CEA Applauds FCC Action Issuing DTV Cable

15-Jan-03

The following statement was issued by Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro in response to action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding proposed rules for ""plug-and-play"" compatibility between digital cable systems and one-way digital cable television receivers, as well as other unidirectional digital cable products: ""We strongly applaud today's action by the FCC. We greatly appreciate the Commission's efforts to prepare and issue the NPRM expeditiously. ""The agreement reached between consumer electronics companies and cable multiple system operators (MSOs) presented to the FCC last month stands as a landmark moment in the DTV transition. We strongly believe that the agreement as presented is great for consumers, great for cable operators and great for set makers. ""We greatly appreciate the Commission's continued leadership in the transition to DTV. We look forward to providing comment on the NPRM and working with the Commission to continue to move this process forward.""For more information about the CEA, visit www.ce.org.

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