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11/24/2004
CEA FCC Filing Says Cable Industry Must Keep Promise Of Digital Cable Ready And CableCARD
Digital cable ready (DCR) television sets are a marketplace reality that requires the full backing of both the consumer electronics (CE) and cable industries, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) wrote in an ex parte filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). CEA filed its comments yesterday in response to submissions from the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and its members, urging the FCC to lift its requirement that cable operators and competitive products rely on a common interface for purposes of conditional access. The interface and conditional access measures provide protections to prevent theft of service and damage to the cable system.

11/22/2004
CEA Applauds Senate Passage Of Satellite Home Viewer Act
Consumer Electronics Association President and CEO Gary Shapiro issued the following statement today applauding the U.S. Senate for reauthorizing the Satellite Home Viewer Act (SHVIA) over the weekend:

11/22/2004
CEA Announces Another All-Time High For DTV As Cumulative Sales Top 13 Million Units
Retailers are preparing for the biggest digital television (DTV) holiday sales season yet, according to the latest figures from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Factory-to-dealer DTV product sales totaled 741,598 units in September, which represents a 40 percent increase compared to the same period in 2003. Cumulative 2004 numbers are up 71 percent versus the first 9 months of last year.

11/10/2004
Innovations 2005 Honorees Recognized for Excellence in Consumer Electronics Product Design
With more than 800 entries from 347 companies, the International CES today announced its Innovations 2005 Design and Engineering Showcase honorees. Sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the International CES Innovations Awards highlight product advancements in technology design and engineering. Winning entries will be showcased at the 2005 International CES, the world's largest annual tradeshow for consumer technology, January 6-9, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

10/7/2004
CEA Premieres Consumer "Connections Guide" For Audio and Video Products
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced the launch of a new online tool designed to guide consumers step-by-step to interconnect various consumer electronics devices. The CEA Connections Guide now is available at www.CE.org/connectionsguide.

10/4/2004
CEA Offers Support For FCC's DTV Consumer Education Campaign
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) new consumer education and awareness campaign is a significant and crucial step marking the final lap in the analog-to-digital television (DTV) transition, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said today.

9/28/2004
CEA Announces Latest HDTV Sales Numbers
Sales of digital television (DTV) products continued to sizzle in August with unit sales rising ten percent over last August, according to figures released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). CEA issued the sales figures today simultaneously at the Association for Maximum Service Television's (MSTV) 18th Annual Television Conference in Washington, D.C. and at CEA's first 2004 fall HDTV Update in Chicago, IL.

9/13/2004
CEA ANNOUNCES FALL HDTV UPDATES
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced its popular "HDTV Update" program will be conducted in five markets this fall to bring retailers, broadcasters and cable representatives up-to-date on the state of the analog to digital television (DTV) transition. The meetings provide a national perspective on where the transition is heading and give local parties an opportunity to discuss ways of working together to achieve greater consumer awareness of the best of DTV - high-definition television (HDTV).

9/9/2004
CEA Calls On All DTV Industries To Educate Consumers
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) filed reply comments on Tuesday to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) request for information on television viewers who rely exclusively on over-the-air (OTA) broadcasting. CEA filed its original comments on August 11, 2004.

8/25/2004
First Half 2004 DTV Sales Take The Gold
Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of digital television (DTV) products continued to soar during the first half of 2004, reaching 2.8 million units and dollar revenues of more than $2.7 billion, according to figures released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).

8/12/2004
Majority of Households That Do Not Subscribe to Pay Television Services do so for Reasons Other Than Economic Limitations
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) submitted comments yesterday in response to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Notice requesting information on television viewers who rely exclusively on over-the-air (OTA) broadcasting, such as why they do not subscribe to a pay television service such as cable or satellite. The FCC also sought comment on options for minimizing the impact on OTA viewers when analog broadcasts cease.

7/28/2004
Electronic House Expo Fall 2004 Calendar Listing
Electronic House Expo (EHX) Fall 2004, produced by EH Events & Education and sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) TechHome Division, is the fastest growing trade event serving the $15 billion electronic home industry. More than 7,000 professionals come to see 275 exhibitors displaying the latest in home networking, home automation, structured wiring, distributed audio, home theater and video, lighting control, IP networking and security. The EHX conference program consists of eight boot camps and more than 50 seminars to educate attendees on the basics of the industry, along with the latest trends and technologies to stay in tune with the electronic home.

