Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program
The summary for the Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program: 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 public television 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. The digital transition has also created some service gaps where households that received an analog signal are now unable to receive a digital signal, and the public television station would like to install a fill-in translator to continue service to these areas. 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.
| Federal Grant Title: | Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program |
| Federal Agency Name: | Utilities Programs |
| Grant Categories: | Other |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | RDUP-14-01-PTV |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 10.861 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program |
| Current Application Deadline: | Jul 7, 2014 |
| Original Application Deadline: | Jul 7, 2014 |
| Posted Date: | May 22, 2014 |
| Creation Date: | May 22, 2014 |
| Archive Date: | Aug 6, 2014 |
| Total Program Funding: | $2,000,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $750,000 |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 10 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Category Explanation
- Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program
- 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. These are over-the air broadcast stations that meet the specific program definition for public television stations. Typically they are PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) member stations, although that is not a requirement. Public access cable TV stations and PEG channels (public, educational, government access channels) are NOT eligible for this grant program. Low power television (LPTV) stations or any other broadcast stations that are not on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting eligibility list are also NOT eligible.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- USDA Rural Development Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program website
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Petra Schultze
Financial Analyst
Phone 202-690-4493
Program contact for applicant questions
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