FCC Speeds Up Digital TV Signal Deadlines
An AP newswire article written by David Pace (via Yahoo! News) reports that:
Federal regulators on Thursday moved up the deadlines for manufacturers to make popular, mid-sized television sets capable of receiving digital signals.
The next-generation technology provides sharper images and more programming options.
The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to require that all medium-sized televisions, those with screens from 25 to 36 inches in diameter, be capable of receiving both digital and traditional analog signals by March 1, four months earlier than the commission had decreed three years ago.
Regulators also retained a requirement that half of all new mid-size televisions must have digital receiving capability by July 1.
The commission also proposed moving the deadline for all small TVs to have digital tuners to the end of 2006, rather than the July 1, 2007, deadline the regulators set in 2002. That proposals will be voted on later after a period of public comment.
posted by Fergie @ 6/09/2005 08:10:00 AM
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