7/15/2004
CEA Backs Satelite Digital White Area Bill
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) commended Senators John Ensign (R-NV) and John McCain (R-AZ) on the introduction of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Rural Consumer Access to Digital Television Act of 2004. This bill will allow digital broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to offer a network high definition television (HDTV) feed to consumers who are unable to receive their local broadcasters' digital signal.

7/1/2004
"Digital Cable Ready" HDTV Marks Major Milestone In Digital Television Transition
Marking a major milestone in the transition to digital television (DTV), the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today celebrated the official launch of the national "plug-and-play" digital cable standard that will deliver digital and high-definition television (HDTV) via cable for the first time without the need for a cable set-top box.

5/18/2004
CEA Projects One Million 'Digital Cable Ready' HDTVs Will Be In Home By Year's End
Beginning this summer, American consumers for the first time will be able to receive digital high-definition television (HDTV) programming via cable without the need for a set-top box. In fact, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today that by year's end, more than one million so-called "Digital Cable Ready" (DCR) HDTVs are expected to be sold in the United States.

5/13/2004
CEA/MIT Conference Focuses on the Convergence of Consumer Electronics Devices and Innovative Lab Work
Consumer electronics manufacturers and the world of academic research came together during a day crammed full of sessions on the intersection of technology and devices at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Media Lab first-ever joint symposium, "Designing Bits and Pieces."

5/10/2004
January - February DTV Sales Portend Blow-Out Year, According to Latest CEA Figures
Combined January and February manufacturer-to-dealer sales of digital television (DTV) products totaled 853,443 units representing dollar sales of more than $1.3 billion, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today. Compared to the same period in 2003, the 2004 sales represent a 124 percent unit increase and a 100 percent increase in dollar sales. CEA defines DTV products as integrated sets and monitors displaying active vertical scanning lines of at least 480p and, in the case of integrated sets, receiving and decoding ATSC terrestrial digital transmissions.

4/16/2004
Quarterly Report To FCC Underscores CEA's HDTV Education Leadership
Emphasizing its latest education and promotion activities related to the analog to digital television (DTV) transition, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today submitted an activity report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on first quarter projects. CEA also reiterated its call for other industries to increase their DTV promotion and education efforts, as well. This is CEA's third quarterly report to the Commission.

3/30/2004
Policy and Industry Leaders Declare HDTV a 'Win' for Consumers at CEA'S Ninth Annual HDTV Summit
High-definition television (HDTV) is a marketplace success with a bright future appeared to be the general consensus among top industry and policy leaders in the analog to digital television transition participating in the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) ninth annual HDTV Summit - Partnership, Policy and Profits Viewpoints held yesterday in Washington, D.C.

3/24/2004
Online Training Program For DTV Retailers To Be Unveiled At CEA's Ninth Annual HDTV Summit
In its ongoing efforts to equip consumer electronics retailers nationwide with the premier digital television (DTV) sales training resources, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced that the CEknowhow.com training module for DTV and high-definition TV (HDTV) will be unveiled next week at the ninth annual HDTV Summit: Partnership, Policy and Profits on March 29 at the new Washington, DC Convention Center. A CEknowhow Internet kiosk will be stationed in the HDTV Summit demonstration area making event attendees the first to tour the DTV training module website.

3/23/2004
CEA Enhances Standard Test Method For Television Antennas
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced today that its R5 Antenna Systems Committee has adopted a new edition of the CEA-774 standard for television antennas. Titled CEA-774A - TV Receiving Antenna Performance Presentation and Measurement, the updated standard provides manufacturers of television antennas with the test and measurement procedures necessary to make their products compliant with the antenna categories defined at www.antennaweb.org. Antennaweb.org is a CEA website used by consumers and professional installers to determine which types of television antennas are most appropriate for specific street addresses.

