Digital TV coupon program hampered from the start


	Digital TV coupon program hampered from the start

ofcapri

3-25-2009 11:20 AM

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Cuellar, director of the Texas Media Empowerment Project in San Antonio, was concerned that the $1.34 billion program would run out of money before the nation's neediest — the poor, elderly and disabled — could apply. For many, she pointed out, free TV is their only connection to the outside world

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