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Consumer Electronics Association Reacts to California Energy Commission TV Energy Use Mandates

By Shane Sturgeon • Nov 18, 11:00pm

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today issued the following statement regarding a decision by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to impose unprecedented and unnecessary energy efficiency standards on television sets sold in California. The following statement may be attributed to Jason Oxman, CEA’s senior vice president of Industry Affairs.

“CEA is extremely disappointed in the CEC’s decision to regulate...

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POLL: 57% of Californians Oppose Proposal to Ban Big Screen HDTVs

By Shane Sturgeon • Sep 16, 1:01am

Today, during a series of events held at local TV retail stores in Los Angeles, Fresno and San Francisco, Californians for Smart Energy released the findings of a new statewide poll that found that 57 percent of Californian's oppose the California Energy Commission's (CEC's) proposal to regulate television electricity usage. Conducted by Zogby International (see memo at: http://casmartenergy.com/in-the-news.php), other key findings included...

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1 Day and Counting - Joint FCC Commerce News Release

By Shane Sturgeon • Jun 12, 12:02pm

On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the two federal agencies managing the switch is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.

The digital TV (DTV) transition began over two decades ago as engineers set an ambitious technological goal...

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FOX News Presents America's Election HQ: Election Night on November 4th

By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 30 2008, 10:50am

FOX News Channel (FNC) will provide live continuous coverage of Election Night beginning at 6:00PM ET on November 4th.

Brit Hume will kick off the evening's coverage joined by Chris Wallace and panelists Fred Barnes and Bill Kristol from The Weekly Standard, Juan Williams of National Public Radio, and Nina Easton of Fortune magazine. Coverage will emanate from FNC's all new High Definition studio which will be debuted that evening, and analysis will be provided by both the former Co-chief Strategist and Communications Director for Senator Hillary Clinton Howard Wolfson and former Senior White House Advisor to President Bush Karl Rove.

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TechnologyPolitics & PolicyDigital Rights Management (DRM)

High Definition Movies Before They Hit Blu-ray? Only if Your HDTV Permits It.

By Rodolfo La Maestra • Jun 17 2008, 11:32am

How would you like to view an HD movie at home via Video-On-Demand (VOD) just a few weeks after its theatrical release, even before it's released on DVD and Blu-ray? Maybe your HDTV connections would not let you do it, despite the fact that you paid for the movie.

On May 9, 2008, the MPAA issued a petition to the FCC for a waiver of the SOC feature...

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Trade Fuels $1.4 Trillion Consumer Electronics Industry says New CEA Report

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 2 2008, 9:12pmGeneral InterestPolitics & PolicyMarketplaceGlobal & Worldview

Broadcom Announces Complete Digital TV Receiver System Designed to Meet the NTIA's Digital-to-Analog TV Coupon Program

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By Shane Sturgeon • Aug 20 2007, 1:19pmPolitics & Policy

A Battle Won, War In Question...Blu-ray vs. HD DVD

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By Dale Cripps • Jul 2 2007, 7:11pmPolitics & PolicyProducts & EquipmentBlu-rayGeneral InterestBusiness & Investment

Ed's View - A New Light

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By Ed Milbourn • Jun 1 2007, 3:35pmBusiness & InvestmentMarketplacePolitics & PolicyTechnologyTechnology

LSI Provides Professional Broadcasters with First High Definition Encoder Supporting Full HD

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 11 2007, 7:45pmBusiness & InvestmentPolitics & PolicyProgrammingTechnologyBusiness & Investment

Coalition Pledges to Alert Consumers About Transition

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By Dale Cripps • Feb 28 2007, 11:27pmPolitics & Policy

DTV Transition Still in a Vacuum

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By Dale Cripps • Feb 1 2007, 4:01pmPolitics & Policy

Bill Introduced To Ensure Education of Consumers

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By Dale Cripps • Jan 23 2007, 1:30amPolitics & Policy

Ed's View - THREATS, Volume 1

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By Ed Milbourn • Nov 7 2006, 6:34amGeneral InterestProducts & EquipmentPolitics & PolicyMarketplace

HDTV Magazine, Affinity Marketing & The HDTV Expo Make Comments to the NTIA Regarding the Digital Transition & Coupon Program

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By Shane Sturgeon • Oct 4 2006, 11:53amPolitics & Policy

Ed's view - The Interactive "Cable Ready" Standard

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By Ed Milbourn • May 1 2006, 7:03pmPolitics & Policy

California Monkey Wrench

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 12 2006, 5:49amPolitics & Policy

Analysis of DTV Content Protection Rulings and Agreements

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Feb 9 2006, 3:00pmPolitics & Policy

President Bush Signs Historic DTV Bill, CEA Says HDTV Is On A Roll

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By Dale Cripps • Feb 9 2006, 12:30amPolitics & Policy

How Many Depend On Over-the-Air?

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By Dale Cripps • Dec 30 2005, 10:36pmPolitics & Policy

House Passed a Compromise DTV Hard Date Bill

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By Dale Cripps • Dec 19 2005, 6:27pmPolitics & Policy

To Subsidize or Not To Subsidize, That Was Almost The Question

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By Dale Cripps • Dec 10 2005, 4:38amPolitics & Policy

2005 HDTV Report, Part 18: Content Protection

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By Rodolfo La Maestra • Oct 27 2005, 12:36pmPolitics & Policy

Ed's View - The (H)DTV Transition

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By Ed Milbourn • Jul 31 2005, 11:43pmMarketplacePolitics & PolicyPolitics & Policy

The Politics of the Transition to DTV - Jeff Hart

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By Dale Cripps • Jun 20 2005, 10:52pmPolitics & Policy

Who Needs Broadcasting?

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By Dale Cripps • May 12 2005, 11:37pmPolitics & Policy

Broadcasting's Challenge, Or Is It Too Late?

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By Dale Cripps • May 12 2005, 6:43pmPolitics & Policy

We Are Close -- Let's Bring it Home

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By Dale Cripps • May 12 2005, 6:07pmPolitics & Policy

Do You Want A Date Certain?

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By Dale Cripps • May 12 2005, 5:37pmPolitics & Policy

Ridding the Nation of DTV Fables

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 27 2005, 8:25pmPolitics & Policy

Making of a Date Certain

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 25 2005, 1:43pmPolitics & Policy

Is the Public Interest to be Found?

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 22 2005, 3:57amPolitics & Policy

Consumer Electronics Association Urges Broadcasters to Take Responsibility

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By Dale Cripps • Apr 20 2005, 1:59amPolitics & Policy

On Completing the Transition and Recovering Spectrum

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By Dale Cripps • Mar 18 2005, 3:41pmPolitics & Policy