DTV News for 11-16-2006

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 11-16-2006
824 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

HD Film Festival Schedule Released for HDFEST Los Angeles
Last Stop on the HDFEST 2006 World Tour
(Broadcast Newsroom)
http://hd.broadcastnewsroom.com/article ... p?id=81992


Versus to Offer High-Def Channel in January
Comcast-owned cable network Versus is launching a high-definition channel in January 2007 that will offer golf programming from Comcast's Golf Channel from noon to 7 p.m. and programming from Versus from 7 p.m. to noon.
(MediaWeek)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent ... 1003408626

Comcast to Launch New HD Channel
Comcast is about to announce the creation of new high-definition cable channel combining content from its Versus and Golf Channel brands.
(TVWeek)
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=11076

MTV Networks' MHD: Music High-Definition Channel to Premiere a New Concert Every Week Through End of 2006
Snow Patrol, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire, Jet, Lindsey Buckingham, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Little Big Town All Join MHD: Music High-Definition Channel Line-Up That Also Features Exclusive Music Content from MTV, VH1 and CMT
(PR Newswire via Yahoo News)
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061115/nyw161.html?.v=63

MHD to Air Weekly HDTV Concert [Phillip Swann]
Concert premieres will include Snoop Dogg and Lindsey Buckingham.
(TVPredictions.com)
http://www.tvpredictions.com/mtvconcert111606.htm

Live HDTV From Space Makes History, Project Leader Says
The transmissions aired on Discovery HD Theater, Japan's NHK network, and at Discovery Channel stores, and featured Expedition 14 Cmdr. Michael Lopez-Alegria aboard the International Space Station.
(InformationWeek)
http://www.informationweek.com/story/sh ... ed_IWK_All

NASA broadcasts first HDTV space program
The first HDTV broadcast from space took place Wednesday, featuring the International Space Station's Expedition 14 Cmdr. Michael Lopez-Alegria.
(United Press International via PhysOrg / RedOrbit)
http://www.physorg.com/news82829596.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/7323 ... ce=r_space


NexGen Telecom picks up USDTV assets
NexGen Telecom LLC has swooped in to pick up the assets of U.S. Digital Television LLC, a struggling provider of low cost, over-the-air digital television services.
(CED Magazine)
http://www.cedmagazine.com/article/CA6391656.html


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