David Steel, Samsung Electronics North America’s executive vice president for strategy, talked about the expanding American consumer market for technology, the future of television, and the latest developments in the technology market. Samsung is the world’s largest technology company in sales and is the second highest recipient of U.S. patents. 
This is the fourth in a series of “The Communicators” interviews taped at the International CES, a show sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association January 8-11, 2013, in Las Vegas.*The interviews highlight some of the newest developments in TV and communications and consumer technology, as well as policy issues flowing from them. "The Communicators" talked with technology industry leaders, policymakers, and legislators, and with innovators showing technology products set to be unveiled during the coming year.