Retailers break vows on analog TV sales, get FCC wrist slap
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The Federal Communications Commission has proposed almost $4 million in fines to seven major retailers for "willfully and repeatedly" selling analog-only TV sets without labels that warn consumers that the devices may not work after February 17, 2009—the last day of analog broadcasting. The scofflaws include the Sears-Roebuck/K-Mart group, which received a fine of $1.096 million; Wal-Mart, hit with a $992,000 forfeit; and CompUSA, which took the lowest penalty at $168,000.-
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