California and Texas in the week ended Friday became the first st...
California and Texas in the week ended Friday became the first states to exceed a million DTV coupon requests, NTIA data show. Californians have ordered 1,070,591 coupons since Jan. 1, Texans, 1,035,480. The 11.89 million coupons ordered nationally were…
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53 percent of 22.25 million in the program’s “base” phase, when all households are eligible to apply. At the rate through Friday of 104,300 coupon requests a day, the 22.25 million would run out by Aug. 4 if all are redeemed. If they run out, 11.25 million coupons in a “contingent” phase will be offered to households getting TV only through antennas.