Department of Communication: Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program

This department is offering the Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program to assist rural public television stations in completing the transition to digital broadcasting. The program aims to support stations in acquiring and installing necessary facilities, software, and equipment for the digital transition, including local origination capabilities. Additionally, funds can be utilized for engineering and environmental studies. Eligible stations must serve rural areas of the U.S. and be qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The closing date for applications is August 30, 2013.

Opportunity ID: 237729

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	RDUP-13-01-PTV
Funding Opportunity Title::	Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::	CategoryExplanation
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification)
Category Explanation::	Public Television Station Digital Transition for U.S. rural areas.
Expected Number of Awards::	12
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	10.861 — Public Television Station Digital Transition Grant Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Jul 16, 2013
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 30, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Aug 30, 2013
Archive Date::	Sep 02, 2013
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 2,775,327
Award Ceiling::	$750,000
Award Floor::	$0

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

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. 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.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	Rural Utilities Service
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 over-the-air broadcast public television stations that serve rural areas of the U.S. Stations must be qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396 (k) of the Communications Act of 1934.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	10.861
Competition ID:
Competition Title:
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00181041
Opening Date:
Closing Date:	Aug 30, 2013
Agency Contact Information::	Petra Schultze
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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