DTV News for 10-13-2005

[Lee Wood]

DTV News for 10-13-2005
444 Days Until the Scheduled End of Analog Television Broadcasting

DTV Station Status per FCC CDBS - Oct. 9, 2005
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1035

House DTV Bill Faces Likely Delay
Action by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on terminating analog-TV service within a few years will likely be postponed by at least one week.
(MultiChannel News)
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6 ... erral=SUPP

FCC Updates First Round DTV Channel Elections, Announces Second Round
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1029

LPTV & Translator Licensees Can Now File for On-Channel DTV Conversion
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1030

D-A Converters Demonstrated
Democrats wouldn't come to the DTV deadline table without some sort of subsidy program for digital-to-analog converter boxes.
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/features/ne ... ters.shtml

Thomson, LG to Develop DTV Converters for Broadcasters
(TV Technology)
http://www.tvtechnology.com/dlrf/one.php?id=1034

CEA Questions Need For Luxury Digital Converter Box In Reply Comments To FCC
Consumers Now Receive Video Programming in Many Ways besides Broadcast
(Consumer Electronics Association)
http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/pre ... p?id=10843

CEA Disses NAB/MSTV Digital Box [Paid Subscription Required]
The Consumer Electronics Association Wednesday questioned whether the digital-to-analog converter box broadcasters are commissioning would be the low-cost solution Congress is seeking.
(Broadcasting & Cable)
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/articl ... aking+News


WTVQ-TV enters high-definition era
(Lexington, KY Herald Leader)
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleade ... 879411.htm

FCC Approves Sale of Voom Satellite
The FCC Wednesday approved EchoStar Communications