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FCC Plans Road Trip To Educate America About Digital TV
The FCC has decided to travel around the country and talk to people about the upcoming digital TV switchover.
...the five FCC Commissioners and other Commission staff will fan out to [selected] markets to raise awareness and educate consumers.
Dear FCC, please please please let these commissioners show up with cheezy t-shirts pulled on over their normal button-and-collar shirts. In fact, t-shirts for everyone! This is America, after all. More »
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Big Box Retailers Fight Back Against FCC's Recent Fines
Best Buy, Circuit City, and Sears are all contesting the FCC's recent fines against them for not properly following analog transition rules in their stores, reports Ars Technica. Last week, Best Buy submitted a 41-page response (PDF) that claimed among other things that the FCC has no authority to fine them. More » -
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Sears, Best Buy, Wal-Mart And Others Fined For Not Warning Consumers About Analog Obsolescence
The FCC handed out a whole basketful of fines to electronics retailers today: $1.1 million for Sears and Kmart; $992,000 for Wal-Mart; $712,000 for Circuit City; and amounts between $168,000-384,000 for Target, Best Buy, CompUSA, and Fry's Electronics. What made Christmas come so early? They were all failing to warn consumers that analog-only TVs and tuners will stop working on their own when the digital switchover comes next year. More » -
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Cablevision Uses Digital TV Transition To Upsell Basic Cable
Cablevision is trying to scare consumers into signing up for basic cable service ahead of the planned transition to digital television. After February 17, 2009, consumers will need a $60 converter box to receive television signals over-the-air. The transition to digital will significantly improve the quality of over-the-air television, but that isn't stopping Cablevision from funding a scare-mongering campaign to rustle up new business.
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