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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

Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV)

Association of Public Television Stations (APTS)

Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)

Consumer Electronics Retailers Coalition (CERC)

Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR)


LG Electronics

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)

National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)


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 Caucus
Connecticut 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
DITEC
Edison 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 Center
Federal 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 Services
Kansas Association of Broadcasters
KA6UTC
KCET
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
KGTV
Kinsella/Novak Communications, LLC
KMart
KTSF
Latino Literacy Now
Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association
Leadership Council on Civil Rights (LCCR)
League of United Latin American Citizens
LG 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 LLC
Mexican 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 Journalists
National 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 Officials
National Association of Latino Independent Producers
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
National Association of Neigborhoods
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM)
National Association of Telecommunications and Advisors (NATOA)

National Black Church Initiative
National 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 LaRaza
National 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 Officials
National 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

 
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