DTV News for 9-6-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 9-6-2005
481 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Katrina Spotlights Spectrum Issue [Paid Subscription Required]
Commerce Committee Member John Kerry tells B&C he is monitoring communications failures of Katrina and says ensuring public safety should be paraount in new DTV legislation.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

NAB gears up for another must-carry push
The NAB said broadcasters would consider swapping free air time for political candidates in exchange for a multicast must-carry rule.
(Broadcast Engineering)
http://broadcastengineering.com/newslet ... 50904/#nab

NAB Goes for Broke on Multicasting
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3208

NAB Rallies for Multicast [Paid Subscription Required]
The National Association of Broadcasters is trying harder to get Congress to mandate cable carriage of multicast broadcast streams. The move comes less than two months after NAB members reluctantly agreed to a 2009