The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with guidance from the Digital Consultation Panel which is composed from leadership of public radio and television membership organizations and representatives of the station community, has defined several principles governing the allocation of funds appropriated in support of public television's transition to digital broadcast. Chief among these is to ensure the most constructive progress toward public television's digital conversion, while strengthening the case for continued support for the digital conversion through the demonstration of new services and benefits to the American people.
Together with the membership organizations and station community, CPB further determined as follows:
(1) criteria for disbursement of funds should be based primarily on assuring a successful transition from analog to digital television broadcasting; and
(2) funds should be allocated in ways that will promote expanded service and efficiency in operations.
To accomplish these goals, CPB established the Digital Distribution Fund (DDF) to award grants to CPB qualified, non-commercial educational (NCE) television licensees to assist stations in transitioning to digital transmission.
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