DTV Players Preview Digital Future at Best Buy Event

DTV PLAYERS PREVIEW DIGITAL FUTURE AT BEST BUY EVENT
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
A Best Buy store in northwest Washington, D.C., set the stage Thursday for the kickoff of the digital-TV converter-box-coupon program. On hand were U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin, Best Buy senior vice president Michael Vitelli, National Association of Broadcasters president David K. Rehr, National Cable & Telecommunications Association president Kyle McSlarrow, National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Meredith Atwell Baker and CEA VP Jason Oxman. The message was that much has been done to educate TV viewers about their options in the coming digital age: Get a converter box if they have an analog-only set and want to receive over the air signals; hook up to cable or satellite; or buy a new DTV or HDTV set.
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* Martin: Dual-Cable-Carriage Rules ‘a Critical Component’
Asked at a digital-TV event in Washington, D.C., Thursday whether he agreed with National Association of Broadcasters president David Rehr that a suit by programmers to overturn the FCC's dual-cable-carriage rules could derail the DTV transition, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said it was "critical to making sure that consumers are able to do what we've all told them today, which is that if they subscribe to cable, they will be able to watch broadcast television."
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