Digital Television
May 2005
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Federal Government
Congressional Hearings
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Preparing
Consumers for the End of the Digital Television Transition
March 10, 2005
Panel 1
Mr.
Lavada E. DeSalles - Member Board of Directors American Association
of Retired Persons
Mr.
Manuel Mirabal - Founder and Co-Chair - Hispanic Technology
and Telecommunications Partnership
Mr.
David Arland - Vice President, Communications and Government
Affairs
Thomson Connectivity Business Unit
Mr.
Leonard H. Roberts - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -
RadioShack Corporation
Available Member Statements
The
Honorable Fred Upton
The
Honorable Joe Barton
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
The
Role of Technology in Achieving a Hard Deadline for the DTV Transition
February 17, 2005
Panel 1
Dr.
Jong Kim - Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications
- LG Electronics USA, Inc.
Mr.
Mark L. Goldstein - Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
- Government Accountability Office
Mr.
Michael S. Willner - President and Chief Executive Officer -
Insight Communications
Mr.
K. James Yager - Chief Executive Officer - Barrington Broadcasting
Co., LLC
Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. National Association
of Broadcaster
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
The Digital Television Transition: What We Can Learn from Berlin
- July 21, 2004
Panel 1
Mr.
Mark Goldstein - Director, Physical Infrastructure - U.S. Government
Accountability Office
Dr.
Mark Cooper - Director of Research -The Consumer Federation
of America
Mr.
Greg Schmidt - Vice President of New Development and General
Counsel LIN Television Corporation
Mr.
Michael S. Willner - Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Insight Communications
Mr.
John Lawson - President and Chief Executive Officer Association
of Public Television Stations
Mr.
Eddy W. Hartenstein - Vice Chairman The DirecTV Group, Inc.
Mr.
Carl J. McGrath - Corporate Vice President & Chief Technology
Officer Broadband Communications Motorola, Inc.
Mr.
James H. Snider - Senior Research Fellow - The New America Foundation
Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Advancing
the DTV Transition: An Examination of the FCC Media Bureau Proposal
June 2, 2004
Panel 1
Mr.
W. Kenneth Ferree - Chief, Media Bureau - Federal Communications
Commission
Mr.
Edward O. Fritts - President and Chief Executive Officer - National
Association of Broadcasters
Mr.
Robert Sachs - President and Chief Executive Officer - National
Cable & Telecom Association
Mr.
Richard DalBello - President - Satellite Broadcasting &
Communications Association
Mr.
Gary Shapiro - President and Chief Executive Officer - Consumer
Electronics Association
Ms.
Gloria Tristani - Managing Director, Office of Communication
- The United Church of Christ, Inc.
Mr.
Thomas Lenard - Senior Fellow and Vice President for Research
- The Progress & Freedom Foundation
CRS Reports
Public Safety, Interoperability and the
Transition to Digital Television - Updated April 18, 2005
Digital Television: An Overview
(March 10, 2005)
Executive Agencies
Federal Communications Commission
Digital Television (DTV) Regulatory
Information
Federal
Communications Commission Media Bureau Staff Report Concerning Over-The-Air
Broadcast Television Viewers MB DOCKET NO. 04-210 February 28,
2005
Nongovernment Organizations
Consumer Electronics Association
National
Association of Broadcasters
Legislative
Issue Paper: Digital Television (DTV) Conversion
National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
NCTA
Letter to FCC Chairman Powell Responding to Broadcasters “Plan”
to End the Digital Transition
Nielsen Media Research Estimates
Nielsen
Media Research Estimates 109.6 Million TV Households in the U.S.
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