3/10/2004
House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chair Fred Upton Joins Key Congressional and FCC Staff and DTV Industry Leaders at Seminal HDTV Summit
One-day conference hosted by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)

2/23/2004
CEA Reports More Than 1.2 Million Over-The-Air DTV Tuners Sold To Date
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced that more than 1.2 million over-the-air digital television (DTV) tuners have been sold factory-to-dealer since product came to market at the close of 1998. DTV tuners are devices capable of receiving DTV broadcast signals (ATSC) and may be purchased as stand-alone set-top boxes or embedded within a DTV set.

2/13/2004
HRRC Urges FCC Not to Slam the Door on HDTV Early Adopters
The Home Recording Rights Coalition (HRRC) today submitted response filings in two Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) proceedings related to the digital television (DTV) transition, which call for a permanent ban on downresolution and the preservation of consumers' customary home recording and fair use rights in the digital age.

12/30/2003
CEA Survey Indicates Americans Will Use Technology to Help Fulfill Their 2004 New Year's Resolutions
According to a national online study commissioned by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), 35 percent of Americans will make New Year's resolutions for 2004.

12/18/2003
Holiday Sales Boost DTV Numbers for October and November
Explosive sales of liquid crystal display (LCD) and plasma monitors catapulted digital television (DTV) product sales to new heights in October and November, according to figures released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).

10/28/2003
September DTV Sales Top The Charts
Marking the highest one-month total for digital television (DTV) product sales, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today issued factory-to-dealer sales figures for September totaling 530,656 units and $791,487,344.

10/28/2003
CEA Responds to Appeals Court Ruling in Digital Tuner Mandate Case
Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) President and CEO Gary Shapiro issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling regarding CEA's appeal of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) digital television (DTV) tuner mandate:

10/14/2003
Nominations Open at CEA Industry Forum for 2003 Academy of Digital Television Pioneers Awards
Speaking during a breakfast honoring the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers (DTV Academy) at the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) Industry Forum today in Carlsbad, California, CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro announced that the nomination process for the 2003 DTV Academy Awards now is underway.

10/14/2003
CEA Survey Reveals 9 Million Plan to Purchase HDTV Over Next 18 Months
Nine million households are likely to purchase high-definition television (HDTV) products over the next 18 months and another 30 million consumers consider themselves likely purchasers within the next three years according to results of the Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA) latest consumer survey regarding the digital television (DTV) transition.

10/1/2003
August DTV Sales Bring Year-To-Date Total to Two Million Units
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today issued August factory-to-dealer sales of digital television (DTV) products, which totaled 298,714 units and revenues of $447,564,303.

9/5/2003
July Digital Television Sales Stay Hot
Manufacturer-to-dealer sales of digital television (DTV) products during the month of July remained on track for a record year, according to figures released today by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).

9/4/2003
CEA DTV Subdivision Now Houses All Major HDTV Networks
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced that all the major broadcast, cable and satellite HDTV networks - ABC, CBS, Discovery, ESPN and NBC - now live under the CEA digital television (DTV) Subdivision umbrella.

9/3/2003
CEA to Unveil New HDTV Educational Materials at CEDIA-CEA HDTV Update
Making point-of-sale education about the analog to digital television (DTV) transition a reality for consumers, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) today announced two tools for high-definition television (HDTV) retailers to make available on the retail sales floor.

8/29/2003
LCD and Plasma TVs Rocket into Triple Digit Growth
Sales of LCD (liquid crystal display) and Plasma TVs have increased tremendously during the first half of 2003 compared to year-to-date sales in 2002, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).

8/18/2003
CEA Urges FCC to Embrace Voluntary, Market-Driven Approach to DTV Receiver Performance
Full-Power DTV Broadcasts Also Necessary for DTV Signal Reception

8/5/2003
Co-Hosted "HDTV Update" and In-Store Educational Segments Top CEA's Latest HDTV Promotions
Previously Announced CEA "HDTV Update" Fall Schedule Expanded to Include Indianapolis During CEDIA Expo 2003

6/30/2003
CEA Leads in HDTV Promotion and Consumer Education
Document Submitted To FCC Outlines Multi-Million Dollar Investment To Reach Millions Of Consumers

6/23/2003
Year-to-Date DTV Shipments Exceed One Million Units During May
Unit sales for the year now total 1,073,503, representing a 59 percent increase compared to the same period in 2002