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Digital set-top box manufacturers are lobbying the Federal Government to repeal the ban on free-to-air TV networks broadcasting extra channels. The industry has told the Government that allowing the commercial networks to operate multiple channels will boost the number of people converting from analogue to digital television. Digital TV has yet to be embraced by consumers, with just 100,000 set-top boxes sold to retailers. The Communications Minister, Richard Alston, is expected to seek Cabinet's approval to lift the multi-channel ban which has been in place since 1998. He is ... expected to recommend the Government bring forward the review of its digital policy. The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association has told the Government that picture quality and greater choice were the keys to widespread digital uptake.
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The warning label provision requires a warning label on all TV reception devices (which include TV sets, VCRs, computer TV cards and the like) that starts off with "Consumer Alert." The label explains the issue, starting with the sentence, "This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009."
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The service, called Homezone, combines DISH Network satellite TV and AT&T's high-speed Internet access to deliver video on demand and online radio to customers' sets. Homezone ... connects televisions to a home computer, allowing users to show off
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Although studies have shown that too much time spent in front of a TV set can harm the eyes not to mention affect the relationship in a family, the benefits of the modern day television is hard to put down. Large companies from different industries use the television as a medium to convey their messages to consumers via advertisements. Artists and directors use it to express themselves and in the process invoking emotions on viewers which can uplift their spirits. Indeed, the television is a wonderful creation and it is only fitting that through the years, it has been improved.
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The New Zealand government has set up a working group to assess the best and cheapest way for state broadcaster TVNZ to move into digital TV. Rival terrestrial networks TV1 and TV2 already have carriage deals with Sky Television, the country's only digital TV platform which reaches 30 per cent of households, but talks between it and TVNZ have yet to produce an agreement. The government is keen for TVNZ to remain free-to-air whatever strategy is eventually taken. Officials have been asked to report to Cabinet by mid-2003 on options for allocating spectrum for digital terrestrial and satellite television; issues relating to the digital television market; industry progress in adopting digital television technical standards; funding of analogue terrestrial television transmission in outlying areas; and implications of digital television for TVNZ and the Maori Television Service.
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