association Arizona - New Mexico Cable Communications Association Arkansas Broadcasters Association Arland Communications, Inc. Asian American Justice Center Association of Cable Communicators Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. (MSTV) Association of Public Broadcasting Stations of New York (APBS)Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)
AudioQuest Bay Creek Communications BestBuy Black Leadership Forum Inc.BSAT e-shop Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania (BCAP) Broadcast Education Association Broadcom Call for Action Cable Telecommunications Association of New York, Inc. Cable Television Association of Georgia California Broadcasters Association Care2 CENTRIS Circuit City Cisco Systems, Inc. Cision
CNET Coalition for Independent Ratings Services Colorado Broadcasters Association Communications Workers of America Community Broadcasters Association Congressional Black Caucus Congressional Hispanic CaucusConnecticut Broadcasters Association Consumer Action Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition (CERC) Consumers for Competitive Choice
Corporation for National and Community Services Corporation for Public Broadcasting Councilmember Mary Cheh's Office Cox Communications Crosby Volmer International
CTAM: The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing Custom Electronics Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) DIRECTV Disaboom Disney District of Columbia Office of Cable Television DITECEdison Group Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)
Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) Entertainment Publicists Professional Society Effros Communications Esperanza Family, Career and COmmunity Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA) Federal Citizens Information CenterFederal Communications Commission Florida Association of Broadcasters Future Farmers of America Georgia Association of Broadcasters Goodwill Industries International Greater New Orleans Broadcasters Association (GNOBA)Hawaii Association of Broadcasters Heat Surge, LLC High Tech DTV Coalition Hitachi Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) Homes.org IBM
Idaho State Broadcasters Association Illinois Broadcasters Association Indiana Broadcasters Association
Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) Institute of Real Estate Management Iowa Broadcasters Association Iowa Cable & Telecommunications Association, Inc. Iris Video and Editing ServicesKansas Association of Broadcasters KA6UTC KCETKentucky Broadcasters Association KGTV Kinsella/Novak Communications, LLC KMart KTSF Latino Literacy NowLatinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association Leadership Council on Civil Rights (LCCR) League of United Latin American CitizensLG Electronics Louisana Association of Broadcasters
Louisiana Cable & Telecommunications Association Maine Association of Broadcasters Maryland/D.C./Delaware Broadcasters Association Massachusetts Broadcasters Association Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) Media Freedom Project MediaTides LLCMexican American Opportunity Foundation Michigan Association of Broadcasters Microtune Minnesota Broadcasters Association
Minority Media telecommunications Council Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Missouri Broadcasters Association Mistubishi Digital Electronics Mobile Media Enterprises Montana Broadcasters Association
NAACP National Alliance of State Broadcast Associations (NASBA) National Asian Pacific Center on Aging National Association of Area Agencies on Aging National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) National Association of Black Owned JournalistsNational Association of Broadcasters (NAB) National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators (NACAA) National Assciation of Counties (NACo) National Association of Hispanic Journalists National Association of Latino Elected OfficialsNational Association of Latino Independent Producers National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) National Association of NeigborhoodsNational Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) National Association of Telecommunications and Advisors (NATOA)
National Black Church InitiativeNational Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) National Coalition on Black Civic Participation National Consumer's League National Consumers Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (NCCNHR) National Countil of LaRazaNational Council on Aging National Education Association National Fair Housing Alliance National Grange
National Grocers Association (NGA)
National Hispanic Media Coalition National Newspaper Publishers Association New Service National Organization of Black County OfficialsNational Religious Broadcasters National Urban League (NUL) Native American Journalists Association Navigant Consulting, Inc. Nebraska Broadcasters Association
Nevada Broadcasters Association New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters New Jersey Broadcasters Association
New Mexico Broadcasters Association New Tang Dynasty Television New York State Broadcasters Association Nielsen Company North American Retail Dealers Association (NARDA) North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
North Dakota Broadcasters Association Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons Ohio Association of Broadcasters Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Oregon Association of Broadcasters
Panasonic Corporation of North America PCI - The Wireless Infrastructure Association
PCT International, Inc. Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Philips Consumer Electronics Piedmont Triad Council of Governments Plasma Display Coalition Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public Cable Television Authority Qualcomm RADD Rainbow PUSH Coalition RadioShack RCA/Audio Video Retail Industry Leaders Association Retirement Living TV Rhode Island Broadcasters Association Rural Coalition Samsung Electronics Sanyo Fisher Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (DirectTV / DISH Network )Sears SendTech, Inc. Signals Unlimited Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers South Carolina Broadcasters Association South Dakota Broadcasters Association Southern Growth Policies Board Special Olympics
Target Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Terrestrial Digital Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Texas Association of Broadcasters Texas Cable & Telecommunications Association THAT Corporation Texas Instruments Thomson TitanTV Media TTE Corporation U.S. Chamber of Commerce Universal Remote Control United Front Media Universal Remote Control
Utah Broadcasters Association Verizon Vermont Association of Broadcasters Virginia Association of Broadcasters Voices of September 11th Wal-mart
Washington State Association of Broadcasters
Washington Urban League WBAL Wineguard Company Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
Wisconsin Cable Communications Association WLMB-TV WUSA Wyoming Association of Broadcasters Zenith Electronics LLC