Three CE makers agreed to pay the FCC $78,350 in fines, total for...
Three CE makers agreed to pay the FCC $78,350 in fines, total for shipping TV sets without DTV tuners, the agency said in orders released Friday. It said ViewSonic agreed to pay $23,350, Sling Media $42,500 and TTE $12,500.…
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Consent decrees require the companies to compliance measures, such as certifying that TV shipments obey the commission’s DTV tuner mandate, the orders said. TTE agreed to a requirement not imposed on the others. “Specifically, only digital television broadcast receivers for United States customers will have pricing data associated with them, ensuring that no United States customer will be able to purchase a noncompliant new television broadcast receiver,” the order on TTE said. TTE, which sells RCA-brand TVs, also agreed to replace with digital sets analog-only sets still under warranty, the order said. The company is doing that to smooth the DTV transition and minimize “consumer confusion or disruption,” the order said.