FCC Proposes $3 Million in DTV Tuner Fines

FCC PROPOSES $3 MILLION IN DTV TUNER FINES
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The FCC is apparently very serious about enforcing its DTV tuner mandate. The Commission has issued its first two fines to companies that illegally shipped TV sets that don't contain a DTV tuner. The fines total nearly $3 million. The Commission fined a company called Syntax-Brillian $2,899,575 for importing over 72,000 TV's without tuners. The FCC also cited Regent U.S.A for shipping 2,179 non-compliant sets "The DTV tuner requirement promotes an important public policy goal of helping to speed the transition to digital television," said the FCC in proposing the fines. "And we therefore find violations of this requirement to be more egregious, in general, than many other types of equipment marketing cases that come before us."
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6450114.html?rssid=193

* FCC Warns Retailers To Label Analog-Only Sets Online
The FCC has warned K-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio Shack, and CompUSA that if they don't start placing a warning "in close proximity" to analog-only sets, even those sold online, the stores will face an $11,000-per-day fine, up to $97,000.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6449958.html?rssid=193

FCC CITES MORE STORES FOR LABELING VIOLATIONS
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable 6/8, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
The list of retailers the FCC has citing for violating the TV set labeling rules is growing, and it now includes: Amazon.com, Sears, J&R Electronics and Frys Electronics.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6450352.html