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CTA Fighting Plan For Mandatory NEXTGEN TV Tuners

The Carr Commission is considering a mandate that would require all sellers of televisions in the U.S to include a NEXTGEN TV-compatible receiver.

A lobbying group, responsible for the annual CES conference, opposes this mandate.

About 60 years ago, FCC Chairman Newton Minow championed a mandate for TV set manufacturers to add a dial for UHF television, which became a game-changer.

It was a game-changer that fully came to fruition a decade later, thanks to programming choices, cable TV distribution and “Superstation” status for channels.

The lobbying group doesn't want the NEXTGEN TV mandate to happen.

Author's summary: CTA opposes NEXTGEN TV tuner mandate.

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