DTV News for 2-21-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 2-21-2006
1092 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

American Public Television Announces Nine New Key Markets to the Already Unprecedented Launch of the Create Channel
Bringing the National Coverage of Licensees to nearly 64% of USTVHH
(Business Wire via Yahoo News / RedOrbit)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060221/20060221005173.html?.v=1
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology ... technology

KGBT 4 Launches 24/7 Local Weather Channel
(KGBT-TV Harlingen, TX)
http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=3484513

Another Digital TV Station Fires Up
(Ohio MediaWatch)
http://ohiomedia.blogspot.com/2006/02/a ... es-up.html

DISH Network boosts HD lineup
(Nashville, TN City Paper)
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index ... s_id=47976


Jargon Buster - HDTV
(PC Authority)
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature.aspx?CIaFID=1328


AACS Copy Protection For Blu-ray Disc And HD DVD Reached
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... p?id=10870


Sony High-Definition Video Recording Ready for Mainstream Consumers
Sony Introduces the World's Smallest and Lightest HDV 1080i Camcorder With Easy-to-Use Operation and Advanced Features
(PR Newswire)
http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-elec ... 006-1.html


LG Electronics Uses Philips Single-Chip LCD TV Solution for Entry Level Product Range
The TDA15500 Single-Chip Solution with the TV505 Reference Design Enables LG Electronics to Offer High Picture Quality in Affordable LCD TV Sets
(Business Wire via Yahoo News)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/sit ... ewsLang=en
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060220/20060220005239.html?.v=1

Chinese A/V codec rises
Domestic rival to WMV-9 and MPEG-4 nears standardization
(EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtm ... =180204086


BBC commits to HD on FreeSat and online [UK]
(Advanced Television)
http://www.advanced-television.com/2006 ... 24.htm#bbc

BBC is working on HD for iMP and Freesat [UK]
(Digital TV Group)
http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?cla ... 93&id=1487

Humax HD for DTH [UK]
(Advanced Television)
http://www.advanced-television.com/2006 ... 24.htm#hum

South Korea to Set up Task Force on Digital Broadcasting [South Korea]
(Asia Pulse via Yahoo News)
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060221/4/2g5tj.html

Policy Wavering Delays Switchover to Digital TV [South Korea]
Communcation Ministry Blamed for Vacillating for 4 Years Between European, US Modalities
(Korea Times)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200 ... 711880.htm

ACMA varies digital channel plan for Southern Tasmania [Australia]
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=news&newsID=821