Broadcasters doubt cable's DTV set deal. (Policy).
Multichannel News, April, 2003 by Hearn, Ted
LAS VEGAS -- Broadcasters are profoundly suspicious that the digital TV interoperability agreement between cable operators and consumer-electronics manufacturers could be a bad deal for consumers. What TV stations fear is that the December agreement between major cable companies and CE firms will mean that DTV sets labeled "cable ready" would not include a tuner that can receive either analog or digital programming from an off-air antenna.
"One could have a cable-viewing device that is not a TV set," said Lynn Claudy, chief engineer of the National Association of Broadcasters, during a panel discussion April 7 at the trade group's annual convention here. Last year, the Federal Communications Commission ordered TV set makers to include off-air...
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