Tag archive: DTV

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has announced it has started work on clearing its waitlist of more than 4.1 million requests for $40 coupons to offset the cost of digital television converters. Although the United States has largely put off its digital television transition until June 12, 2009, millions of households that depend on over-the-air broadcasts still aren't ready to receive DTV… Read More

The Open Mobile Video Colation (OMVC) has announced that some 63 broadcast stations in 22 U.S. cities have committed to launching mobile television broadcasts during 2009. The stations cover about 35 percent of U.S. television households, and includes NBC, ABC< CBS< FOx, Ion, CW, and MyNetworkTV affiliates, along with nin PBS stations are are in discussions to join the launch. “Broadcasters should be recognized for seizing an… Read More

A hard deadline to end analog television broadcasts will help “foster the creation of new, high-skill jobs and it will promote America's technology leadership in an increasingly competitive world,”said Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro in testimony delivered today before a congressional committee. Shapiro made his comments before a hearing held by the HouseCommittee on Energy and… Read More

Although Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) is still the dominant display technology in the TV market, flat-panel technologies are taking increasing amounts of the market, according to In-Stat a high-tech marketresearch firm. In many countries, even some of those with digital terrestrial broadcasting, flat-panel TVs are the only digital TVs available. The growing popularity of flat-panel units ishighlighted by a recent In-Stat consumer survey.… Read More

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 annualconvention produced by the National Association… Read More

The company has decided to invest, by 2010, a total of USD 110 million in the projected second DTV plant to respond to Europe's rapidly growing DTV demands, together with its first plant inMlawa. LG Electronics and the Polish government signed an investment agreement at the Press Center of the Polish investment agency (Palilz) on April 11. Among participants in the event were Yoon Sang-han,Executive Vice President and concurrently head of… Read More

As Americans prepare for the nation's unofficial holiday — Super Bowl XXXIX – consumer electronics retailers are ringing up huge sales of digital television (DTV) products. According to figuresreleased today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), December 2004 factory-to-dealer sales of DTV products hit 927,000 units, marking a 45 percent increase over December 2003. Total DTVsales for 2004 reached 7.2 million units, an… Read More

The product, packing 30 games, is Commodore branded and utilises the actual operating system used on the original Commodore 64. The games are not just replicas of the originals – they actually are the originals.  The controller (also containing the computer's electronics and a compartment for the 4 AA batteries that power it) is a replica of the recognisable Competition Pro 5000 Joystick - and plugs directly into a TV… Read More

This is marking a 136 percent increase in unit sales over October 2003 and a 102 percent rise in dollar sales. “We expected DTV sales to be strong in the final months of the year, but to see the numbers in print is an exhilarating affirmation of DTV's success,” said CEA Director of Industry Analysis Sean Wargo. “Year-to-date DTV sales total 5.4 million units and are on track to meet CEA's initial forecast of 6.9… Read More

“In a report released late Wednesday, the firm predicted that DTV shipments will reach 86.6 million units in 2008, rising at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 44.5 percent from 19.9 million units in 2004. The year 2004 will be particularly stellar for DTV, with unit shipments expected to grow by 114 percent from 9.3 million in 2003. ADVERTISEMENT Worldwide DTV shipment revenue will double by 2008, reaching $62.8 billion in 2008,… Read More

“FCC Chairman Michael Powell is quoted as saying at a Senate Commerce Committee meeting in September 2004,

The meetings provide a national perspective on where the transition is heading and give local parties an opportunity to discuss ways of working together to achieve greater consumer awareness of thebest of DTV – high-definition television (HDTV). The five markets, selected based on a strong retail HDTV presence as well as cable HDTV activity, are Chicago (September 27), Newark (October 5), San Francisco (October 20), Los Angeles (October… Read More

“DTV sales have now reached a total of 11.7 million units since market introduction in 1998 and most of those sales have occurred during the past two years,” said Sean Wargo, senior industry analyst for CEA. “With high definition (HDTV) products constituting the vast majority of total sales, these figures show how quickly consumers are responding to the continued increase in the amount of quality HDTV programming,… Read More

“CEA conducts numerous programs to increase public knowledge about the DTV transition and broadcast reception in particular, and now is the time for broadcasters to increase their efforts as well by running public service announcements (PSAs) and similar promotions,” CEA wrote in its filing. “Cable operators, for their part, must support digital cable ready (DCR) integrated television sets with adequate stocks of CableCARDS… Read More

Following a record-breaking first quarter, manufacturer-to-dealer sales of digital television (DTV) products continued to soar through April 2004, with 309,098 units sold and more than $413 million generated in revenue for the month, according to figures released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). These April factory-to-dealer sales attest to the continued strength of DTV sales, which marked a 76 percent increase in units… Read More