Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program

The summary for the Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program
	CFDA Number:	10.861
	CFDA Description:	Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Utilities Programs
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Public Television Station Digital Transition
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RDUP-11-01-PTV
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jun 17, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jun 17, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 25, 2011
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 25, 2011
	Archive Date:	Jul 26, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	15
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	4,491,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	750,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Public Television Stations. Public television station means a noncommercial educational television broadcast station that is qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396 (k) of the Communications Act of 1934. Typically these are PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) member stations.
Grant Description: As part of the nation's transition to digital television, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) required all television broadcasters to have converted their transmitters to broadcast digital signals by June 12, 2009. While stations must broadcast their main transmitter signal in digital, many rural stations have yet to complete a full digital transition of their stations across all equipment. Rural stations often have translators serving small or isolated areas and some of these have not completed the transition to digital. Some rural stations also have not fully converted their production and studio equipment to digital. Grant funds may be used to acquire and install facilities and software necessary for the transition as well as equipment to facilitate local origination and management of programming. Grant funds may also be used for associated engineering and environmental studies. The program is targeted at public television stations that serve rural areas.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/utp_dtv.html
Grant Announcement Contact: Petra Schultze Financial Analyst Phone 202-690-4493
contact e-mail for electronic access problems [petra.schultze@wdc.usda.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • USDA Rural Development Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program; • USDA Rural Development Rural Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program; • USDA Rural Development Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program; • Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program