FCC Releases Latest Consumer DTV Inquiries Report

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The FCC Consumer & Government Affairs Bureau released its Summary of Top Four Consumer Inquiry Subjects for the Second Quarter of 2012.this week. Comparing the number of consumer inquiries on off-air reception devices and digital television with the report from first quarter 2012, inquiries on off-air reception devices dropped from 416 to 369. Inquiries concerning digital television increased slightly, from 767 to 771. 

The number of digital television inquiries decreased significantly year over year, dropping from 1,102 in the second quarter 2011 report. In the second quarter 2011 report, off-air reception device inquiries totaled 385. 

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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.