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Digital Television Transition

Digital Television Transition. CTPAA Conference May 3, 2005. Then and Now - Distribution. Then and Now - Equipment. Then and Now - Content. Content Protection-Broadcast Flag. Adopted by FCC November 4, 2003 Provides protection from mass redistribution of content over the Internet

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Digital Television Transition

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  1. Digital Television Transition CTPAA Conference May 3, 2005

  2. Then and Now - Distribution

  3. Then and Now - Equipment

  4. Then and Now - Content

  5. Content Protection-Broadcast Flag • Adopted by FCC November 4, 2003 • Provides protection from mass redistribution of content over the Internet • No restrictions on home copying • No need for new equipment • New TV sets must be flag-compliant by July 1, 2005 • Interim FCC process for approval of technologies • First wave of 13 technologies approved in August 2004 • Divx application pending • FCC Order on appeal in DC Circuit – Oral argument held in Feb 2005

  6. Remaining Challenges - Distribution • Final DTV Table of Allotments • Channel election process underway • Current schedule NPRM in August 2006 • DTV Must-Carry • Feb. 2005 Order re: “dual” carriage and multicasting; recons filed • Remaining issues re: program-related, material degradation, DBS carriage, etc.

  7. Remaining Challenges - Equipment • FCC ATSC Tuner Mandate – Adopted Aug. 2002 • Mandate upheld by DC Circuit • Include ATSC tuners in receivers on phased-in basis, beginning with set 36” and above. • Phase-in schedule: • Sets 36” and above – 50% by 7/1/04; 100% by 7/1/05 • Set 25”-35” – 50% by 7/1/05; 100% by 7/1/06 • Sets 13”-25” – 100% by 7/1/07 • NPRM pending on revising deadlines for mid-sized sets • Two-Way Digital Cable Ready • Negotiations ongoing; 60-day status reports/mtgs w/FCC req’d starting 8/05 • Cable Separate Security Requirement • Deferred to July 1, 2007 • Report due by December 1, 2005 on downloadable security • Periodic 90-day reports on CableCard roll-out starting 8/1/05

  8. Remaining Challenges – Consumer Education • Need to educate consumers that there is a transition going on and how to prepare themselves • 84% of consumers are familiar with the term High-Definition TV • But how many know that analog broadcasting is ending? (In 2002, GAO found that 40% of consumers had never heard of DTV transition) • FCC web site (www.dtv.gov), tip sheet • Warning labels for analog sets?

  9. The End of Analog • Target date December 31, 2006 • But Congress specifies conditions for extensions • e.g., the “85% test” • When transition is over, government will reclaim 108 MHz for public safety and advanced wireless services (TV channels 52-69) • Broadcasting will continue on “core” spectrum channels 2-51 • Congress examining setting hard date, possibly as early as end of 2006

  10. Transition Impact on Viewers? • Over-the-air viewers: • About 15% of TV HHs rely exclusively on over-the-air TV • About 70 million TV sets not connected to cable or satellite • What, if anything, should gov’t do? • Cable subscribers: • How should DTV signals be carried?

  11. Conclusion • Transition moving from start-up phase to mass market phenomenon • Remaining challenges being addressed • Questions/further information: rick.chessen@fcc.gov

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