DTV News for 7-7-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 7-7-2006
956 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

I'll be taking time off for vacation next week so there may be only one or two DTV Newslinks postings. I'll catch up on my return.

MSTV letter raises red flag over unlicensed devices, interference
The letter from MSTV president and CEO David Donovan to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee chairman and co-chairman points to a section of the Communications, Consumer's Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act that will result in interference to DTV transmission.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/MSTV ... -20060706/

Cable, CE Firms Start New Spat Over CableCARD Failures
(Digital Cable News)
http://www.cabledigitalnews.com/weekly_ ... 06_01.html

CableLabs approves Motorola 'M-Card'
CableLabs has qualified a multi-stream CableCARD from Motorola Inc. that will support video-on-demand, picture-in-picture, and other interactive cable services and applications.
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6350049.html


WFTV Up and Running With HD News
WFTV, the ABC affiliate in Orlando, Fla., has just completed its first week of broadcasting its newscasts in HDTV. The Cox station, which launched HD news with its 5 a.m. newscast on July 29, is the first station in Florida to offer HD news.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

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