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Analysis: The FCC Rules to Adopt the Broadcast Flag

Following years of discussion, the US Federal Communications Commission has ruled that Digital TV (DTV) receivers sold after 1 July, 2005 must recognise and act on the presence of the Broadcast Flag. We analyse their current ruling on DTV receivers and policy intentions for recording equipment and content protection schemes.

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FCC Win Appeal for Digital TV by 2007

The US Consumer Electronics Association took action against the Federal Communications Commission to stop them forcing all TV’s sold in the US to be equipped to receive both digital and analogue signals by 2007. Yesterday they lost their appeal.

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