On April 14, 2009, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $175,000 to a computer company that was marketing and selling analog-only broadcast television receivers for personal computers. The FCC "requires that all new television broadcast receivers that are imported into the United States or shipped in interstate commerce be capable of receiving the signals of DTV broadcast stations over-the-air." The DTV reception capability requirement also applies to "other video devices that include television receivers but do not include a viewing screen." The Commission reiterated that any device capable of receiving broadcast television signals must comply with the requirement.
The Notice is available here.
