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By Staff -- TWICE, 4/7/2008
TWICE NEWS:
CEA Washington Forum Focus On Free Trade, DTV Transition
WASHINGTON — Free trade was the theme of the first day of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Washington Forum, highlighted by a morning keynote by Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez.
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A Report From Mitsubishi's Line Show
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Griffin Bows Signal-Boosting iPhone Case
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GM Puts XM NavTraffic on 22 Models
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Consumers To Sell, Recycle, Donate Analog TVs In 2009
TALKBACK:
In response to: Wattles To Circuit's Board: Ditch Schoonover, Dennis Smith, Fairfield Calif., consultants: "Here Wattles is suggesting "focusing on basic retail execution" especially with a 'focus on the most immediate and least capital-intensive opportunities.' If this is a suggestion to upgrade the sales team, it's going to be a long, painful struggle."
In response to: Consumers To Sell, Recycle, Donate Analog TVs In 2009, Andrew Kantor, Richmond, Va., writer: "Why would anyone who uses cable or satellite even think about this? Their analog sets will be just fine. The idea that older TVs won't work is marketing nonsense from the manufacturers. Unless you have analog cable or get your signal from an antenna, it's not going to make a darned bit of difference."
BLOGS:
Harmonic Distortion — Stewart Wolpin
This Air Is Your Air, This Air Is Their Air
As I was saying, the federal government has harvested (so far) $19.56 billion from the analog TV spectrum auctions last week. But only $1.15 billion has been allocated to the converter-box program. I said this was wrong that the government should be piling up these profits and then making consumers pay even a few dollars to buy a converter box, and I was right.
Reporter's Notebook — Doug Olenick
Is TV A Constitutional Right?
I say no.
Sorry if this upsets everyone in the industry, but I just can't go along with the government's plan to spend at least $900 million so people who still receive over-the-air TV signals can go buy an analog-to-digital converter box.
Reporter's Notebook — Greg Scoblete
Cablevision's Tasteless Telemarketing
Two days ago I attended a wake. During the wake my cellphone rang (well, buzzed actually.) I couldn't answer the first call, but shortly thereafter it rang again. "Must be important," I thought, ducking out of the room. It turned out to be a Cablevision telemarketer trying to rope me into the triple play.
Fair enough. I told the rep that I wasn't interested in the triple play and in any event, I was at a wake. "I understand that," he said, "but I'll have you off the phone in five minutes saving money on your long-distance bills."
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