Mandate Is Upheld for Digital TV Tuners
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A U.S. appeals court upheld federal regulations requiring television set manufacturers to install tuners that can receive high-quality digital broadcast signals in new sets starting next summer.
The Federal Communications Commission in August 2002 ordered that digital tuners be included in new sets as part of an effort to jump-start the lagging transition to crisper digital television, targeted for completion by 2007.
The Consumer Electronics Assn., which represents manufacturers such as LG Electronics Ltd.’s Zenith and Sony Corp., had challenged the rules, arguing that the FCC lacked the authority to impose such a requirement.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that the FCC had the authority and “reasonably determined” that requiring TV manufacturers to phase in digital tuners would increase production and lower costs.
From Reuters
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