Consumer Electronics Association Urges Broadcasters to Take

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Las Vegas, Nev., April 19, 2005 - The broadcast industry should stop pushing for regulations on other industries, "remove its shackles" and market the value of its digital service to consumers, said Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro. Shapiro shared his views on the digital television (DTV) transition and the broadcast industry in a speech delivered yesterday during NAB2005, the annual convention produced by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) this week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Broadcasters face significant challenges in the digital age - challenges they have refused to tackle and opportunities they have refused to embrace," stated Shapiro. "But these challenges are not insurmountable. Indeed, those who play these changes to their advantage will succeed in the digital age.


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