Recently some TV stations have begun broadcasting full strength DTV signals hence leaving older televisions without built-in digital tuner with fewer stations. These stations have stopped broadcasting their digital signals all together. So even if you have cable you may need a DTV Cable Box for each Analog TV in your home becomes a question.

The FCC and the cable companies have left most of their publications open to interpretation by using word like "Should" & "Probably"

As of March 1, 2007, all television receivers shipped in interstate commerce or imported into the United States must contain a digital tuner. In addition, effective May 25, 2007, the Commission required sellers of television receiving equipment that does not include a digital tuner to disclose at the point-of-sale that such devices include only an analog tuner, and therefore will require a digital-to-analog converter box to receive over-the-air broadcast television after the transition date. Retailers must inform consumers by prominently displaying the following text if they are selling TV equipment with only an analog tuner: "This television receiver has only an analog broadcast tuner and will require a converter box after February 17, 2009, to receive over-the-air broadcasts with an antenna because of the Nation’s transition to digital broadcasting".

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Finding information about the Cable TV Industry can prove difficult. Their is much disinformation about The DTV Transformation and Cable Industry in general. 

NCTA , (National Cable & Telecommunications Association) is the principal trade association for the U.S. cable industry, representing cable operators serving more than 90 percent of the nation's cable television households and more than 200 cable program networks. There are a wide variety of suppliers to the industry.

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When Most of us hear "FCC" we think of FCC Censorship of our favorite programming. Back in the day of the Smothers Brothers the FCC Censors would monitor every word said and censored for political and sociable aspects they deemed unfit. For the most part the FCC is more of a regulatory agency than a censor. They still do censor shows like Howard Stern  Do any of us really know the history of the FCC?

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) LINK is an independent United States government agency. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 and is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.

What people may not recognize is the extent to which every area of their life is intertwined with the communications technologies the FCC has the responsibility to regulate. For example, because almost all electrical and electronic equipment emits radio frequencies, FCC equipment authorization rules protect the American public.