Editing Consumer Technology Association (section)

== Name changes ==
[[File:Consumer Electronics Association logo.svg|alt=This logo is still the sign on the CTA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.|thumb|Former CTA logo, used from 1999 until 2015]]
CTA originally started as the Radio Manufacturers Association (RMA) in 1924. In 1950, it changed its name to Radio-Television Manufacturers Association (RTMA). In 1953, it changed its name to Radio-Electronics-Television Manufacturers Association (RETMA). It was then the Electronic Industries Association (EIA) from 1957 to 1998, when it became the [[Electronic Industries Alliance]]. In 1995, EIA's Consumer Electronics Group (CEG) became the Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association (CEMA). In 1999, President Gary Shapiro announced the trade group's name change from CEMA to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and became an independent sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ce.org/Press/CEA_Pubs/1964.asp |title=Digital America |publisher=Consumer Electronics Association |access-date=September 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821005818/http://www.ce.org/Press/CEA_Pubs/1964.asp |archive-date=August 21, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name of CEA was changed to Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in November 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/nov/13/group-behind-consumer-electronics-show-is-changing/|title=Group behind Consumer Electronics Show is changing its name|newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]|date=November 13, 2015|access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref>