Consumer DTV Consumer Education Seminar Agenda Announced

By Doug Lung
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The FCC announced the agenda for the Digital Television Consumer Education Workshop set for Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the FCC Headquarters in Washington D.C. The workshop includes representatives from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the government organization administering the set-top box coupon program; the Consumer Electronics Association, the National Cable Television Association; the National Association of Broadcasters; the Association of Public Television Stations; the Consumer Federation of America and several other consumer organizations, including groups representing specific ethnic groups in the United States.

Topics covered at the workshop include:

  • What Are the Government’s and Industry’s Roles in Facilitating the DTV Transition?
  • Consumer Interest and Advocacy Group Roundtable Part 1
  • Consumer Interest and Advocacy Group Roundtable Part 2 (Specific Populations)

There will also be technical demonstrations of converter box use, digital television receivers and comparison of digital and analog television reception. The workshop’s audio content will be available on the Internet at http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio/#sep26. The number of connections is limited and will be made available on a first-come, first-served basis. The workshop will also be recorded.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.