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Friday is last day to apply for digital TV coupon

July 31, 2009, 05:05 AM Post Comments
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The government program that provides $40 coupons for digital TV converter boxes is winding down.

Friday will be the last day it accepts requests.

http://www.dtv2009.gov

Each household can request two coupons.

As of Wednesday, the government had sent out 63.4 million coupons, of which 33.8 million had been redeemed at a cost of $1.3 billion.

Government data show that there's still demand for coupons. On Tuesday, 49,000 were requested.

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