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AEI Conference
What Should the Government Do about the Transition to Digital Television?

Friday, October 26, 2001, 9:30 a.m.-Noon
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

In 1997, the Federal Communications Commission determined that the deployment of digital television was in the public interest.  Since its official launch in November 1998, consumer demand has been slow to develop and numerous technical and practical problems have arisen, leading commentators to call it a "transition in trouble."  Despite all this, the issue has received limited attention in Washington, and there has been little public debate to frame the FCC's decisions throughout the transition period.  This conference brings together speakers of various backgrounds who are involved in the transition and aims to further an informed debate on the role of government in the transition to digital television.

9:15 a.m.
Registration

9:30
Introduction:
HAROLD FURCHTGOTT-ROTH, AEI

9:45
Analytical Perspectives on the Transition to Digital Television

Speakers:
STANLEY M. BESEN, Charles River Associates
THOMAS W. HAZLETT, AEI
BRUCE M. OWEN, Economists Incorporated

Moderator:
HAROLD FURCHTGOTT-ROTH, AEI

10:45
Break

11:00
Industry Views on the Transition

Speakers:
EDWARD O. FRITTS, National Association of Broadcasters
ROBERT SACHS, National Cable Television Association
GARY SHAPIRO, Consumer Electronics Association
RICHARD E. WILEY, Wiley Rein & Fielding

Moderator:
J. GREGORY SIDAK, AEI

Noon
Adjournment

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