DTV News for 10-29-2003

Lee Wood · Post by **Lee Wood** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:15 am

DTV News for 10-29-2003   
 1,159 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting  
 
 Digital Signals Rule for New TVs Upheld  
(Associated Press via Yahoo News / San Jose, CA Mercury News / Washington, DC Post) 
<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031029/ap_on_go_ot/digital_tv_7">story.news.yahoo.com/news...gital_tv_7</a> 
<a href="http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/7124328.htm">www.bayarea.com/mld/mercu...124328.htm</a> 
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29746-2003Oct28.html">www.washingtonpost.com/wp...Oct28.html</a> 
 
 Digital TV Tuner Mandate Survives Court Review  
(Reuters / Yahoo News / Wired News) 
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/entertainmentHome.jhtml;jsessionid=341QYRRB3JZP4CRBAELCFEY">www.reuters.com/entertain...CRBAELCFEY</a> 
<a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031028/tc_nm/media_digitaltv_court_dc_4">story.news.yahoo.com/news...court_dc_4</a> 
<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60997,00.html">www.wired.com/news/techno...97,00.html</a> 
 
 Digital TV deadline upheld in court  
 A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld federal regulations requiring television set manufacturers to install tuners that can receive high-quality digital broadcast signals in new sets starting next summer.  
(Reuters via CNET News.com) 
<a href="http://rss.com.com/2100-1041_3-5098647.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news">rss.com.com/2100-1041_3-5...&subj=news</a> 
 
 Court Upholds Key Component of Powell Digital Transition Plan  
(Federal Communications Commission) 
<a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-240448A1.doc">hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_p...0448A1.doc</a> [MS Word File] 
<a href="http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-240448A1.pdf">hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_p...0448A1.pdf</a> [PDF File] 
 
 CEA Responds to Appeals Court Ruling in Digital Tuner Mandate Case  
 Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling regarding CEA's appeal of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) digital television (DTV) tuner mandate:  
(Consumer Electronics Association) 
<a href="http://www.ce.org/press_room/press_release_detail.asp?id=10342">www.ce.org/press_room/pre...p?id=10342</a> 
 
 Statement of NAB President/CEO Edward O. Fritts In Response to Court Opinion Affirming the FCC's Order Requiring an Over-The-Air DTV Tuner in All New Television Sets  
(National Association of Broadcasters) 
<a href="http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/PressRel/statements/S1603.htm">www.nab.org/Newsroom/Pres.../S1603.htm</a> 
 
 Read The Court's Opinion  
(National Association of Broadcasters) 
<a href="http://www.nab.org/Newsroom/PressRel/Filings/Tuners102803.pdf">www.nab.org/Newsroom/Pres...102803.pdf</a> 
 
OR 
 
 CONSUMER ELEC. ASS'N. v. FCC, No. 02-1312 (D.C. Cir. October 28, 2003)  
 Petition for review is denied where an FCC order, requiring all televisions with a display of 13 inches or greater and certain other devices include a tuner capable of receiving and decoding digital television signals, is a reasonable exercise of authority under the All Channel Receiver Act, 47 U.S.C. section 303(s).  
(FindLaw) 
<a href="http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/dc/021312a.html">laws.lp.findlaw.com/dc/021312a.html</a> 
 
 
 U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds FCC Digital TV Ruling  
 The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington Tuesday upheld a Federal Communications Commission ruling requiring TV set manufacturers to include digital TV tuners in all television receivers with screens larger than 13 inches by July 2007.  
(TelevisionWeek) 
<a href="http://www.tvweek.com/news/web102803.html#us">www.tvweek.com/news/web102803.html#us</a> 
 
 D.C. Court Upholds FCC Tuner Mandate [Paid Subscription Required]  
 Washington -- In a victory for broadcasters, a federal court here ruled Tuesday that the FCC is allowed to require TV-set manufacturers to include off-air digital tuners in nearly all new TV sets.  
(Multichannel News) 
<a href="http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA331952&display=Breaking+News">www.multichannel.com/inde...aking+News</a> 
 
 Digital deadline upheld [Paid Subscription Required for Complete Story]  
 In a victory for broadcasters and the FCC, a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's right to require TV set makers to include digital tuners in their products.  
(Hollywood Reporter) 
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2011880">www.hollywoodreporter.com...id=2011880</a> 
 
 Court Rules In Favor Of Mandated Digital TV  
 Upholds FCC Order Requiring New Standards in Most Sets  
(Advertising Age) 
<a href="http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=39056">www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=39056</a> 
 
 Appeals court upholds DTV tuner mandate  
(EE Times) 
<a href="http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20031028S0046">www.eetimes.com/sys/news/...31028S0046</a> 
 
 FCC Wins Appeal Over Integrating Tuners in DTV Sets  
(Audio Revolution) 
<a href="http://www.audiorevolution.com/news/1003/28.dtv.shtml">www.audiorevolution.com/n....dtv.shtml</a> 
 
 
 September DTV Sales Top The Charts  
 Marking the highest one-month total for digital television (DTV) product sales, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today issued factory-to-dealer sales figures for September totaling 530,656 units and $791,487,344.  
(Consumer Electronics Association) 
<a href="http://www.ce.org/press_room/press_release_detail.asp?id=10340">www.ce.org/press_room/pre...p?id=10340</a> 
 
 CEA Reports Record DTV Sales In September  
 Arlington, Va.