Arlington, Va., May 12, 2005 - Broadcasters need to stop trying to regulate other industries and instead promote free over-the-air (OTA) broadcasting to consumers if they want their industry to survive, advised Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro in remarks delivered Tuesday.
Shapiro made his comments at the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) annual meeting held in Washington, D.C. this week. Shapiro's address came as congressional, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and industry officials debate how to define the end of the nation's transition to digital television (DTV). Legislation setting a hard cut off date for analog broadcast is widely expected to be introduced in this session of Congress.
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