The International Trade Commission has instituted a formal enforcement proceeding to determine whether certain companies are in violation of the ITC's limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders on certain digital televisions and certain digital products containing the same and methods of using the same.
The Federal Communications Commission implemented the final phase of its requirement that all televisions or TV devices with tuners (VCRs, video recorders, etc.) imported or sold across state lines in the U.S. on or after March 1, 2007 have a digital tuner (known as an ATSC tuner).
According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the first phase of its plan to require new broadcast television receiving equipment to include the capability to receive digital television (DTV) signals took effect July 1, 2004.