DTV News for 10-10-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 10-10-2005
447 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

Summary of DTV Applications Filed
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvsum.html

Top 10 Markets' DTV Status
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstat.html

Top 11-30 Markets' DTV Status
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstat11.html

Breakdown Chart of DTV On-The-Air Stations
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvonairsum.html

DTV Stations Presently On-The-Air
(803 Stations)
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvonair.html

Digital Television (DTV) Stations with Active Special Temporary Authorities (STAs) to Operate
(734 Stations)
(Federal Communications Commission)
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/files/dtvstas.html


Pols Give Digital TV Transition A One-Two Punch
Senate rules will force two digital TV bills
(MediaWeek)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent ... 1001263013

DTV Bills Coming Soon [Paid Subscription Required]
House, Senate Pick Final Date For Transition
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... lay=Policy

US Commerce Cmte Head Wants DTV by 2009
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, head of the Senate's powerful Commerce Committee, says he wants television broadcasters to be all-digital by 2009.
(DesignTechnica)
http://news.designtechnica.com/article8471.html

US Senate may back 2009 switch with STB programme
(Digital Broadcasting Australia)
http://www.dba.org.au/index.asp?display=news&newsID=770

Smart Coalition Pushes for DTV Bills [Paid Subscription Required]
Lobbying on the DTV bills being crafted in the House and Senate Commerce Committees continues to heat up.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News

Public Interest, Multicasting & 'Fee TV'
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3304

Beachfront Property Values Drop: Analog Spectrum Now Pegged at $10B
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3303


Public Interest and Library Groups ask for Broadcast Flag Hearings
(LinuxElectrons)
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.p ... 7071037332

Hollywood and HDTV
(p2pnet)
http://p2pnet.net/story/6528

Fox Trots Out HD [Paid Subscription Required]
Regional sports networks aim high
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... Technology

Driving for More HDTV [Paid Subscription Required]
FSN Wants Affiliates to Pay Up For a Bigger Package of Games
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... rogramming

Insight & WTVQ Ink Deal For HDTV
(WTVQ Lexington, KY)
http://www.wtvq.com/servlet/Satellite?p ... 4676&path=

Viacom Stations, N.H. System Sparring Over Digital Signals [Paid Subscription Required]
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... op+Stories

Satellite Platform Leads In Worldwide HDTV Deployments
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... ecid=10571


HDTV Is Here, Really
(PC Magazine / Yahoo News)
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1868649,00.asp
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... _zd/162043

Hooked On HDTV
(WHTM-TV Harrisburg, PA)
http://www.whtm.com/news/stories/1005/266844.html

HD is Everywhere
Screen Options Becoming Aggressive -- Delivery Battle Could Be Brutal
(TVs)
http://tvs.consumerelectronicsnet.com/a ... p?id=34761

Pretty as a Picture
One more reason to hang a plasma TV on your wall.
(Home Theater Magazine)
http://www.hometheatermag.com/news/100705panasonic/

News Flash: Broadcaster Promotes Over-the-Air DTV!
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3309


Broadcast Lobbies Partner with Box Makers
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dailynews/one.php?id=3305

Thomson And LG Electronics Partner With Broadcasters To Develop Terrestrial Digital-To-Analog Converter Boxes
(Widescreen Review)
http://www.widescreenreview.com/news_de ... ecid=10573

Sharp HDTV LCD monitor
Sharp Corporation has developed a