Ferree has a big cable list

摘要

FCC Media Bureau Chief Ken Ferree is tackling the digital-television transition as if he has consulted an organizational guru. He has a checklist of DTV's problems that he plans to tackle one-by-one. Two weeks ago, the commission approved rules drafted by Ferree's office and mandating that digital tuners eventually be built into nearly all sets. Confident the rule will prevent the flood of analog-only sets from delaying the day when most homes receive digital TV, he has now moved to the next item on his list, which is just as down and dirty: the interoperability between cable and broadcast digital TV.