DTV News for 8-29-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 8-29-2006
903 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Stations oppose House "down conversion" plan
A group of affiliates is opposed to legislative language that would allow quality that's "little better than analog."
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 60828/?r=1

ENMU television station gets grant for transmitters
Eastern New Mexico University in Portales will use $629,898 awarded to the school by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bring digital broadcasting services to rural areas of Eastern New Mexico.
(New Mexico Business Weekly)
http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/ ... 00^1337647

ABC offers HD 'View'
The new 720p HD broadcasts will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 5.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 60828/?r=1

The Demands of HDTV On Demand [Phillip Swann]
Cable TV operators lack the bandwidth to expand their high-def on demand lineups.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/hdondemand082806.htm

No HDTV Emmys? Come On, NBC!
NBC last night decided not to air The 2006 Emmys in High-Definition TV
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/leemannemmys082806.htm


Full HD TV Looms as Next Battlefield for Samsung, LG
TVs and video players supporting full high-definition (Full HD) video format are making inroads into electronics shops although it may require a few more months before they become the new market standard.
(Korea Times)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/20 ... 711780.htm

LCD Fights Plasma for Giant TV Market
Samsung's going 70 inches; Sony and Sharp are also going mammoth. The LCD makers won't sit tight as plasma screens reach triple-digit sizes
(BusinessWeek / NewsFactor)
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/c ... d=rss_null
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=45709

Plasma TV sales grew 95% in Q2
(Electronic Engineering Times Asia)
http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800431629_4 ... 829_no.HTM


Blu-ray camp to offer 75 software titles in Japan
Movie and music providers supporting the Blu-ray high-definition optical disc standard said on Tuesday they would offer an initial batch of 75 software titles in Japan, in an effort to woo customers in a format battle for next generation DVD technologies.
(Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlene ... ived=False


HDTV over the Internet
Companies are finding ways to stream high-definition TV signals over the Web. Could the technology make low-quality video at sites like YouTube a distant memory?
(MIT Technology Review)
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_ar ... h=infotech

Would You Watch HDTV On a PC? [Phillip Swann]
Companies hope to reach a mainstream consumer audience with new tuners.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/hdpc082906.htm


KNME-TV buys S&W's Memphis for datacasting service
The system allows the station to re-encode an HD feed from PBS to a 15.5-MB/s signal without compromising image quality.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 60828/?r=1


Toshiba HD DVD taps ADI ICs
Analog Devices video and audio signal processing advances DVR with HD DVD capabilities
(Digital TV Designline via EE Times)
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle. ... =192300614

Analog Devices' Video And Audio Signal Processing Expertise Advances Hard Disk Recorder With High-Definition DVD Capabilities
Toshiba's First Hard Disk Recorder with HD DVD Taps ADI's Full Range of Consumer Electronics ICs
(Business Wire via Yahoo News / Broadcast Newsroom)
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060828/20060828005114.html?.v=1
http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articl ... p?id=60191


Why HD TV could cost more than you expect [UK]
Consumers who upgrade to the latest high-definition (HD) televisions face unexpected costs of nearly