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However, growth in some mature regional markets is slowing or stagnating, the high-tech research firm says. “We expect 40 million worldwide DTH pay-TV subscribers to be added through 2008 as compared to the 61 million digital DTH pay-TV subscribers that were active at the end of 2003,” said In-Stat/MDR analyst Michelle Abraham. “In addition to an increasing subscriber base, the industry's profits are on the rise due to… Read More

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) commended Senators John Ensign (R-NV) and John McCain (R-AZ) on the introduction of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Rural Consumer Access to DigitalTelevision Act of 2004. This bill will allow digital broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to offer a network high definition television (HDTV) feed to consumers who are unable to receive their localbroadcasters' digital signal. “This… Read More

With a few key modifications, the digital television (DTV) transition proposal offered by the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Media Bureau will help spur the nation's transition from analogto digital television, ensure spectrum recovery and provide DTV to the home, said Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro. Shapiro made his comments in testimonydelivered today before a hearing on the… Read More