CTA Fighting Plan For Mandatory NEXTGEN TV Tuners
The Carr Commission is considering a mandate that would require all sellers of televisions in the U.S to include a NEXTGEN TV-compatible receiver.
A lobbying group, responsible for the annual CES conference, opposes this mandate.
About 60 years ago, FCC Chairman Newton Minow championed a mandate for all TV set manufacturers in the U.S. to add a dial for UHF television, which became a game-changer.
It was a game-changer that fully came to fruition a decade later, thanks to programming choices, cable TV distribution and “Superstation” status for channels in markets ranging from Boston to Tampa.
The lobbying group, led by an individual trying to kill the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act," doesn't want the NEXTGEN TV-compatible receiver mandate to happen.
Author summary: CTA opposes NEXTGEN TV tuner mandate.