Digital TV News: NTIA

Consumer electronics global revenue reached $375 billion in 2009
Mar 15, 2010 – IMS Research forecasts relatively strong growth in smartphones, portable media players, set-top boxes, LCD televisions and refrigeration appliances for 2010, which are expected to significantly contribute to global CE revenues of $406 billion during the year.
News categories: IMS Research, Market Research

Broadcom Announces DTT Converter Box Solution for Japan's Digital TV Transition
Jan 7, 2010 – Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced highly integrated digital terrestrial converter box SoCs, featuring an ISDB-T tuner, for Japan's upcoming transition to digital TV broadcast transmission.
News categories: Broadcom, FUJISOFT, CES2025, Digital TV, ICs, ISDB-T, Japan, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

U.S. Full-Power TV Broadcasters Go All-Digital
Jun 13, 2009 – The historic switch to digital television in the U.S. prompted hundreds of thousands of consumers to call for assistance but caused no widespread disruption of free, over-the-air television broadcasts.
News categories: FCC, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

One Day Until U.S. DTV Transition
Jun 11, 2009 – On the eve of an historic technological transition to digital television, the focus for the FCC and NTIA, the two agencies managing the switch, is on helping Americans who are at risk of losing their TV signals.
News categories: FCC, NTIA, ATSC 3, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

U.S. Converter Box Program Waiting List for Coupons Cleared
Mar 24, 2009 – Money allocated to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has allowed NTIA to clear the digital converter box coupon waiting list.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

NTIA Begins to Clear TV Converter Box Coupon Request Waiting List
Mar 5, 2009 – The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that the agency has begun to clear its waiting list for requests to the TV Converter Box Coupon Program as a result of additional funds provided by Congress.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Commerce's NTIA Announces New Coupon Applicants Will be Placed on Waiting List Due to High Demand for TV Converter Box Coupons
Jan 5, 2009 – The NTIA has announced that consumers requesting coupons from the agency's TV Converter Box Coupon Program will be placed on a waiting list and coupons will be mailed on a first-come-first-served basis, as funds from expired coupons become available.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Regulation, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Commerce's NTIA, 25 Federal Agencies Partner to Urge Households to Apply for TV Converter Box Coupons by December 31
Dec 8, 2008 – To date, more than 20 million U.S. households have requested more than 39 million TV Converter Box coupons and redeemed more than 16 million coupons since the program opened on January 1, 2008.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, TV Converter Box Coupon Program, ATSC 3, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA

Commerce's NTIA Releases TV Converter Box Coupon Program Request Rate by TV Market with 100 Days Until Digital TV Transition Concludes
Nov 10, 2008 – The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has announced that 62 percent of all over-the-air households have requested coupons from the TV Converter Box Coupon Program.
News categories: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Coupon Program, ATSC 3, Digital TV, Market Research, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA