Thursday, September 1, 2011

Dish Network to hand out converter boxes in Houston - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The estimates that 1.6 million peoplew in the Houston area have ordered coupons for theirdconverter boxes, but only 870,172 coupons have been redeemes as of May 30. The “Coupon program is a nationwide initiative to get customers ready for the conversion to digital televisionj signals onJune 12. Converter boxes are only available to thosed with avalid $40 coupon. Customers can go to Cossaboomn YMCA at 7903 South Loop East onJune 5, or M.D. Andersonn Family YMCA at 705 Cavalcade onJune 6. Dish Networ handed out about 400 boxes in Dallasslast weekend, according to Marcel Guajardo, a spokesman for the The current plan is to hand out about 400 to 500 boxew in Houston.
Guajardo said representatives from the FCC will also be on hand to answetr questions related to the digital conversion and what households need to do to be readt forthe switch.

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