[opendtv] FCC gets tough on DTV tuner rules
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 17:06:22 -0400
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?id=2479
FCC gets tough on DTV tuner rules
US media regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined
two companies a total of nearly $3m after ruling they shipped television
sets that did not incorporate digital tuners. Under phased-in FCC rules,
fully in place since March 1, devices containing analogue television
receivers cannot be imported into the US, or shipped within it, unless
they incorporate tuners "capable of receiving the signals of DTV
broadcast stations over-the-air".
The FCC ruled that Syntax-Brillian imported and then shipped more than
72,000 sets without digital tuners, and fined the company $2.9m. Also
fined was Regent USA, which the FCC said had shipped 2,179 sets; its
fine totalled $63,650.
The FCC said it would impose fines on companies based on the number of
units shipped-the first 1,000 units would be fined at $50 per unit,
rising to $250 per unit for more than 50,000 units shipped.
"The DTV tuner requirement was intended to facilitate the transition to
digital television by promoting the availability of DTV reception
equipment and to protect consumers by ensuring that their television
receivers will provide off-the-air television reception of digital
signals just as they have provided off-the-air television reception of
analogue signals," said the FCC.
The FCC also made clear it would not tolerate electrical retailers
selling analogue sets without a necessary consumer alert warning
purchasers that the equipment would not work after the US digital
switchover date of February 17, 2009. Fines of up to $97,500 per
infraction would be imposed, warned the FCC.
Lovelace Consulting 08.06.2007
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